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Shaun King thegrio.com
February 16, 2018

Shaun King co-founds PAC to support progressive prosecutors’ campaigns

Social justice activist Shaun King announced that he would be co-founding a political action committee focused on electing better prosecutors.
Colin Kaepernick thegrio.com
January 18, 2018

#BlackExcellence: Colin Kaepernick has almost completed his $1 million pledge to fight for social justice

For the last $100,000 of his campaign, Kaepernick announced Wednesday that 10 different charities would each receive $10,000,
November 30, 2017

NFL commits millions of dollars to social justice causes

The league is finally putting its money where its mouth is
November 17, 2017

TheGrio’s Natasha Alford talks social justice and journalism’s power on ‘The Breakfast Club’

"I look at issues that I care about and find somebody who's working on it."
November 3, 2017

5 Colin Kaepernick highlights that prove he should still be in NFL

It’s the height of absurdity that Colin Kaepernick is not on a NFL roster. NFL owners have refused to give
July 27, 2017

Our long, troubling history of sterilizing the incarcerated

State-sanctioned efforts to keep the incarcerated from reproducing began in the early 20th century and continue today.
June 29, 2017

Gloria Steinem says Black women taught her feminism, praises Black Lives Matter

In an interview with theGrio, Gloria Steinem slams so-called “white feminism," and credits Black Lives Matter for uprooting both sexism…
April 12, 2017

What we must do to sustain a truly resistant civil rights movement

There are critical lessons this generation’s marchers must be mindful of in order to generate a truly resistant and transformative…
April 7, 2017

Black Lives Matter Philly criticized for having ‘black-only’ meeting

The group fired back after right-wing media accused it being hypocritical in excluding people from the space because of the…
April 4, 2017

Remembering MLK and the dangers of social activism

It was 49 years ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on a balcony at
March 14, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg talks to HBCU students about diversity and social justice

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, is on a tour of America to “get out of my little bubble in…
October 21, 2016

Former Black Panther says Black Lives Matter has ‘plantation mentality’

Elaine Brown, a former Black Panther, says that she doesn't know "what Black Lives Matter does."
October 1, 2016

Harry Belafonte’s ‘Many Rivers to Cross’ social justice festival kicks off today

Legendary performer and activist Harry Belafonte is bringing together artists and leaders of all generations this weekend in Atlanta for real life
February 12, 2016

Police officer celebrates Black Lives Matter activist's suicide: 'Love a happy ending'

FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) — Officials say an Ohio police officer is being put on paid leave over a Facebook comment…
February 12, 2016

Rep. John Lewis comes for Bernie's civil rights activism in 1960s: 'I never saw him'

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday dismissed Sanders' claims of his 1960s work on…
February 7, 2016

Here's why Jay Z's Tidal donation to Black Lives Matter – matters

Jay Z's streaming music platform Tidal is donating $1.5 million to Black Lives Matter, as well as other social justice…
January 8, 2016

Teacher claims she was fired for teaching students about 'Central Park Five'

A high school English teacher says that she was fired for teaching lessons about the Central Park Five because the…
December 14, 2014

Black women’s lives matter too: The forgotten victims of police killings

OPINION - Conversations on #BlackLivesMatter and the call for #MillionsMarchNYC need to translate into an overt call for Black women’s,…
April 23, 2014

North Carolina teen accepted into 7 Ivy League schools

VIDEO - Thousands of students apply to Ivy League schools, but very few are accepted. Wilmington, North Carolina native Patrick…
January 31, 2014

theGrio’s 100: Janaye Ingram, leading the charge with National Action Network

theGRIO'S 100 - Janaye Ingram, 34, is the acting Executive Director of the Harlem-based National Action Network, a leading civil…