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October 23, 2018
Police are probing exactly what happened when a black motorist wound up shot to death at the hands of a…
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September 24, 2018
Jamal Speaks, the high school football player kept from playing the game he loved over housing rules, is now back
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September 19, 2018
He was on his way to becoming a star college football player– but now he’s been kicked off the team–
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September 19, 2018
A homeless teen who sleeps on his friends couches while attending school, had at least one thing to look forward
September 12, 2018
Sen. Nina Turner delivered a speech at the "Power of the Polls" event calling out voter disenfranchisement as a reinvented…
September 10, 2018
[griojw id=”Ikv8kQQJ” playerid=”GEDLwojW”] For years Washington D.C. has been known as “The Chocolate City” and it is the home to
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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 4, 2018
Take a look at our list of the10 most family friendly train trips to exhilarating new places around the country…
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June 27, 2018
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police
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June 18, 2018
A new lawsuit claims that Washington, DC is pushing out its long-time residents by pricing them out in order to
June 4, 2018
[griojw id=”FnNGVTqC” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   She’s the original social influencer. Now Oprah Winfrey is officially going down in American history. The
March 27, 2018
[griojw id=”G6hYCcNP” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Here is The Download for March 26. TheGrio was at March For Our Lives rally– which took
March 26, 2018
17-year-old shooting survivor travels from Columbus to March for Our Lives with special message
March 14, 2018
From Chicago to Baltimore to New York City-- thousands of students walked out of their schools to protest the lack…
December 13, 2017
The United States is vast and diverse with so many travel destinations to choose from...
April 17, 2017
On this episode of “True Story with Natasha Alford,” Natasha sits with Congresswoman Maxine Waters at her “Auntie Maxine Open Mic”
March 22, 2017
Ayana McAllister, 18, was on Spring Break in Washington when she was shot and killed on Monday evening.
November 10, 2016
A day after Trump's election, thousands of demonstrators — some with signs declaring "NOT MY PRESIDENT" — flooded streets to…
October 25, 2016
The new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has blown expectations and it's already sold out through…
October 24, 2016
Renee Davis, who was five months pregnant, was shot and killed by King County sheriff's deputies on Friday in Auburn,…