(Photo by Fitz/Adobe Stock Images) OPINION: A recent experience of trying to save a seat in a room full of Black people stressed me out so thoroughly that I may never try again. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. There…
(Left to right) Silver medalist Simone Biles of Team United States and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles of Team United States applaud fans after the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Floor Exercise Medal Ceremony on day 10 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most widely known and skilled basketball stars. He left the NBA as the all-time scorer and broke records that LeBron James has now surpassed. Therefore, many were concerned following a resurfaced video of Abdul-Jabbar and his slow movement during a fan interaction. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s appearance at Fanatics Fest had…
Source: eggeeggjiew / Getty Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old Black mom from Georgia died on Aug. 19, 2022 after a rare and severe infection she’d developed went untreated for more than 17 hours by staff, including doctors. Health experts now say her death was ‘preventable.” On Aug. 13 of 2022 Thurman legally and under medical supervision,…
This is episode 6 in a seven-part series on the journey of choosing motherhood as a single Black woman. Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. So why are some women choosing to do it alone? A growing trend among some women is choosing to do motherhood by themselves, taking…
In a now-viral post on Reddit, a woman recounted why she called the police on her mother after she shaved off her biracial daughter’s curly hair. The post, written on the r/AITAH board by user OrneryExchange8001, has since been removed from the platform’s moderators but received more than 17,000 upvotes after it was posted on…
(Adobe Stock Images) The Grenada City Council voted to move the monument in 2020, weeks after police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis. GRENADA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing…
Unarmed Black Man Shot At 2024 RNC By Source: Spencer Platt / Getty I wonder if Republican vice presidential hopeful J.D. Vance has ever asked himself what his younger self would think of him now. Most of us have asked ourselves that question, and we’d like to think the version of ourselves from 10 or…
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit Nigeria Unconquered, a charity organization that works in collaboration with the Invictus Games Foundation, at a reception at Officers’ Mess on May 11, 2024, in Abuja, Nigeria. (Photo by Andrew Esiebo/Getty Images for The Archewell Foundation) The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped out…
It’s no secret that fans believe Shaquille O’Neal, 52, has a thing for influencers. But the NBA legend is letting the world know he is not dating a Philadelphia content creator despite growing speculation they hooked up with following a viral photo. An image of Maria Ozuna Teachey circulated on social media platforms on Monday,…
