Source: Michael A. McCoy / Getty In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, Rep. Bobby Rush requested a federal review of the disappearance and death of Illinois graduate student Jelani Day. A student at Illinois State University, Day went missing at the end of August. It took several weeks…
An alleged racial profiling incident involving Tammy Rivera while she was shopping at a CVS store reportedly is currently being investigated. The alleged incident took place this past weekend after the 35-year-old went to store located in DeKalb County, Georgia within metropolitan Atlanta. An alleged racial profiling incident reportedly involving Tammy Rivera at a CVS…
The Illinois teenager fatally shot two people during a protest in Wisconsin last year The judge overseeing Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder case ruled Monday that lawyers can refer to the men he shot as “rioters” and “looters,” but not “victims” during the upcoming trial, The Chicago Tribune reports. On Monday, Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder ruled that…
Source: PAUL RATJE / Getty A new report from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform found several issues in disciplining agents for sharing derogatory posts online, including in a private Facebook group. The overview notes many failures of Customs and Border Protection officials and raises concerns about the treatment of migrants as the Haitian…
“HBCUGo.TV positions us to speak to the heart and soul of Black America 24/7,” read a statement from Allen, who owns theGrio. Media mogul Byron Allen, owner of theGrio, has added to his empire by acquiring HBCUGo.TV which is a streaming site for historically Black colleges and universities. Allen announced on Tuesday that his Allen…
EXCLUSIVE: Biden will hit the international stage to discuss a range of issues. But his domestic policy agenda remains a work in progress at home. Domestic policies will be discussed on an international stage as President Joe Biden embarks on his second trip abroad to Europe on Thursday. President Biden’s foreign trip comes at a…
The forensic exam notes that “the manner in which Mr. Day went into the Illinois River is currently unknown.” The death of Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was caused by drowning, the LaSalle County Coroner revealed on Monday. It remains unclear how Day got in the water, with coroner Richard Ploch noting that…
After years of building his legacy in music and entrepreneurship, Jay-Z’s got more than a few people that look up to him. Some of his fans are artists themselves, and at this point, it’s not a shock when artists say Hov is their favorite rapper or that he’s in their top five favorite rappers. Fellow…
The highly anticipated Netflix adaptation of Colin Kaepernick’s teen years is almost here. From the minds of Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick, Colin in Black and White is set to drop on Netflix this Friday, and theGrio has five things to expect from this exciting series. Announced in June 2020, Colin in Black and White…
Bot Sentinel issued a report that found 83 accounts coordinated to abuse Meghan Markle on Twitter. Meghan Markle is the target of a coordinated social media hate campaign against her, according to a new analysis. Bot Sentinel, a nonpartisan platform designed to find bots and trolls, conducted an analysis of more than 114,000 tweets about…
