MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – JULY 15: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) walks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Despite Scott’s historic milestone, Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright criticized the South Carolina senator’s legislative record and whether…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk continued his recent trend of incendiary musings Friday morning when he shared a post comparing diversity, equity and inclusion programs to laws designed to disenfranchise Black Americans. “DEI is racism and sexism,” wrote Musk, replying to a post on X — the social media platform he owns — that read “Jim…
Former Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen is getting the cold shoulder from critics after showing off too much skin on social media. The “Cravings” cookbook author stripped down for a steamy moment of solitude during her country-hopping vacation with husband John Legend and their kids, which prompted a mixed offering of reactions. Teigen posted a…
Source: Erika Goldring / Getty Lil Wayne is venturing into the world of sports with his new agency, Young Money APAA Sports. Founded in 2017 through the strategic merger of Adie von Gontard of APAA Sports and Wayne’s Young Money Sports, the trailblazing agency has quietly built a reputation for excellence in NBA, Major League…
FILE – Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File) The development marks yet another twist in the singular case. In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump‘s…
A year after they filed a federal lawsuit to end “a modern-day form of slavery,” the plaintiffs representing prisoners in Alabama and their advocates are pushing for reforms in how the state governs the work that incarcerated people do for extremely low pay inside and outside of prison walls, which they call illegally “forced labor.”…
(Photo: Getty Images/AP) Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., told theGrio Presidemt-elect Donald Trump “cares little for the truth, and even less for the communities his conspiracy theories and lies harm.” After Donald Trump falsely claimed the deadly New Orleans terrorist attack on Bourbon Street was committed by an immigrant, critics are slamming the president-elect for scapegoating…
Diddy poses in the press room with his Global Icon Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) Members of Diddy’s inner circle reveal more of his alleged notorious behavior in Peacock’s “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy,”…
The Amazon.com, Inc. BHM1 fulfillment center is seen before sunrise on March 29, 2021, in Bessemer, Alabama. | Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty In the latest example of shameless corporate greed and a basic disregard for human rights, an Amazon warehouse initially denied a request for a leave of absence by an employee who…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 11: Lupe Fiasco performs onstage during Hip Hop 50 Live at Yankee Stadium on August 11, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) The famed Chicago emcee adds the world-renowned institution to a resumé that already includes MIT and Yale University. Lupe Fiasco has long been…
