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The Obama Presidential Center is expected to break ground in Chicago’s southwest Jackson Park neighborhood later this year. To celebrate... View Article The post Michelle Obama says ‘You A...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/michelle-obama-reveals-empowering-message/

The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar... View Article The post Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Polic...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/capitol-police-search/

The commemoration of a pivotal moment in the fight for voting rights for African Americans is honoring four giants of... View Article The post Bloody Sunday memorial goes virtual, honors late ...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/bloody-sunday-2021-commemoration/

Screenwriter and former editor-in-chief of The Source, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, has called out Citibank on Twitter after being racially profiled... View Article The post Former editor of ‘The Sou...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/selwyn-seyfu-hinds-citibank/

Employees at a Mexican restaurant in Texas are speaking out about the hateful messages they’ve been receiving from customers for... View Article The post Patrons threaten to call ICE after M...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/mexican-restaurant-ice/

Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons have been ruled out of Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta because of a... View Article The post Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons to miss All-Star Game...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/embiid-simmons-miss-all-star-game/

Five Creighton basketball players explained in a short pregame video Saturday why they were hurt by coach Greg McDermott’s remarks... View Article The post Creighton basketball players expre...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/creighton-players-react-to-plantation-comments/

Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he... View Article The post Workers worry about safety, s...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/07/ending-mask-mandates-concern-workers/

According to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the economy is showing signs of recovery with 379,000 more jobs... View Article The post Employment rate for Black women 10% lower than l...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/black-women-employment/

A Tennessee advisory panel tasked with deciding in what order residents should receive the COVID-19 vaccine acknowledged that prison inmates... View Article The post Tennessee panel deemed vac...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/tennessee-inmates-vaccine/

During a group’s recent meeting at the now-vacant Speedway gas station near where George Floyd died, children roasted marshmallows on... View Article The post Officer’s trial could reopen ...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/george-floyd-intersection/

Mia Schultz has watched three other Black women in Vermont leave leadership posts in the mostly white state because of... View Article The post Black women persevere to lead in Vermont despite...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/black-women-vermont/

Beyoncé shared a touching tribute on her website to honor Lyric Chanel, a young fan who died Friday after her... View Article The post Beyoncé sings medley of her songs in touching tribute t...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/beyonce-sings-to-lyric/

Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game in Atlanta will be held at State Farm Arena on one night for the first time,... View Article The post NBA All-star weekend to be held in ATL on one night for first...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/all-star-weekend-held-in-atl/

YouTube creators Josh Pieters and Archie Manners, best known for their social media prank videos and experiments, wanted to determine... View Article The post YouTube duo proved royal experts ...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/youtube-royal-experts/

Video footage has surfaced of a woman being tackled and pepper-strayed by police officers in Rochester, New York, all while... View Article The post Rochester police tackle, pepper spray mothe...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/rochester-police-tackle-mother/

Mo Williams played for the Eastern Conference in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, and he fully understands the enormity of... View Article The post At the NBA All-Star Game, HBCUs will take center ...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/06/hbcus-nba-all-star-game/

Poet Amanda Gorman was apparently racially targeted by a security guard on Friday night while walking home. She revealed the... View Article The post Amanda Gorman reveals she was profiled by ...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/amanda-gorman-racially-profiled-security-guard/

Veteran MSNBC host Joy Reid recently made comments on Twitter regarding conservative’s secret desires to say the N-word. The tweet... View Article The post Joy Reid: Conservatives would ‘t...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/joy-reid-calls-out-conservatives-tax-cut-for-n-word/

Customers are accusing restaurant, Maggiano’s Little Italy of practicing segregation. Several diners came forward sharing similar experiences of being segregated... View Article The post Mag...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/maggiano-little-italy-apologizes-racial-segregation/

The lengthy legal battle Kenneth Walker faced after Louisville, KY police officers stormed his girlfriend Breonna Taylor‘s apartment, shooting her... View Article The post Prosecutors to per...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/prosecutors-dismiss-charges-against-kenneth-walker/

Philonise Floyd is speaking out as the trial for the man accused of murdering his brother George Floyd inches closer.... View Article The post George Floyd’s brother on trial: Chauvin ‘too...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/george-floyds-brother-trial-chauvin/

Formerly incarcerated Black and Brown populations in New York — a state with one of the country’s largest prison infrastructures... View Article The post Mass incarceration is causing Blac...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/mass-incarceration-black-communities-lose-earnings/

A hacker breached the LinkedIn account of the software giant Salesforce during the CPAC conference last Friday, posting a supportive... View Article The post Saleforce’s LinkedIn hacked to s...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/salesforce-black-racism-linkedin-hacking/

Thee Hot Girl is becoming Thee Philanthropist to help her fellow Houstonians still displaced from their homes following last month’s... View Article The post Megan Thee Stallion, Rep. Lee to...

https://thegrio.com/2021/03/05/megan-stallion-jackson-lee-houston/