OPINION: As far as Black people are concerned, student loan forgiveness should be a down payment on reparations. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. President Joe Biden must cancel the student loans now. Black people need it and deserve it, and this is…
It took hitting financial rock bottom for Sharita Humphrey to realize that she needed to get serious about money management. “I had lost everything in the world that I owned,” Humphrey said. “I was evicted and eventually became homeless and not having an address for so long became my norm, but I knew that I…
Anti-abortion and abortion rights demonstrators during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. | Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” ~John 14:27 KJV These words came to me as comfort on May 2 as I processed the…
Last month, former OG Nene Leakes slapped Bravo, Andy Cohen and “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” show production staff with a lawsuit. The reality star alleges the show fostered a toxic work environment and ignored years of her complaints about former ‘RHOA’ cast members Kim Zolciak-Biermann. Court docs obtained by TMZ allege Zolciak-Biermann made racially offensive…
Billboard’s “Top Gospel Artist of 2021” Kanye West is headed back to court with a Texas pastor over a sample on his Grammy-winning album “Donda.” According to the outlet, Bishop David Paul Moten sued the Yeezy CEO for sampling his sermon on the track “Come to Life.” Court docs claim Ye used 70 seconds of…
Black women will be disproportionately impacted by any reversal of abortion rights, reproductive rights advocates tell theGrio. The bombshell leaking of an opinion draft revealing the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade shocked and angered abortion rights proponents, members of Congress, and the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday reacted passionately to…
Source: simonkr / Getty You can always tell that racist white people are just looking for an excuse to start slinging around racial slurs like they were trick-or-treat candy. And the “excuse” typically comes in the form of any relatively mundane altercation involving a Black person. Understand—white people get into it with other white people…
One of Atlanta’s HBCUs is celebrating a comeback story 20 years in the making. “If not for HBCUs, many of us would not be here today,” said Morris Brown President Kevin James said at a celebratory press conference last week. The jubilation comes after years of overcoming a financial aid scandal by ousted former school…
OPINION: ‘Belly’ is not only a film but a gift that keeps on giving in that there is so much you can discuss about it without ever coming to a resolution or reasonable conclusion. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio….
Michael B. Jordan just scored some good boyfriend points on May 3, after praising his girlfriend Lori Harvey‘s Met Gala look. The Met Gala, which took place on May 2, is an annual fundraising event for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s theme was “Gilded Glamour.” In an Instagram story shared on…
