A former British Army soldier who was once a fixture on military recruitment posters has received a financial settlement and an apology from the Ministry of Defense after claiming she endured more than a decade of racist and sexist abuse because of the campaign. Kerry-Ann Knight, 33, accepted the settlement from the British government in…
St. Louis County prosecutor and congressional candidate Wesley Bell speaks during a campaign stop at a Ward meeting held at the American Czech Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 11, 2024. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty St. Louis County District Attorney Wesley Bell the presumptive next Congressman from Missouri thanked his volunteers,…
Charles Barkley arrives at the NBA Awards in June 2019 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. (Photo: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file) The Hall of Fame player announced Tuesday that he will not retire next season, reversing the announcement he made in June during the NBA Finals. Charles Barkley intends to remain with TNT Sports through…
Kevin Durant of the United States is fouled by JT Thor of South Sudan in a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics Wednesday in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP) Durant’s basket with 3:06 left in the third quarter Tuesday gave him six points in the game and 489 in his four Olympic…
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells theGrio Vice President Harris and President Biden have been “critical partners” in shaping policies benefiting Black and brown communities. As presidential nominee Kamala Harris hits the campaign trail with her newly announced running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in key battleground states, many Black and brown Americans are looking to…
Algeria’s Imane Khelif (right) gestures after defeating Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng in their women’s 66 kg semifinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Tuesday in Paris, France. (Photo: Ariana Cubillos/AP) Khelif defeated Janjaem Suwannapheng of Thailand 5:0 in the semifinals, where the crowd roared for her and chanted her name repeatedly during her three-round…
Simone Biles has become one of the standout stars of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. The multi-medal-winning gymnast also expressed being annoyed by production workers during the floor exercise competition. “If one of these cameramen hit me one more time, We’re going to have an issue,” Simone Biles could be heard telling someone during…
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told theGrio that passing federal legislation in Congress is “something that we want to see get done.” This week marks the 59th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Nearly six decades after the act granted Black Americans the right to vote without fear of racial discrimination, data from the…
Darryl George stands in front of Galveston County Court House in Galveston, Texas in May. (Photo: Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP, file) Darryl George, 18, was kept out of his regular high school classes for most of the 2023-24 school year because the school district said his hair length violated its dress code. HOUSTON (AP)…
Joy Banner, co-founder of The Descendants Project and a leader in the fight against Greenfield, hugs a supporter moments after hearing that the company would cease plans for a grain elevator facility in the middle of her hometown of Wallace, which is in Louisiana’s heavily industrialized “Cancer Alley.” (Photo: Jack Brook/AP) The company’s announcement signaled…
