In a recent episode of the hit morning show she co-hosts, Hoda Kotb shared her thoughts on being an older mom. When talking about the challenges of motherhood, the popular personality of NBC’s “Today with Hoda and Jenna” said she thinks about her own mortality and “how much time” she has to share with her…
Jones is featured on the latest episode of theGrio’s podcast, Acting Up, ahead of her book, which is published this week. Author and podcast host Luvvie Ajayi Jones is back with a brand-new book. Rising Troublemaker, described as a “feat-fighter manual for teens,” was officially published this week, and Jones sat down with theGrio’s Cortney…
Business for Good co-founders say Viola Ford Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle and will share the donation. TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are receiving a $1 million donation from a New York philanthropic organization. Business for Good co-founders Ed and Lisa Mitzen say 108-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, 107-year-old…
Black people had the largest amount of farmland they would ever own in the U.S. after the Civil War, but decade after decade, that land has been stripped through discrimination policies and theft, leading to hundreds of billions of dollars in economic loss in the 20th century, a new report shows. According to the report…
OPINION: Sometimes you just have to give a person their flowers. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Her Only Choice airs on theGrio TV and theGrio’s streaming app on Saturday, May 21, and Friday, May 27, at 12 noon. Download…
Rep. Mondaire Jones could off against the DCCC chair. Source: Tom Williams / Getty A recent move by the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raises questions about whether the group values young Black leadership in Congress. Earlier this week, DCCC Chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney announced he was going to run for…
Tammy Rivera may have many titles, including entrepreneur, model and reality star, but the one thing fans are adamant that the 35-year-old won’t be recognized for relates to her dancing. The discussion about Rivera’s moves began on May 16 after the star showcased her twerking abilities in a now-deleted Instagram story. Tammy Rivera’s twerking video…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Payton Gendron is accused of gunning down 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store. But while his family members don’t seem to be suffering under any delusion of his innocence, that doesn’t mean they aren’t suffering from any other delusions. Don’t get me wrong, it’s understandable…
A mother from the United Kingdom believes the country’s justice system let her down after the five people responsible for his death were acquitted of murder. The courts found them guilty of manslaughter, a lesser charge — giving the teen whose stab wound killed the boy less than seven years in state custody for the…
On Facebook, Gregory Foster II reportedly shared an image of the Tops market, where 10 people were fatally shot, referencing a request for “clean up” in its aisles. Gregory Foster II, an officer with the New York Corrections Department, is likely to be fired after joking online about the state’s recent mass shooting in a…
