After publishing a story that described FBI Director Kash Patel as drinking heavily and behaving erratically, a reporter for The Atlantic was hit with a defamation lawsuit. Then came another shocker: word that federal agents were examining Sarah Fitzpatrick’s piece as part of a leak investigation within the agency. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director…
Tyler Perry is close to dropping a new film that reflects his vision of modern Black couples in one of his most popular franchises. Actor Michael Jai White said fans are in for a treat as he hypes up his role in the forthcoming comedy-drama from the legendary “Madea” creator. Tyler Perry’s new movie has…
Source: Nikki O’Keefe Images / Getty So when the modern Republicans were talking about making America great again, we can now safely assume they were talking about the Jim Crow era. In the wake of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee’s Republican-led state legislature has passed a new congressional map that completely…
(Adobe photo stock) Black Teacher Appreciation Day arrives amid the 2026 Teacher Appreciation Week a time to recognize and honor our educators. The pioneering historian, educator, and journalist Carter G. Woodson held an overarching philosophy: education was inseparable from freedom. That philosophy and legacy sit at the heart of this year’s Black Teacher Appreciation Day….
Body camera footage of a Florida woman’s struggle with officers is going viral after deputies say she kicked a child, but then she claims in the video she had no choice because “the kid hit me” first. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office posted the video on Facebook on Tuesday. Deputies arrested Renee Lynn Lambert, 34,…
Source: Kypros / Getty There’s yet another wrinkle in the sordid saga of Jeffrey Epstein after a federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Epstein ahead of an unsuccessful suicide attempt in July 2019. According to the New York Times, Epstein’s cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, allegedly found the note in a graphic novel after…
For Donald Trump, his second presidency increasingly seems less about governing and more about staging imperial-sized spectacles. And this week, the latest example arrived in the form of Trump bragging about new plans for the White House grounds that look like something ripped straight from ancient Rome. The president’s obsession with fights, paired with his…
(Photo: Getty Images/United States District Court of Rhode Island) “[It] goes back to the core element of Donald Trump himself as somebody who sees Black women as the number one target,” Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross tells theGrio. The Trump administration is continuing to target prominent Black women in government, using the power of the Justice…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty How contagious is hantavirus? Concerns are growing after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on May 4 that it was monitoring a cluster of severe respiratory illnesses aboard a cruise ship called the MV Hondus. As of May 7, there were 8 reported cases: five people have been confirmed to have hantavirus, and…
Kyle Rittenhouse has made his way back into headlines this week, first by sparking debate over whether felons should be given the right to own guns, followed by a picture of himself in a hospital bed with a spider bite. The outspoken activist shared the posts on Wednesday. First, he wrote about why felons should…
