Source: Getty Images / Getty As if a Black bank teller calling the police on an award-winning movie director out of apparent implicit bias wasn’t bad enough, what’s seemingly being lost in the larger conversation is how she just happens to be employed by a financial institution with a documented history of racist treatment toward…
Harris expressed outrage over the bombing Wednesday of the maternity hospital and scenes of bloodied pregnant women. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday embraced calls for an international war crimes investigation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, citing the “atrocities” of bombing civilians, including a maternity hospital. Speaking alongside Polish…
OPINION: You don’t need to care about Randy’s, which closed down last month, but you should because it is a friendly reminder to keep supporting Black businesses wherever you are. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Since the beginning of the pandemic, most…
Comedian and media mogul Steve Harvey has built a powerful career in entertainment, crossing industries and mediums and spanning over four decades. Fans have watched his growth since Def Comedy Jam, tuned into his hit ’90s sitcom “The Steve Harvey Show” and have lined up for every game show, talk show, radio show, clothing line, best-selling book,…
The incident occurred in January when Coogler entered a Bank of America branch in Atlanta wearing sunglasses and a COVID-19 mask, requesting a legal transaction. Superstar director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained and handcuffed at his own bank after attempting to withdraw $12,000 from his account. According to TMZ, the incident occurred in January when Coogler…
Black internet memes have developed a life of their own, and as Afro-surrealist artist Alim Smith, 31, says, popular Black memes embody unspoken language the Black community can easily understand. “Somebody outside the culture could see these same pictures and just see pictures, but we can tell a whole story with that stuff, and it’s…
Source: Aigné Taylor / iOne Digital The political power of students at HBCUs has been a catalyst of change for decades in this country. From the movements of the 1960s to the evolution of progressive culture today, college-aged individuals have been one of the main groups energizing the quest for change. This week in Selma,…
OPINION: The documentary seems to want us to consume all of our collective trauma in one sitting—from the horrors of slavery to the tragedy of George Floyd. 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 trauma porn means showing excessive amounts of Black pain…
The defendant, Marc Wilson, said white men in a pickup yelled racist slurs at him and tried to run his car off the road shortly after midnight on a morning in June 2020. STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A judge scheduled an April trial for a biracial man charged with murder in the 2020 shooting of…
The divorce between “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kenya Moore and her estranged husband, Marc Daly, is ongoing. The reality star filed back in May 2021, and now Daly is accusing Moore of dragging out the divorce proceedings. New documents purportedly obtained by Radar reveal Daly’s troubling inability to communicate with Moore, who he…
