WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 4: U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, jokes about taking so many questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on October 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “I have never seen anything like…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty Shareholders at Apple rejected a proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion program despite pressure from Republicans and President Donald Trump. On Tuesday (Feb. 25), shareholders at Apple voted to reject a proposal to end the tech giant’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program. The proposal was presented by the conservative…
Film producer Will Packer recently shared a hilarious and nerve-wracking story about how comedian Kevin Hart almost sabotaged one of his biggest films with an impromptu night of partying with NBA star Carmelo Anthony in New York City. By 2014, Packer and Hart had collaborated on “Think Like a Man” (2012) and “Real Husbands of…
A Black man who filed a civil rights complaint against the Akron car dealership where he worked for racially discriminating against him because of his hairstyle won his case with the Akron Civil Rights Commission last week. The commission unanimously decided that VanDevere Chevrolet violated the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty After two years away at junior college, James Mungin II had just returned home to Miami’s historic African American neighborhood, Liberty City, when a white neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, went on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed Black teenager, Trayvon Martin. Mungin knew Martin in passing—the 17-year-old lived in Liberty City…
Mark Zuckerberg spared no expense as he celebrated wife Priscilla Chan’s 40th birthday. Posts shared by the couple reveal that the Harvard alumna was thrown a grand bash akin to a wedding reception with outfit changes and a massive cake designed to look like an oversized bucket with a bottle of champagne inside of it. …
Source: Jacob Boomsma / Getty Popular restaurant chain Jack’s Family Restaurant is currently the defendant in a civil rights lawsuit filed by attorneys for a Black former employee in Warrior, Alabama, who says his experience at the dining establishment was one where he was subjected to racial slurs, white supremacist material and a branch manager…
Bronny James #9 and LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers sit on their team’s bench during the first quarter of the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on January 07, 2025 in Dallas, Texas.(Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) Court documents filed hours before historic game allege LeBron James and Bronny…
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…
