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…
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 passed Monday night by unanimous consent, and it now heads to the president’s desk. The United States Senate passed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 on Monday night by unanimous consent, and it will now head to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature. The bill, which…
Reality TV star Kandi Burruss of “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” made an appearance on the Sunday, March 6, episode of “Watch What Happens,” where she shared her thoughts on the “RHOA” spinoff “Porsha’s Family Matters.” Porsha Williams left “RHOA” after season 13 to star in her own spinoff, which features her family, her daughter,…
A live oak tree covered in Spanish moss is seen on the campus of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University during finals week in Tallahassee, Florida on December 13, 2019. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty Institutions across the country have lost huge aspects of student life due to the pandemic and for HBCUs, in…
Biles shared an Instagram post in which she’s holding a “yes to the dress” sign at Galia Lahav bridal shop in Los Angeles. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is getting ready for her 2023 wedding to fiance Jonathan Owens. Biles shared an Instagram post Sunday in which she posed at Galia Lahav bridal shop in…
Rapper Nas and Tupac were not friends in much of the ’90s. While the world focused on the East Coast-West Coast beef, circulating it around the conflict between once friends and now deceased rapper, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., few remember that the Queensbridge artist was in the mix also. NEW YORK – JULY…
The actress-singer wanted to read for a small part in “The Dark Knight Rises” but she was reportedly rejected. Zoë Kravitz is the latest Hollywood beauty to portray Catwoman on the big screen, but landing that role was not her first attempt to join the Batman franchise. The actress-singer said she wasn’t able to audition…
