A Black woman who was aggressively thrown out of a Los Angeles restaurant earlier this month posted a video of the altercation, leading to other Black women coming forward saying they have also had negative experiences at the restaurant. TeJuana Johnson posted the video on Instagram showing her sitting at a table looking into the…
If there’s one thing that the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention confirmed to America, it’s that supporters of Donald Trump come in all shapes, sizes and colors. And while the primary color of those aforementioned MAGA fanatics is not Black, there was still a relatively small handful of non-white Trump supporters who…
People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with placards bearing the image of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, for whom the most recent voting rights bill is named, during commemorations for the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Alabama. | Source: Brandon Bell / Getty Wednesday will mark the…
Snoop Dogg and his wife Shante Broadus celebrated their 27-year wedding anniversary last month, marking one of the longest hip-hop unions in the industry. But when a fan online showed some love to the West Coast couple it backfired, leaving many recalling their marriage hasn’t been as blissful as most hoped. Snoop Dogg and his…
U.S. Rep. of Michigan John James speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. | Source: PATRICK T. FALLON / Getty Republican Michigan Congressman John James on Monday night took the stage at the RNC to make his case for why he…
Comedian Gary Owen took a moment to wish his youngest sons a happy first birthday but his heartfelt words were derailed when fans began calling him out over his strained relationship with his kids from his first marriage. In early 2023, rumors began swirling that the 49-year-old comedian was expecting twins following his messy divorce…
In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, former NFL athlete Herschel Walker addresses the virtual convention on August 24, 2020. | Source: Handout / Getty The full list of people tapped to deliver speeches at the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) has been released, and there are a number…
Members of the far-right group Patriot Front are seen on May 13, 2023, marching through Washington, D.C. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) A white extremist expert tells theGrio conspiracies surrounding the shooting are already beginning to incite the far-right corners of the internet. Amid continued calls for peace and calm following the…
(Photo: Adobe Stock) Inspired by the CROWN Act and painful experiences with racism against Black hair, Afro-Puerto Rican activists are rallying to pass Senate Bill 1282 as time runs out. When Cynthia Collazo Pacheco was a 5-year-old girl growing up in Puerto Rico, she begged for a perm. After being called names like “monkey” in school,…
Authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a 38-year-old man with orchestrating a murder-for-hire in which he allegedly paid a 14-year-old boy cash and drugs last year to kill a street rival as an act of revenge. The suspect, Calvin Jay Huffman, was already jailed on unrelated felony charges and now faces one count of solicitation to…
