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….
For several months, whenever Renee Williams walked into a store to make a purchase or answered a phone call about her bank account, she half-joked: “Let me check if I’m still alive today.” But behind her dry wit and slight grin is an ordeal that’s no laughing matter. For more than six months, the West…
Source: Barry Brecheisen / Getty Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division saw a mass exodus of more than 100 attorneys who up and resigned from the department due to its focus on white grievance and steering away from (or outright gutting) cases involving civil rights protections for Black people, people of…
Source: Netflix / Netflix My sincerest apologies to Keisha and Justin. I tried, I really did. If you came here looking for a full, spoiler-filled review of Netflix’s “Forever,: I regret to inform you that you’re going to be disappointed. Not because I didn’t plan on reviewing it. I did. Not because I wasn’t excited…
Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyer released a statement after claims that the rapper’s former friend, Kelsey, admitted to the shooting, not Tory Lanez. (Photos: Getty Images) Megan Thee Stallion shuts down rumors about Kelsey Harris shooting: “Tory, You Shot Me.” Megan Thee Stallion is reclaiming her truth—and she’s doing it loud enough for the people in…
Kearie Watts, a 23-year-old Black woman from Kentucky, had just left her grandmother’s house with friends after celebrating Mother’s Day when she was yanked out of her car by an aggressive and irate police officer who accused her of driving through an active crime scene. However, she said she had no idea she had driven…
Source: Mike Coppola / Getty The second week of the federal sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs resumed Monday with harrowing testimony from three key witnesses, each painting an increasingly disturbing portrait of a man they claim used his immense wealth and influence to control, abuse, and silence people in his…
