The death of Zidan Batista Álvarez is drawing attention to the pervasive issue of police brutality and racial discrimination in Cuba. A Black Cuban teenager was shot dead by area police in the island nation, and the incident, which was recorded on video, is drawing attention to the pervasive issue of police brutality and racial…
A Virginia man’s dream has led him to defeat the odds. Henrico, Virginia, retiree Alonzo Coleman spent $2 to pick 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 in a state lottery game. Splitting his wager four ways, he won $250,000 in the Bank a Million game after seeing the numbers in a dream, according to…
Steve and Marjorie Harvey recently showcased that, from fans; perspectives, even the power couple falls short sometimes when it comes to fashion. On July 6, in an Instagram video shared on Marjorie’s account, the 57-year-old was seen entering the room as she asked her husband if he was ready to take on the streets of…
Following a six-hour deliberation earlier this week, a Los Angeles court jury found Eric Ronald Holder Jr., the man accused of fatally shooting Grammy Award-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle, guilty of first-degree murder. It is best to note that Holder has no relation to former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder. The 32-year-old man also was charged…
A father and son management duo at Lone Wolf Resources also fired a Black worker on the basis of race, a federal lawsuit claims. A federal lawsuit alleges that the managers of a Florida construction company told a supervisor to stop hiring Black workers “because ‘they are lazy.’” That company must now pay $50,000 to…
For Republican conservatives, it’s always “the past is the past” or “slavery was so long ago” or “the Ku Klux Klan is history”—until it’s time to bring up the fact that the KKK was started by Democrats. All of a sudden, America’s dark past actually matters. Anyway, some Black Republican congressional candidate from Arizona named…
Blerdcon co-founder Hilton George talks to theGrio about how he infuses the culture into nerdom. Somewhere in Bunkie, Louisiana, there’s a 19-year-old Black man in the backroom of his grandmama’s white clapboard house hiding his Sith Lord mask and Gundams. He just wants the matriarch and her deaconess friends to stop praying for the devil…
Many have fled the nation in the past year, making potentially deadly voyages aboard rickety boats filled with hundreds of Haitians who have repeatedly turned up on the shores of nearby nations. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A year has passed since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his private home where an elite security team…
A medical examiner’s report revealed a Black man, who was shot and killed by eight officers from the Akron Police Department, was handcuffed with his hands behind his back when he was brought to the coroner’s office after being shot. The report has been selectively shared with some press, but not made public. The preliminary…
A new lawsuit by 15 current or former Black staffers alleges consistent harassment and intimidation at Tesla’s California plants. A new lawsuit against luxury automaker Tesla Inc. by 15 current or former African American employees alleges consistent harassment and intimidation at its California plants. The latest lawsuit is one of several against the company alleging…
