Veteran comedians Mo’Nique and D.L. Hughley are at odds. During her performance in Detroit over the weekend at the Fox Theatre, the Academy Award-winning actress accused the Kings of Comedy star of removing her as a headliner for the show. D.L. Hughley (L) and Mo’Nique (R). Photo by Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic, Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images “Y’all…
Erika Qualls reportedly documented 15 racist incidents her son experienced at Church Hill Middle School this academic year. A Tennessee family is suing a local school board after a middle schooler was allegedly subjected to a barrage of racial epithets, shown images of Ku Klux Klan members holding torches and nooses — and was even…
Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl speaks to the media on July 6, 2021, in Boston. | Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Last week, we reported that Rayla Campbell, a Black Republican candidate for secretary of state in Massachusetts, not only proved that she’s deep in the sunken place but also that…
OPINION: Touré took to the digital streets to find out who are the people driving the discourse on Black Twitter. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Black Twitter makes me happy. Not much about Twitter does nowadays, but the Black folks on the…
The stampede involved people who came to the church’s annual “Shop for Free” charity event, a police spokeswoman said. ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A stampede Saturday at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and seven injured, police told The Associated Press, a shocking development at a program that aimed to…
Long-planned renovations at the historic music venue began in March when crews started stripping down walls in the 10,000-square-foot space. A beloved area venue once known as the heart of Houston’s Third Ward will undergo a nearly $10 million makeover. Renovations at The Eldorado Ballroom began in March when construction crews started to strip down…
Reality TV star Kandi Burruss from “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is opening up about not being happy over a move by her Bravo boss Andy Cohen — that involved Cohen catching her daughter Riley off guard when he publicly questioned her about her estranged father. During a May 22 episode of “Watch What Happens…
Shédanja, an eyewitness who videotaped the incident, said the woman told Kansas City cops she was pregnant and couldn’t lie down on the ground as commanded. An eyewitness is providing a harrowing account of how a pregnant woman was shot on Friday in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star spoke to a 29-year-old woman identifying herself…
The state of Kentucky and a company that provides medical care in its state prisons have reached an undisclosed settlement with the widow of a man who died during mental health episode at a state facility, but attorneys say there is still a lack of accountability and systemic issues that plague the prisons. Attorneys for…
A general view of the GOP: Guns Over People Projection at the NRA Convention on May 27, 2022, in Houston, Texas. | Source: Bob Levey / Getty Members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) couldn’t have possibly thought that after two inconceivably horrific mass shootings happened and made national headlines within weeks of each other…
