President Donald Trump has built a reputation for using his body to exert dominance over his friends and foes. The 79-year-old commander in chief traveled to China on May 13 for an official state visit. His grand welcome was deemed less than stellar after reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the chance to greet…
(Photo: House Judiciary Committee via YouTube) “The message from today’s Republican Party is clear: Black faces are welcome as spokespeople, but Black political power itself is treated like a threat,” Markus Batchelor, national political director at People For the American Way, told theGrio. U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, the Black Republican representing Texas’s 38th Congressional District,…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have continuously tried to convince the public that their awkward viral moments are harmless displays of affection. The couple has previously been compared to President Donald Trump and Melania Trump, which is not a compliment. Macron and Brigitte were involved in a tense exchange that went…
Louisiana officials have agreed to pay $4.85 million to the daughter of Ronald Greene, a Black man who died during a violent encounter with five white state troopers after a traffic stop in Monroe, Louisiana, in 2019. The tentative settlement reached on Tuesday, first reported by AP News, would end a wrongful death lawsuit filed…
Courtesy of JHVEPhoto/Adobe Stock Images The university will also cover housing, meals and fees for students from families earning less than $125,000 with typical assets. The University of Chicago has announced a major expansion of its undergraduate financial aid program, promising free tuition for students from families earning less than $250,000 annually starting in Autumn…
A white man in North Carolina was caught on camera blocking a Black woman in her own driveway after following her home, all because he mistakenly believed she had honked her horn at him. The terrifying incident occurred on Mother’s Day in Greenville, about an hour and a half east of Raleigh. In the May…
The Netflix roast honoring Kevin Hart was supposed to be a major cultural moment after dropping May 10, but backlash quickly took over. Viewers slammed several jokes as offensive to Black audiences, especially a controversial crack about George Floyd that upset his family. Host Shane Gillis and others faced criticism for repeated jokes about Hart’s…
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – APRIL 18: Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the 38th Annual Michigan Democratic Women’s Caucus Legacy Luncheon on April 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) The former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee embraced political reforms like changing the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court, and granting…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty FBI Director Kash Patel has apparently not learned much from now-former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who seemed to think throwing a tantrum, being performatively belligerent and crashing out before Congress would save her job, which it did not. During a budget hearing on Tuesday, Patel was grilled by Democratic…
LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first quarter in Game Four of the Second Round of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena on May 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and…
