Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Earlier this year, President Donald Trump announced his administration’s hostile MAGA takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. During his first visit to the D.C. arts institution, after he ousted its leadership and essentially appointed himself chairman, he promoted his intention to revamp the center with…
Fire crews mover a line around the now fully engulfed the Nottoway Plantation on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in White Castle, La. (Michael Johnson/The Advocate via AP) For some, it was a moment to celebrate what they saw as centuries-deferred vengeance for enslaved ancestors. After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of…
Sean “Diddy” Combs is on trial in a Manhattan federal courtroom and the court of public opinion. The disgraced music mogul is facing the possibility of a life sentence in prison after being indicted on racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution charges. Lawyers for the former A-list celebrity have declared his…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Last Thursday, Maryland officials announced that an audit into autopsies of in-custody deaths revealed that at least 36 cases should’ve been labeled as homicides. According to AP, the audit was initiated as a result of testimony Dr. David Fowler, Maryland’s chief medical examiner from 2002-2019, gave for the defense…
A man wielding a power saw menaced a Black woman looking for a parking spot on a side street in Hollywood, California. The suspect, who shouted racial slurs and slashed the woman’s car, is still at large and is facing battery charges. On May 13, a young Black woman, who chooses to remain unidentified for…
FILE – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Top officials for the FDA laid out new requirements limiting access to yearly COVID shots for healthy younger adults and children. Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under…
Source: SeventyFour / Getty May 12th was the National Day Without Child Care. While a number of parents, child care providers and advocates participated by closing down their centers and meeting with legislators, I want to share why this day is important to me. I am a Center Director at Chantelle’s Quality Child Care Center…
Angel Reese, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Clark (Getty Images) OPINION: What started out as a (bad) tweet from RGIII about Angel Reese turned into shots fired between RGIII and Ryan Clark and Emmanuel Acho adding nothing. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio….
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is catching heat for suggesting Beyoncé could help fix his city’s financial issues. The singer’s Cowboy Carter Tour sold out all-three nights at Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium on May 15, 17, and 18. Chitown was the trek’s second stop after the Texas native performed at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium for five dates…
Denzel Washington attends the “Highest 2 Lowest” red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) Denzel Washington receives the festival’s highest honor and a standing ovation as he steals the show with Spike Lee and A$AP Rocky….
