TheGrio’s new daily lifestyle writer releases her first memoir—and explores how shame and religious dogma might be holding us back. One of the first things Candice Marie Benbow and I discovered we had in common was a love of red lipstick. The year was 2017, and as I was making a major career pivot into…
2021 was Chicago’s deadliest year in 27 years with nearly 800 homicides. Some 80 percent of the victims were Black, and most were men, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Before the new year was a week old nearly a dozen people had already fallen victim to the onslaught of gun violence, including Laniyah Murphy,…
The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for Americans to access an order form run by the U.S. Postal Service. The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests, a day before the site was scheduled to officially go online. The website, COVIDTests.gov, now includes a link for…
OPINION: In an exclusive interview with theGrio, the athlete at the center of a national anthem protest explains why Colin Kaepernick’s publishing company was the perfect platform to tell his story. Before Stephen Curry took his first step, an undersized superstar dazzled professional basketball with his court vision, his ball-handling wizardry and—most of all—his ability…
Steve Harvey‘s birthday post on Jan. 17 gets derailed after fans zoom in on his birthday cake. The “Judge Steve” host, who shared a stream of photos in honor of his special day, rang in his 65th birthday by taking his family on a getaway trip to an undisclosed location while sailing on a yacht….
Radcliffe Camera is pictured on September 20, 2016, in Oxford, England. | Source: Carl Court / Getty In November 2020, University of Pennsylvania graduate student Mackenzie Fierceton, 24, won the Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. It’s a hard scholarship to win, but Fierceton was granted the coveted prize due to the adversity this…
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex bought lunch for volunteers and staff at The King Center in Atlanta to celebrate MLK Day. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex sponsored lunch for volunteers and staff at The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change on Monday in honor of MLK Day. According to People, two…
Simmons came under fire earlier this month after his past tweets, asking why two undocumented immigrants who appeared on MSNBC weren’t being picked up by ICE, resurfaced. The man recently tapped to serve as Vice President Kamala Harris‘ new communications director is meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Thursday to discuss their…
Reconnecting with old friends can bring on a wave of emotions. Recently, veteran actor Denzel Washington was left stunned and seemingly warmed over after he reconnected with a Chicago great-grandmother he’d met nearly five years ago. Their original encounter resulted in a heartwarming viral moment. During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the host surprised…
“Looks like Joss Whedon got to direct an endgame after all,” the actor who plays Cyborg in “Justice League” tweeted Monday. Joss Whedon, who directed the 2017 film, Justice League, addressed the allegations against him by cast members of the movie. Last year, actor Ray Fisher — who played the role of Cyborg — tweeted,…
