This photo provided by the New York Public Library shows the exterior of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York on May 7, 2025. (Jonathan Blanc/New York Public Library via AP) Many people outside the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture community remain unaware of the center’s existence. It is…
Volunteer passes by the stage for musical acts to perform at the Juneteenth celebration in the Five Points neighborhood where the event is staged Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Canceled federal grants and businesses moving away from so-called brand activism have hit the bottom line. Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this…
Father Time is catching up with Bill Clinton. The 42nd president of the United States is not the same spry politician who occupied the Oval Office for two terms — he left the White House in 2001, three years after being impeached in 1998 — and his signature salt and pepper hair is now wiry…
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams has emerged victorious from what can only be described as one of reality television’s most contentious divorce battles. Meanwhile, her estranged husband, Simon Guobadia, has been deported to Nigeria after spending months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The dramatic conclusion to their 15-month marriage has unfolded against…
Source: Anadolu / Getty President Donald Trump spent the entirety of his 2024 campaign spreading what any objective observer would pan as hate speech against Black and Latino migrants. He outdid his first term’s bigotry, when he generalized Mexican migrants and rapists and drug dealers, by comparing Sount American migrants to Hannibal Lecter, and calling…
An Arizona mother has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison for driving her pickup truck through a crowded park and running over a 12-year-old girl’s leg in a fit of rage following a heated confrontation over alleged bullying. Brandie Gotch, 31, of Peoria, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault with a…
‘The culture still runs through us’: Ma Daisy’s restaurant honors Gullah Geechee roots and Black pride Grio Green Book: Ma Daisy’s restaurant will open on Juneteenth, launched by Bridgette Frazier to honor her Gullah Geechee heritage. TheGrio got a special sneak peek at the location, which also includes a cultural center and business market. Bridgette…
Social media users are convinced that Karoline Leavitt has morphed into a new woman since joining the White House. The 27-year-old became the youngest press secretary in history in January after she previously carried out press duties for Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election campaign. Pre-Trump administration photos of the New Hampshire native have inspired several people…
Source: Stephanie Keith / Getty While far from surprising, the speed with which corporations and local governments have done a 180 from “we stand in solidarity with the Black community” to “we don’t know you negroes,” is dizzying. Juneteenth is this Thursday, and many events planned to celebrate the day across the country have faced…
(Photo: Getty Images) “It would be a waste of our time and energy to give a platform to fascism, which would be unacceptable,” said the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, more commonly known as the NAACP, has broken a 116-year tradition in an unprecedented move against…
