One rookie corrections officer has been fired in connection with the death and several others reportedly have been suspended. A New York inmate died Sunday in a Rikers Island jail cell, and his body had already begun to show signs of rigor mortis by the time he was discovered. According to the New York Times, Elijah…
OPINION: Many Democrats want a new nominee in 2024—but who? Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. We know Joe Biden is struggling, so the question we must ask is can someone replace him as the Democratic nominee in 2024? He has an approval…
Michael B. Jordan has apparently caught the eye of an admirer following his recent split with Lori Harvey. Jordan and Harvey, who began dating in November 2020, were reported to have gone their separate ways last month, reportedly because the model refused to settle down. Following their breakup, Harvey and Jordan have since wiped their social media accounts clean of…
“I don’t know if I would want to do it again,” Sykes admitted Tuesday. “It’s a huge job, and it took a lot of people to clean me up.” In an appearance Tuesday morning on “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” veteran comedian Wanda Sykes reflected on serving as one of the three hosts of the…
A Black filmmaker and his two children were followed by a white woman back to their home in a gated community. The woman, who many are calling a “Karen,” did not believe the man lived in the neighborhood and was shame-faced when she discovered the man owned the home she was protecting from what she…
Alabama State University, Stillman College, Miles College, Alabama A&M University and Selma University will each get $500,000 for repairs. Alabama State University, Stillman College, Miles College, Alabama A&M University and Selma University, five historically Black colleges and universities in the Yellowhammer State, will each receive $500,000 from the National Park Service to make updates and…
Chelsey Lucas in an undated photo. |Source: Facebook.com/ChelseyLucas72 The newly fired head volleyball coach at Grambling State University is pushing back against the narrative that she invited her own termination by cutting the entire team and says she was just following orders. This comes as the movement to get those players reinstated is gaining momentum….
The family of a Connecticut man paralyzed after traveling in a police van is calling for federal civil rights charges against the officers who reportedly mistreated him. Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump compared the case to that of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man who died of spinal cord injuries while in Baltimore police custody…
Ayesha and Steph Curry’s daughter Ryan turned 7 years old and the pair both shared photos of her on their Instagram pages and wished her a happy birthday. Ayesha wrote, “Our baby girl is 7! She is compassionate, headstrong, caring. Smart, beyond loving and certainly beats his own drum.” The mom of three continued, “We…
The department made a bold statement last year detailing new anti-racism policies. It was briefly suspended but ultimately removed from the UCF website. The University of Central Florida’s English department made a bold statement last year detailing new anti-racism policies, noting that it had an “appalling history of complicity in perpetuating colonialist and racist practices…
