An Afterschool Alliance survey found an all-time high of 24.6 million children were unable to access a program at the end of 2021. The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren has not meant a return to work for many of their parents who, with workdays that outlast school days, are finding crucial after-school programs…
Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau condemned the mosque attack, calling it “incredibly disturbing” in a tweet. Worshippers at dawn prayer in a suburb of Toronto tackled and subdued a 24-year-old man who allegedly entered their mosque and attacked people with bear spray on Saturday, according to local police. Peel Regional Police said the man walked…
The Kenosha Unified School District initially placed Shawn Guetschow on paid leave. School officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, released surveillance footage that shows an off-duty police officer putting his knee on a 12-year-old girl’s neck to restrain her amid a lunchtime fight. The Kenosha Unified School District released redacted footage of the March 4 fight on…
One hundred years after his body was discovered hanging from a tree, a Black man’s death certificate has been changed to show he died by homicide instead of suicide. George Tompkins, 19, was found tied to a tree in Riverside Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 16, 1922. Tompkins reportedly had left for work in…
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the situation in Tigray from where he hails was “catastrophic.” As much of the world’s attention is focused on the bloodshed in Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday there’s ”nowhere on earth where the health of millions of people is more under threat” than Ethiopia’s…
New federal data shows that hospitalization for Black patients reached a higher level in January than any racial or ethnic group since the onset of COVID-19 New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that Black adults in the U.S. were four times more at risk of hospitalization than white counterparts…
Fans of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle and actress Lauren London were shocked at a recent video of their son, Kross, due to what fans saw as his strong resemblance to both parents. The Neighborhood Talk caught a glimpse of an Instagram Stories video of 5-year-old Kross playing in a toy car. The resemblance to…
Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia 4th District called out the Biden administration demanding answers on how the federal government spends its advertising money toward Black communities. On March 4, Johnson issued a tweet highlighting his March 2 letter to the White House where he criticizes the federal government’s COVID-19 advertising campaign targeting Black audiences. He…
AUP EP#43 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 3/19/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture and our stories. I’m your host, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio and this week we’re talking to Sacha Jenkins…
The free app allows users to suggest potential matches to friends and express moods through built-in features designed to mimic in-person dating processes Dissatisfied with the conventions of popular dating apps, two Houston natives are looking to change the game with a new platform designed to better translate conversational nuances to virtual methods of communication. Wingr,…
