Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses her new book, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, with the Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida at a LA Times book club event on Nov. 30, 2021, in Los Angeles. | Source: Jason Armond / Getty For years now, perhaps even decades, white America has…
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden-Harris administration is still negotiating unilateral action on police reform, according to officials and stakeholders discussing next steps since Congress failed to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act As the nation watches on while Senate Democrats head into an improbable push on Tuesday to pass federal voting rights legislation, over at…
Blue Ivy Carter is once again being compared to her famous mom Beyoncé. Since the Carters are very private with their lives, every time a new photo drops of them, whether it be one that they put out or one that the paparazzi was able to capture, their fans go absolutely crazy. That’s exactly what…
Louisiana U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers. | Source: Chambers For Louisiana An upstart U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana challenging a Republican incumbent is making the decriminalization of marijuana a central part of his platform in his first campaign ad. Gary Chambers, a progressive Democrat who identifies in part as a social justice activist and advocate,…
A South Florida police sergeant has been taken off the street after a video of him choking a fellow officer emerged last week. Sgt. Christopher Pullease has been relieved of his supervisory duties with the Sunrise, Florida, police department and is now under investigation after local news station WSVN, acting on a tip, began asking…
“You can’t just brush this under the rug and think that it’s going to just go away,” the burn victim’s mom said. “It’s not.” A 13-year-old student in Henrico County, Virginia, suffered second and third-degree burns last week when a schoolmate set his hair on fire in front of their entire middle-school class. According to Fox…
Allen Media Group has announced its new strategic partnership with Google to accelerate growth across all of its portfolio. Allen Media Group, headed by theGrio owner Byron Allen, announced with Google on Monday a new multi-year and multi-platform strategic partnership to accelerate growth across the entire AMG portfolio of media and digital properties. Through the…
Ciara‘s latest upload featuring her husband, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, left fans fawning over the pair’s beauty on Saturday, Jan. 15, as they promoted their R&C unisex fragrance line. The brand R&C, a name that results from the combination of the first-name initials of Ciara and Russell, was originally released in 2020. In honor of the…
Joe Biden speaking in Philadelphia in June 2020. | Source: Twitter / Twitter A video that is more than a year old was going viral on Tuesday in an apparent attempt from political rivals to use the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s good name to smear the president as he pushes to secure voting…
MSNBC’s Reid, other media personalities side-eyed the hypocrisy of GOP lawmakers praising King’s legacy on MLK Day. Many Republicans who are opposed to national voting rights protections shared messages lauding the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on the federal holiday created to celebrate him. Social media users and other media personalities called out…
