OPINION: The popular TV franchise provides a model for the committee investigating the insurrection to cut through the noise and apply pressure to the Department of Justice to act. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. A word of advice to the House select…
From left: Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. | Source: U.S. Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office The former Minneapolis police officer who held down George Floyd‘s legs while Derek Chauvin murdered the unarmed, handcuffed Black man had his charges reduced significantly after striking a plea…
Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder is receiving his hometown flowers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On May 25, a statue of Wilder will be unveiled in his hometown. Deontay Wilder poses on the scale during his official weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on October 8, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wilder will challenge WBC heavyweight champion Tyson…
Monica Brown says ‘aht aht aht’ after a fan compared her dating history with men to that of Keyshia Cole‘s. Both R&B singers have dated their share of rappers and athletes and have experienced challenging times when it comes to love. “Between Keyshia Cole track record with men and Monica’s maybe we shouldn’t be taking…
In a recent episode of the hit morning show she co-hosts, Hoda Kotb shared her thoughts on being an older mom. When talking about the challenges of motherhood, the popular personality of NBC’s “Today with Hoda and Jenna” said she thinks about her own mortality and “how much time” she has to share with her…
Jones is featured on the latest episode of theGrio’s podcast, Acting Up, ahead of her book, which is published this week. Author and podcast host Luvvie Ajayi Jones is back with a brand-new book. Rising Troublemaker, described as a “feat-fighter manual for teens,” was officially published this week, and Jones sat down with theGrio’s Cortney…
Business for Good co-founders say Viola Ford Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle and will share the donation. TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are receiving a $1 million donation from a New York philanthropic organization. Business for Good co-founders Ed and Lisa Mitzen say 108-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, 107-year-old…
Black people had the largest amount of farmland they would ever own in the U.S. after the Civil War, but decade after decade, that land has been stripped through discrimination policies and theft, leading to hundreds of billions of dollars in economic loss in the 20th century, a new report shows. According to the report…
OPINION: Sometimes you just have to give a person their flowers. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Her Only Choice airs on theGrio TV and theGrio’s streaming app on Saturday, May 21, and Friday, May 27, at 12 noon. Download…
Rep. Mondaire Jones could off against the DCCC chair. Source: Tom Williams / Getty A recent move by the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raises questions about whether the group values young Black leadership in Congress. Earlier this week, DCCC Chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney announced he was going to run for…
