WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 16: Reverend Al Sharpton greets U.S. President Joe Biden before he speaks at the National Action Network’s Annual Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on January 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) “Did I push him to do more? Yes, but he did some consequential things,” said Sharpton,…
Source: Gina Ferazzi / Getty Altadena and Pasadena, two neighboring communities rich in Black culture and history, are now facing an uncertain future as the devastation from the Eaton fire threatens to erase much of their legacy. Altadena, located just 13 miles northeast of Los Angeles, boasts a population that is 18% Black, with a…
A newly elected judge in Chicago has been temporarily reassigned and referred to the state Judicial Inquiry Board after nine months on the bench following allegations that she shared a racist text message depicting an ad for a toy ankle monitor that included an AI-generated image of a Black toddler. Cook County Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman…
Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, may have a new attitude when she officially returns to the White House. The incoming first lady has sparked conversations on social media for weeks since her husband was announced as the president-elect for his second term in November 2024. Some believe she’s being “paid” to fake being happy in…
Shirley Chisholm, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Nikki Giovanni (Getty Images) Celebrate the 112th anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. by exploring the legacies of 13 famous members who made history. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has been a pillar of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action since its founding on January 13, 1913, by 22…
Facing her son’s accused killer for the first time since the night of his shooting, Veronica Arrington was overcome with emotion in a suburban Pittsburgh courtroom this week. Darell Love, 16, was remembered as an affable kid, well-liked by everyone in his Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, community, with dreams of becoming a welder. Family meant everything…
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, arrives for a meeting at the Hart Senate Office Building on January 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. | Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty In today’s episode of Wait, I Thought The Democrats Were The Ones Who Loved Slavery, Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host Donald…
Beyoncé Bowl photo courtesy of Netflix/Parkwood Entertainment. OPINION: The icon let us know after her “Cowboy Carter” inspired Christmas Day Netflix halftime show — the Beyoncé Bowl — that something was coming on January 14. TheGrio columnist Panama Jackson gives us his best guess of what it could be. Editor’s note: The following article is an…
The former prime minister of Thailand, whose daughter now serves in the same position, is under fire for comments comparing Thai and African women. Speaking at a political rally last week, Thaksin Shinawatra said Thai women should be getting modeling jobs currently going to Africans. Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra reacts as he arrives…
Colorado’s Travis Hunter, right, and coach Deion Sanders embrace after Hunter won the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding player in college football, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in New York. (Todd Van Emst/Heisman Trust via AP, Pool) It seems like the entire world has weighed in, largely telling Hunter that he needs to either be careful…
