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August 28, 2020
On Thursday, Fabiana Pierre-Louis became the youngest and first-ever Black woman to be appointed to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks At Georgetown Law
July 17, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to…
Supreme Court theGrio.com
July 17, 2020
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's opinion that former felons in Florida will have to pay off their…
Minneapolis Police theGrio.com
June 15, 2020
The little known qualitified immunity doctrine, has been used by the Supreme Court to protect police from prosecutioin in police…
June 11, 2020
Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Networks and Comcast announced on Thursday a content carriage arrangement, ending a years-long $20 billion legal…
May 5, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, the Supreme Court said.
Byron Allen
March 23, 2020
[griojw id=”NE52FIsf” playerid=””] The U.S. Supreme Court tossed out Byron Allen‘s $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against Comcast on Monday,
Stacey Abrams, Kamala Harris theGrio.com
March 17, 2020
Thameka Thompson explores Biden and Sanders' commitments to make women's history in the 2020 presidential election and beyond.
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…