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Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
March 9, 2020
Jussie Smollett’s motion for the Illinois Supreme Court to dismiss new disorderly conduct charges stemming from last year's alleged hate…
March 5, 2020
Nathaniel Woods was executed on Thursday night just hours after the Supreme Court had initially granted a temporary stay, but
Byron Allen
January 26, 2020
A death row inmate won a stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court unfortunately, he didn't survive the wait…
Flint
January 24, 2020
Residents of Flint, Mich., can move forward with a lawsuit against multiple defendants, including Michigan's former governor over the contamination…
Supreme Court theGrio.com
January 3, 2020
Republican senators and members of the House of Representatives are trying to get the Supreme Court to overrule Roe v.…
Georgia Voting Machines thegrio.com AP
December 11, 2019
Grassroots efforts of one predominantly Black community in a rural Georgia county caused an elections board to reopen a polling…
November 22, 2019
A former NBC Universal Executive released a statement alleging that the company left Black cable networks to fail, even while…
Diddy
November 21, 2019
In a new statement, media mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs made his position crystal clear on Byron Allen's Supreme Court case…
Byron Allen
November 13, 2019
WASHINGTON — An 1866 Reconstruction era law was put to the test Tuesday when Supreme Court justices wrestled with the
Bobby Rush
November 13, 2019
Congressman Bobby Rush has dedicated his entire life to preserving the civil rights of Black people. Just check his pedigree.
Byron Allen
November 13, 2019
Byron Allen's Supreme Court civil rights case is being heard today and TheGrio's Deputy Editor, Natasha Alford, is on the…
November 5, 2019
As the historic Supreme Court case between Byron Allen and Comcast and Charter approaches, we try to understand what exactly…
Lee Malvo
October 17, 2019
Liberal and conservative justices seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo.
Brett Kavanaugh theGrio.com
October 10, 2019
Many are wondering why Justice Brett Kavanaugh called out racism on the first day of his hotly contested Supreme Court…
October 3, 2019
Civil rights leaders are focusing on the possible outcome of a Supreme Court case that could change the language of…
Supreme Court thegrio.com
August 29, 2019
The organization is saying publicly they want the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the rights of minorities when it comes…
In this March 20, 2019 file photo, Attorney Sheri Johnson leaves the Supreme Court after challenging a Mississippi prosecutor's decision to keep African-Americans off the jury in the trial of Curtis Flowers, in Washington. The Supreme Court is throwing out the murder conviction and death sentence for Flowers because of a prosecutor's efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a seventh trial. The court's 7-2 decision Friday says the removal of black prospective jurors violated the rights of inmate Curtis Flowers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 24, 2019
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because…
Byron Allen thegrio.com
June 10, 2019
Byron Allen, Entertainment Studios CEO, received good news today about his $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against cable giant Comcast.
May 29, 2019
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has sounded the alarm and predicted that Roe v. Wade will be challenged and the…
Byron Allen
April 16, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court declines hearing case of PA Jamal Knox’s case to determine if his lyrics against two law…