OPINION: His voluminous output following her death made it seem as though he was trying to work through his pain rather than allowing himself time to grieve. The third and final installment of jeen-yuhs gave us some amazing, revelatory moments and some mess. The subtext is “Coodie and Ye break up (for a period of…
The pioneer’s daughter, Angela Foster Dickerson, said her mother, for whom a building was recently named, died Wednesday. Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, died Wednesday. She was 92. University officials announced her death in a statement. Her daughter, Angela Foster Dickerson, said her mother died Wednesday…
Lawyers for Roof, the convicted killer, want the justices to decide how to handle disagreements between defendants and their attorneys. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide how to handle disagreements over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys, an…
Singer-turned-reality star Kandi Burruss is in full swing promoting her new show on Bravo, “Kandi and The Gang,” the spinoff from her original “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” show. The trailer is all over social media, and the commercials promoting the debut of this series seem to be nonstop on the NBCUniversal network. At the…
EXCLUSIVE: The new ad, exclusively previewed by theGrio, is part of a $1 million campaign from Demand Justice. A coalition of Black women leaders appear in a new ad as part of a $1 million ad campaign urging the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown…
Source: Maskot / Getty Cheyney University is looking to create a pipeline for more diverse teachers in the Pennsylvania school system. According to Chalkbeat, Last week at a Board of Education Philadelphia school district officials talked about statistics that showed a 200% increase year over year in teacher resignations along with numerous other problems that…
In a court filing, the bipartisan committee headed by Rep. Bennie Thompson argued that its evidence shows that Trump violated multiple laws. Former President Donald Trump and his campaign staff engaged in criminal activity in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the Jan. 6 Select Committee in the U.S. House concluded in court documents…
Raymond Santana Jr. of the Central Park Five has officially filed for divorce from his wife of nearly two years, Deelishis. The pair met over Instagram in 2019 and wed six months later during the pandemic. They attempted to strengthen their relationship on VH1’s series, “Couples Retreat” last year, but it seems things didn’t work…
Usher Raymond disclosed in a recent interview with E! News’ “Daily Pop” the one celebrity he regrets not dating. The singer, who was promoting his second Las Vegas residency set to begin this summer, told the news outlet on March 1, that he wished he had taken the next step with Aaliyah Haughton. Usher reveals…
The 110-year-old theater will be renovated and renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre when it reopens later this year. One of the most endeared and enduring talents in the acting world has earned a tremendous honor: Broadway’s Cort Theatre is being renamed for James Earl Jones. Photo: Getty Images As reported by Deadline, the announcement…
