Despite its new rules and recruit screening to address it, racism and extremism remain an ongoing concern in the military. In February, with the images of the violent insurrection in Washington still fresh in the minds of Americans, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took the unprecedented step of signing a memo directing commanding officers…
A South Florida teen is dead after being chased by a local police officer who was trying to pull him over. The mayor says the boy’s death is the responsibility of the “city and police.” The boy’s grandmother believes that police targeted her only grandson because of his race and that “nothing” will be done…
Kaavia James Wade is an equal opportunist when it comes to serving a side eye. The toddler dubbed “Shady Baby” almost immediately after being born has been serving up comical antics and the shadiest of side eyes for three years now. While fans have grown accustomed to seeing her mother, actress Gabrielle Union, as the…
“Now at this point, I can only laugh,” the actress said in a new video about her hair loss shared on social media. In a new video shared Tuesday on social media, Jada Pinkett Smith gave fans an update on her hair loss journey, noting that she is embracing her battle with alopecia. “Now at…
TheGrio breaks down how to celebrate day 4 of the Kwanzaa holiday Dec. 29 marks day four of Kwanzaa, and on the fourth day, we light the second red candle to the left of the black candle. This candle represents the principle of Ujamaa or cooperative economics. Pledge: On this day, we pledge to build…
Kenan Thompson is teaming up with John Ryan Jr. and founding a new production company called Artists for Artists. Their first official project will be to work alongside Mike Tyson. Deadline reports that the first project is “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth Part 2,” starring Mike Tyson, Kiki Tyson and Azum Spicer. It was written by…
Biden’s team is concerned that releasing all the Trump documents the committee seeks could compromise national security. WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its attempt to get hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration, holding off at the request of the…
OPINION: The archbishop was a giant in the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa but he also spoke out for women’s rights and the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, the Palestinian people and the environment. In a season when we have lost so many Black leaders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has left us in body…
Source: Joe Scarnici / Getty Retired American gymnast Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas wowed fans in the mid-2000s with her dynamic floor routines and her gold-medal winning performances at the Olympic Games, but it appeared as though her success was short-lived. After winning the 2012 all-around championship and the 2016 Summer Olympics, the athlete stopped training….
Rosa Parks is one of the most recognizable civil rights movement figures after she bravely refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus to a white man in 1955. Recently a white woman channeled her inner-Ms. Parks when she refused to sit down on a Delta Air Lines flight. Former actress…
