Source: John Coletti / Getty Isn’t it curious how before white conservatives discovered critical race theory in 2020, legislators were not commonly proposing and signing bills into law that limited discussions on race in the classroom? It’s almost as if this relatively obscure academic study that has existed in academia since 1989 suddenly became a…
EXCLUSIVE: The new Spectrum Original series is coming this April, and theGrio has a first look at the scandal-filled drama Long Slow Exhale, a brand new Spectrum Original, is set to premiere in April, and theGrio has an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming drama, which contains basketball, scandal and more. From Paramount Television Studios…
Kandi Burruss disclosed during a recent interview that she and Marlo Hampton had a temporary feud while shooting season 14 of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Burruss, who was promoting her upcoming spin-off show “Kandi and The Gang,” explained to “Daily Blast Live” co-host Erica Cobb on March 2 that the beef between her and…
An October meeting between Lightfoot, George Smyrniotis and several other city lawyers reportedly led to insults. A heated meeting over a statue of Christopher Columbus set the stage for a defamation lawsuit against Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot by a former city attorney. WGN 9 is reporting that Lightfoot berated a group of lawyers when they met…
Hip-hop influencer and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records Damon Dash appeared on “Club Shay Shay,” Shannon Sharpe’s podcast, and talked about the dissolution of his relationship with Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter. On the show, he said that he is embarrassed at the fact the two have legal woes that are being handled in…
OPINION: I think J. Cole needs an outside producer to truly get him to the nastiness we get when he is featured on other folks’ songs. As a general rule, I try not to be too critical about great art and artists in my midst. Now, what constitutes great art is subject to debate; two…
A week after the federal hate crime trial of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man killed while jogging in a predominantly white community in Brunswick, Georgia, players in the case are speaking out about their observations surrounding the case. Ahmaud Arbery with his mother, Wanda Cooper Jones Marcus Ransom, a…
Source: Timothy Fadek / Getty The Bluest Eye is one of the late Toni Morrison’s most iconic bodies of work and surprisingly has become one of her most controversial as well. Following a longstanding lawsuit that saw the book taken off shelves at libraries throughout the Missouri School District, a lawsuit from the American Civil…
When it comes to his children, Steve Harvey says: “At the end of the day, I’m a father.” However, the papa bear was left scrambling during an interview with co-hosts Hoda Kotb, and Jenna Bush Hager — one of former President George W. Bush’s twin daughters — after the longtime “Family Feud” host was asked…
Source: EmirMemedovski / Getty National Reading Month is in full swing! The annual month-long celebration takes place every March, empowering children of all ages to pick up their favorite books and read. Although it may seem small, reading is such a vital component of education and professional development for kids and teens, especially with the…
