Kelly Rowland and her husband, Tim Weatherspoon, celebrated their anniversary earlier this week. The two lovebirds dated for years before tying the knot in a private ceremony in Costa Rica in 2014. To commemorate the day of their union, the “Coffee” singer shared a collage of fun-filled family moments on Instagram on Tuesday, May 10….

Gordon Plaza, marketed to first-time New Orleans home-buyers in the 1980s, was built on the former Agriculture Street Landfill. Residents of the Gordon Plaza neighborhood in New Orleans are fighting to have their relocation costs paid as they seek to leave homes that were built atop a toxic dump site.  Per Nola.com, Gordon Plaza was marketed…

An ancestral connection led Coach Tish to discover her roots in the city of Asheville, N.C. This week’s episode explores the inspiration she found there, too. In the summer of 2021, I visited Asheville, North Carolina to connect with my ancestral roots. Adistant cousin found me after taking an ancestry test and revealed I’m the…

Source: Dave Kotinsky / Getty Oh, Talcum… Shaun King continues to be the Dennis The Menace of off-white activists only with less boyhood charm and more people who really just want him sent off to boarding school. I mean, seriously, can this man do anything without stirring up controversy? You might remember when we reported…

Two former cops have been charged in the 2021 police slaying of a Black man in Lawton, Oklahoma. An administrative investigation contended both officers did not follow the department’s “well-established training protocols, policies, practices, customs or procedures” during the altercation, leading to first-degree manslaughter charges announced last week. Robert Hinkle and Nathan Ronan’s mugshots USA…

Days ahead of Pennsylvania’s primary vote, theGrio interviewed Kenyatta, who is vying to become the nation’s first openly gay Black senator. At only 31, U.S. Senate candidate Malcolm Kenyatta has had an impressive political career, thus far. At 28, Kenyatta became one of the youngest lawmakers elected to Pennsylvania’s State House of Representatives after unseating…

Singer Ashanti shared pictures of herself with her mother, Tina Douglas, on Instagram after Mother’s Day, and her fans were struck by her mom’s beauty. The 41-year-old “Rock Wit U” singer shared the photographs on Instagram on May 10 with a sweet message to her mom. Both ladies looked stunning in the picture and appear…

Three white Louisiana state police officers are facing misdemeanor charges after beating a Black man so bad that he spit up blood. Antonio Harris reportedly had sore ribs for days after the officers met him with blows after a 2020 high-speed chase. The officers dragged Harris by his braids, kneed, slapped and punched him down…

Rapper and music mogul Dr. Dre donated $10 million to a high school for a performing arts center being built in his hometown of Compton, California. The performing arts center will be an addition to Compton High School, a more-than 125-year-old institution in south Los Angeles. The new facility for young folks to create and…