Pastor DeVon Franklin is defending his decision to join Lifetime’s “Married at First Sight” as a new expert for the show’s upcoming 15th season just months after he filed for divorce from his now-ex and actress Meagan Good. In a lengthy post on his Instagram account on Thursday, May 27, the 44-year-old producer shared that…
Source: Kent Nishimura / Getty While many of us are still trying to wrap our heads around the horrific and heartbreaking mass shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two adults, law enforcement officials are investigating a new aspect of the mass shooting that occurred just days earlier when 10 Black people were killed…
Beyond being a professional networking platform, LinkedIn is also working to foster Black entrepreneurship as a source of support and resources. Entrepreneurship, by nature, is a solo endeavor; and at times it can feel incredibly lonely. From the moment I left my career to start my coaching and media business in late 2021, I knew…
Carolina Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer and head coach Matt Rhule want to improve on last season’s 5-12 record. A big reason for the team’s poor play was quarterback Sam Darnold, who was 33rd among all quarterbacks in DVOA, and an offensive line ranked 25th. Cam Newton (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) But the…
OPINION: Disney flips its classic ‘Cinderella’ into a modern-day sneaker-culture flick that also includes a rapping John Salley. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When the history books get around to telling the story of the early 2020s and the…
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Chicago police are back in hot water after a lawsuit claims an officer shot an unarmed 13-year-old Black boy in the back while he was trying to comply. According to an excessive force lawsuit, which was filed Thursday, the seventh-grader had raised his hands in the air to surrender to…
The group of 10 is hoping to negotiate a proposal over the Senate’s upcoming recess and have it ready for a vote at the beginning of June. WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, restarting gun control talks that…
A Chicago woman met her guardian angel in the most unlikely circumstance. After being kidnapped, raped and locked up in a vacant house, a good Samaritan heard her cry, saving her from the abuse of her captor. On Saturday, May 21, a 36-year-old woman, whose name has been withheld, was discovered chained by her ankles…
Comedienne Mo’Nique shared a video on Instagram to announce her performance at the Keswick Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 27, and fans couldn’t help but to laugh at nature upstaging the Oscar-winning actress. She captioned the post, “HEY MY SWEET BABIES. MAY 27th it’s happening. KESWICK THEATRE-PHILLY. I AM SOOOO EXCITED TO SEE…
The World Health Organization described the epidemic as “containable,” proposing the creation of a stockpile to share vaccines and drugs. LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable”…
