Jamaican reggae artist Jah Cure has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of attempted manslaughter in the Netherlands. Urban Islandz obtained court documents revealing Cure stabbed Dutch-Jamaican promoter Ricardo Blake in October 2021. Cure’s trial began in January. Grammy-nominated artist Jah Cure received six years behind bars in the Netherlands for…
OPINION: Russia and Ukraine play a significant role in the world’s food supply—now halted by war and sanctions. The impact could have a devastating effect on the lives of Black and brown people around the globe. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The…
Louisiana State Police investigators told lawmakers that commanders told them to suppress graphic video of the Black motorist’s final moments. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police investigators who pressed within days to charge troopers in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene told lawmakers Tuesday that commanders rejected their concerns and told them…
Faculty at the HBCU calling for higher wages and better working conditions were set to strike today, but have reached a tentative agreement. A strike was considered imminent at one of the nation’s most prestigious HBCUs. According to an NBC News report, adjunct faculty at Howard University calling for higher wages and better working conditions…
An unarmed Black man claims he was tased unlawfully by a white officer in Tennessee. A partial video of the incident shows the two going back and forth after the African American asked the cop to speak to his supervisor. On Thursday, March 10, Delane Gordon was stopped and tased by Officer Driskill, a Collegedale…
The Lip Bar’s Melissa Butler and Glam-Aholic Lifestyle’s Mia Ray have decided to honor Detroit with their collaboration, The D Girl Collection “Beauty” is not the word that most people think of when describing Detroit. Yet, for natives of this gritty, industrial city–beauty can be found at every turn. In addition to aesthetics of its…
Albert Ogletree, who worked at a cafeteria inside the World Trade Center’s north tower, finally has his portrait on the Wall of Faces. The 9/11 Memorial & Museum is tasked with a somber mission, according to its website: Bearing “solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. Respecting this…
Jackson was the subject of misleading rhetoric on critical race theory, her pandemic-era rulings and representing Guantanamo Bay detainees Republican senators characterized Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial views as extremist and soft on crime, using her confirmation hearings to air a line of conservative grievances that relied at times on distortions of her record. Over the first…
Kevin Hart is known to make millions laugh until they cry by his comedic antics, but this time around his fans were singing a different tune after he sent a special message to his oldest daughter Heaven Hart on her 17th birthday. The comedian, who shares Heaven with his ex-wife Torrei Hart, honored his daughter…
The Pierce County Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to approve the settlement The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man killed by police two years ago as he pleaded for breath, has reached a $4 million proposed settlement with one of the two government agencies it named in a wrongful death lawsuit….
