(Adobe Stock Images) OPINION: Some words should always conjure up memories of summertime joy. My kids have robbed me of one of my favorites: Popsicle. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It was shortly after schools shut down during the…
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 21, 2024, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Malcolm X made a remark about “chickens come home to roost” that sent…
R&B artist Jacquees took the world by surprise on July 9 when he proposed to his girlfriend, Deiondra Sanders, daughter of NFL great Deion Sanders, during their baby shower — and she said “yes!” Friends and family were overjoyed for the couple as they prepare to welcome their first child— a baby boy — this…
A Delaware teen was baffled when he was arrested for jaywalking in June. A judge dismissed the charges against him, but his mom says the officers should have never detained her son in the first place. In an interview with Delaware Online, Paula Wright said her 17-year-old son was treated unfairly because the local police…
Secret service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty As an interpreter of American life, I’ve learned that there are watershed moments from the past that hang suspended…
How old was fashion stylist Misa Hylton when she dated Sean “Diddy” Combs? The answer has finally been revealed. While much attention has focused on the late Kim Porter, Misa was the original “Bad Girl” in Sean Combs’ dynasty. As the mother of his first son, Justin Combs, and an eyewitness to Diddy’s rise, Misa…
Port-out hijacking goes a step beyond hacking into a store, bank or credit card account. In this case, the thieves take over your phone number. Any calls or texts go to them, not to you. (Photo: AdobeStock.com) When your own phone access is lost to a criminal, the very steps you once took to protect…
Former president Donald Trump is assisted offstage during a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its…
An exterior general view at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, shown on Sunday, the day before it’s set to begin. (Photo: Paul Sancya/AP) The presumptive Republican nominee and his allies will face the nation during their four-day convention in Milwaukee, ready to “fight,” as the bloodied Trump cried out…
Two white men in Kansas unleashed a profanity-laced tirade at a recent Lawrence city council meeting, where they viciously cussed out the city’s Black mayor and other public officials, with one man boldly shouting, “I’m not your field ni—er, b-tch,” after asserting his First Amendment right to say the N-word. The explosive board meeting occurred…
