LaDonna Crutchfield, a 37-year-old Black woman, was lying on her bed, reading to her 5-year-old daughter, when police began pounding on her door. Crutchfield’s niece opened the door and encountered six Detroit police officers who demanded to speak to her aunt. When Crutchfield walked to the door to see what they wanted, they ordered her…
Celebrity chef Carla Hall opens up about the struggle of being doubted in the workplace and how she overcame being held back. (Photo credit: TheGrio/Masters of The Game) WATCH: “I’m that little person who they didn’t trust, you know?” Hall tells theGrio’s Natasha S. Alford in a heartwrenching moment on the newest episode of ‘Masters…
In this photo provided by Jazz Foundation of America, jazz pianist Bertha Hope, who is a member of The Mellon Foundation and Jazz Foundation of America’s inaugural class of Jazz Legacies Fellows, poses for a photo in January 2025, in New York. (Steven Baboun/NativRoots courtesy of Jazz Foundation of America via AP) The new Jazz…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: Gayle King attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) The “CBS Mornings” co-host is joining a crew of five other women for Blue Origin’s next flight to the boundaries of space. For many…
Bereaved fans of Michelle Trachtenberg are lashing out against internet trolls who criticized the actress’s appearance in recent months following the news that the 39-year-old star had undergone a liver transplant prior to her passing on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The former child actress, best known for her roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gossip Girl,”…
Source: Peter G. Forest / Getty Percy Miller, better known as Master P, is stepping into the sports world once again. The entrepreneur and former pro player has taken on the role of President of Basketball Operations at the University of New Orleans (UNO), aiming to bring fresh energy and leadership to the school’s basketball…
A week before social media influencer Summer Wheaton surrendered herself to California authorities to face charges connected to a deadly DUI crash last summer, she made a video post encouraging her viewers about miracles in times of hardship. Wheaton, a wellness and lifestyle advocate on social media, turned herself in to the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s…
Source: Clive Mason / Getty Look, I know a good prank when I see one. So when Apple claimed that the voice-to-text system had a “technical bug” that just so happened to replace “Trump” with “racist,” I’m calling BS. I mean maybe everyone in Apple didn’t know that the iPhone had a glitch in the…
FILE – A Black Lives Matter sign is displayed on the court as Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James prepares to face the Denver Nuggets in an NBA basketball game in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Aug. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool, File) If winning “is all I do with my career, then I have…
A former Republican nominee for Congress in Maryland caused a furor online Tuesday when she offered to give the world’s richest man his first mixed-race child. Elon Musk already is thought to have fathered 13 kids by four different women. Kimberly Klacik said on X, the social media platform owned by the tech billionaire, she…
