Source: AndreyPopov / Getty Virginia Union University is making history with the launch of its Doula Certification Program—the first of its kind at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). This pioneering initiative is designed to help close the gap in racial disparities surrounding maternal and infant health. In collaboration with Birth In Color and…
Shannon Sharpe and Bobby Brown on the latest episode of “Club Shay Shay.” (Screenshot via “Club Shay Shay” YouTube page) The R&B legend stopped by Shannon Sharpe’s interview show and shared about his career and people who sample his records. Bobby Brown is a national treasure. The pop star who started out in the legendary…
Actress Holly Robinson Peete is stepping into political commentary. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a news conference on Wednesday, April 16, to highlight the release of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a survey stating that one in 31 children were diagnosed with autism disorder spectrum in 2022, an…
(Photo: Getty Images/Adobe Stock) “To pair this with imagery of legislators holding whips only deepens the trauma, evoking a dark and painful chapter in our state’s history,” said State Rep. Jesse Chism, the chairman of the Tennessee Black Caucus. Republican members of the Tennessee State Assembly are catching backlash after taking photographs with whips in…
Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images) Tracee Ellis Ross reveals that she grieves not having kids or a partner, but says she still wouldn’t want the…
Florida State University students wait for news amid an active shooter incident at the school’s campus in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, April 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Kate Payne) A shooting Thursday on the Florida State University campus sent an unknown number of people to a nearby hospital. .A shooting Thursday on the Florida State University campus sent…
For MAGA’s least-favorite Democrat, leaning into the resistance against President Donald Trump has proven to be an effective fundraising tool. Jasmine Crockett, the Texas congresswoman whose attacks on the president and his chief apparatchik, Elon Musk, have made her a star among progressives, just posted her first-ever seven-digit fundraising quarter, bringing in $1.68 million —…
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 21: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore departs after speaking on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Political strategist Reecie Colbert tells theGrio that the Maryland governor is “one of the most talented…
Azealia Banks performs for fans during Splendour in the Grass on July 25, 2015 in Byron Bay, Australia. (Photo by Cassandra Hannagan/Getty Images) The rapper took to X to express feelings of remorse for voting for Donald Trump for a second term. Azealia Banks is no longer singing the praises of her once “f— hero,”…
Source: Win McNamee / Getty We really didn’t need any more proof that President Donald Trump and his white nationalist administration don’t know or care what DEI actually is and how it works, and they’re really just moving to harm Black people and people of color under the guise of fighting fictitious anti-white discrimination, but…
