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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam apologized on Friday after a 1984 yearbook photo surfaced showing he is one of two people in a…
Dakota Theriot thegrio.com
January 27, 2019
Dakota Theriot, the 21-year-old LA native wanted in the slaying five people in Louisiana, including his parents, was finally arrested early…
Justin Fairfax thegrio.com
January 19, 2019
When Virginia state Senators honored Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Friday, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, briefly left the dais…
basketball thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Erica Guerrier, who coaches her 10-year-old daughter's basketball team, said the referee made an unnecessary spectacle of the player.
VCUarts thegrio.com
November 27, 2018
[griojw id=”hnuw0RqG” playerid=”BqxyiSkR”]   A Black woman who took up residence as a visiting professor at VCUarts say a white
September 13, 2018
Residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Roslyn found an unwanted letter on their homes in the form of Ku Klux
monuments thegrio.com
August 13, 2018
[griojw id=”i8tAaM3e” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   A year after white supremacists filled the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville carrying tiki torches
July 11, 2018
Prince William County police found signs of the KKK doing some heavy recruiting in that area of Virginia when they uncovered
bodycam thegrio.com
April 25, 2018
A burglary suspect is crying foul after he was shot in the back by police and left with a bullet…
Virginia Tech women's lacrosse team thegrio.com
March 27, 2018
[griojw id=”rRGtuNGa” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Virginia Tech sent out apologies Tuesday after video circulated of its women’s lacrosse team belting out n-word
Koch brothers protest thegrio.com
March 16, 2018
The billionaire Koch brothers apparently thought they could pimp poor African American communities by throwing a few gospel celebrations to
March 1, 2018
For the past several months, residents in a Virginia community have been growing concerned over KKK recruitment fliers appearing in
The Act for America thegrio.com
February 16, 2018
Later this year, the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, has agreed to host the Act for America 10th Annual…
a state of emergency declared in Charlottesville
February 14, 2018
Whenever it comes to white supremacy this is the moment when you look to your neighbor and say, “You need
December 7, 2017
In Part 2 of theGrio.com's 'Journeyman' series, Fitz Henley travels to the majestic and mysterious Luray Caverns in Luray, Virginia.
November 7, 2017
Activists in Virginia are watching the gubernatorial race this Election Day to see if a surge of Black voters will…
September 7, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Some of the oldest and largest Confederate statues in the U.S. tower over Monument Avenue, a…
August 3, 2017
A Virginia mother and her two children escaped captivity on Saturday after police arrived to check on the family.
June 14, 2017
On Wednesday morning, multiple people were shot at a baseball dugout in Alexandria, Virginia.
May 25, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia hospital says its staff has successfully delivered sextuplets and the three boys and three…