A 17-year-old Boston high school student suffered a stroke while in class but did not receive the medical assistance he needed after officials called his mother instead of 911. D’Andre Hicks with his mother. (CBS Local Video Screengrab) The teen’s mother, who is wheelchair-bound, is furious, asking why the school nurse did not recognize the…

A Johns Hopkins University study showed that in four of the 10 states, the increase in officer-involved shootings was significantly higher. The Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University recently found that in states where people have been allowed to carry concealed weapons without a permit between 2014 and 2020, police-involved shootings increased…

Actress Tatyana Ali rose to prominence, thanks to her breakthrough performance on NBC’s hit sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” During her time on the show, the New York native not only got to show off her amazing acting skills but her impressive vocal ability. While the show ended over two decades ago — with…

OPINION: Black journalists, scholars and regular, shmegular citizens have been publicly screaming about the dangerous fear now known as the “great replacement theory,” and no one cared. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Remember when Don Lemon was accused of spreading “unadulterated racism”…

The energy of lovers and friends was in full effect as Janet Jackson was all smiles while celebrating her birthday alongside Jermaine Dupri. The duo dated for nearly a decade before throwing in the towel in 2009. Since then, Jackson and Dupri have only been spotted together publicly once in 2017, as her “State of…

“We both walked down the aisle with clear eyes, knowing that the wedding wasn’t just for the party,” said Sumpter, now wed to Nicholas James. Tika Sumpter and former co-star Nicholas James met on the show The Haves and the Have Nots, which ran for eight seasons on OWN, and this weekend, the couple were…

Source: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images / Getty If you needed any more proof that white conservatives have adopted anti-critical race theory (CRT) propaganda just so they have an excuse to be white and fragile, look no further than one whiny Karen who has joined other pitiful parents in suing a Virginia school…

“In America, evil will not win, I promise you,” said President Joe Biden in remarks made in Buffalo, New York on Tuesday. President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory” espoused by the shooter who murdered 10 black Americans…

Black businesses are on the rise again. After the nation witnessed countless closures of Black businesses during the pandemic, Black entrepreneurship now reportedly is on the upswing.  This shift, experts say, can be attributed to a number of factors.  Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cheerful-black-waitress-standing-at-counter-3801426/ The number of Black small business owners was 28 percent higher…

Nylah Anderson died in December during the dare, which gets social media users to try to choke themselves until they pass out. The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died while trying a viral challenge is suing TikTok and its parent company in federal court.  According to The Miami Herald, Nylah Anderson tried the “Blackout…