Actress Vivica A. Fox has been a staple in Black Hollywood ever since her debut as a “Soul Train” dancer in the early ’80s, and later, her breakout role as Carmen Silva on “Days of Our Lives.” By the ’90s, Fox became one of the go-to leading ladies for blockbuster films like “Independence Day,” “Set…
Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks about reproductive rights at a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 20, 2024. | Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Abortion is a critical, if not the most important, issue for many voters – especially women, according to polls – ahead…
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells theGrio that the president’s visit fulfills his “commitment” to the African continent. President Joe Biden is headed to Angola on Oct. 13. The trip will mark history as the 46th President of the United States will be the first American commander in chief to visit the oil-rich country. …
In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. (Alvin C. Krupnick Co./Library of Congress via…
The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File) Attorneys for Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith rested their cases Monday after each had called experts in an attempt to combat…
Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold off his stake in Revolt, the media company the rapper and entrepreneur founded over a decade ago, the Los Angeles-based company said Tuesday in a statement on its website. (Photo: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, file) The hip-hop mogul’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal Monday in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…
Mike Tyson seems to have moved past his grievances with famed boxing promoter Don King for good. The two men once shared a business relationship for 22 years after meeting at the start of the heavyweight champion’s career in the ring in 1988. Tyson, 58, recently appeared on the “It Is What It Is” show,…
The aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre, during which mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921. | Source: Bettmann / Getty A federal civil rights review of one of the worst instances of violence motivated by anti-Black racism in U.S. history is being greeted…
Donald Trump has been working to challenge the notion that people are leaving his rallies due to “exhaustion and boredom,” as Kamala Harris suggested earlier this month. The vice president made the jab during the presidential debate with the Republican nominee on Sept. 10. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to…
John Lee, Republican candidate for Nevada’s 4th Congressional district, speaks to Republicans gathered for the Freedom Rally and Candidate Roundup at the Ahern Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., on Thursday, May 23, 2024. | Source: Bill Clark / Getty A Republican candidate for Congress in Nevada offered a stark reminder of how he truly feels…
