The new tag is the brainchild of two Black women at Instagram, where Alexis Michelle Adjei is a data analyst and Cameryn Boyd is an engineer. Popular social media platform Instagram announced on Monday that it is introducing a new special tag that will help professional accounts and influencers get credit for their content. The…
OPINION: Russia has a violent, racist history against the LGBTQIA community. There’s no doubt that the WNBA star’s gender, sexuality and race are at play. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Over the weekend, I was shaken by the news that Russia had…
The justices are allowing map more favorable to Democrats than the ones drawn by the states’ legislatures. WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans. In separate orders late Monday, the justices are allowing maps…
Gabrielle Union‘s fans zeroed one of the actress’ physical features on March 7 after she uploaded a new video on her Instagram page. In the slow-motion post, the 49-year-old, who wore a backless brown mini-dress with white sneakers, was seen embodying her inner model as she strutted her stuff in an undisclosed location as Saweetie’s…
Undated photo of Emmett Till. | Source: Bettmann / Getty One day, a white woman woke up in the morning and decided that making an opera about Emmett Till was a good idea. That white woman got a bunch of Black people involved—whom she would have needed to in order to make this even plausibly…
Eric Dick said he wasn’t behind the Houston mailer, but a probe found that he requested, approved and arranged to pay for it. A Houston Republican who lost his bid for a seat on its city council has been fined $30,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission after falsely claiming he had been endorsed by a…
The sorority’s 33rd Annual Delta Days will also focus on student loan debt and Black maternal health. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden, Cedric Richmond, are among D.C. lawmakers and administration officials receiving meetings today with members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. The discussions, that began on March 5…
Arkansas high school students staged a sit-in on their campus after a Black student was suspended for an equal amount of time as a white student who picked a fight with him during school hours. Fordyce high school students stage sit-in (Cellphone video screenshot) Instigators filmed the altercation and posted it on social media, sparking…
OPINION: The revolutionary Black power group came out the gate swinging with a song that still sounds as good as the day it came out. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It’s amazing how time and distance can impact how you interact with…
As Black women remain the heartbeat of the Black church, they are also clergywomen and change-makers revolutionizing faith. Black women have been the backbone of the Black church and the vanguards of ministry, in and out of the pulpit. This Women’s History Month, we take a moment to lift Black clergywomen who stood in the…
