Source: Erik S. Lesser / Getty American students who have graduated over the last two years have been fraught with difficult circumstances due to the pandemic and the economy’s rocky landscape. While the job market does appear to be promising for recent Black graduates, the unemployment rate is still significantly higher for the community….
Local elected officials must redo thousands, a laborious process that may delay results in some closely contested races. Printing mistakes will force local election officials in Pennsylvania and Oregon to redo thousands of mailed ballots, a laborious process that could delay results for some closely contested races in Tuesday’s primaries. In Pennsylvania, where GOP primaries for…
Tamar Braxton has opened up about being single within the past several months while sharing risqué posts. The singer’s most recent ex was businessman David Adefeso. The pair began dating in 2018, and ultimately split two years later in 2020, after an alleged domestic dispute took place in his car. Tamar Braxton and David Adefeso (Photo): @tamarbraxton/Instagram Since then, no…
Circa 1870, from left: Sen. Hiram Revels of Mississippi with some of the first Black members of Congress, Benjamin Turner, Robert De Large, Josiah Walls, Jefferson Long, Joseph Rainey and Robert Brown Elliot. | Source: MPI / Getty UPDATED: 9:00 a.m. ET, May 18, 2022 — The nearly all-white upper chamber of the U.S. Congress…
In an exclusive clip, Adrienne Banfield Norris claimed she “would definitely be dead” had the lethal drug been available when she was using. Red Table Talk is deep into its brand-new season, and theGrio has an exclusive clip from what may be its most powerful episode yet. The Emmy Award-winning Facebook Watch series continues to…
The parents of a differently-abled 10-year-old filed a legal claim after a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputy choked their son, who was acting out as a result of a crisis caused by his diagnosed mental health disorder. The Louisiana elementary student believed he was going to be killed by the officers, further elevating his anxiety, the…
Ronald Moultrie, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, told a House subcommittee chaired by Rep. André Carson that the Pentagon is encouraging pilots and other military personnel to report anything unusual they see. WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects. And no, there is still…
“I love the position we’re in, but I cannot wait for the day that it’s not unusual,” said Janette McCarthy Wallace, general counsel in the NAACP Legal Department, in an exclusive interview with theGrio. The first all-women of color National Association for the Advancement of Colored People C-suite team is working to leave a legacy…
Beyoncé and Sean Paul had radio airwaves on lock in 2003 when their sexy collaboration “Baby Boy” was released. As the second single from her debut solo album, “Dangerously In Love,” blazed the charts, rumors of the singer and dancehall-reggae rapper being romantically linked to one another also heated up. Now, just shy of the…
Source: Jeff Swensen / Getty Pennsylvania state Rep. Summer Lee did not wait for the official word before declaring victory in the 12th Congressional District Democratic primary. Speaking to supporters a little after midnight, Lee focused her remarks on the power of Black women as leaders and coalition builders. For Lee to declare victory, her…
