Irving has been one of the NBA’s most prominent anti-vax voices Less than 24 hours after the Brooklyn Nets said that it would be bringing back point guard Kyrie Irving as a part-time player, it announced that Irving and small forward Kevin Durant have been sidelined for COVID health and safety protocols. On Friday, the…
Taraji P.Henson stunned fans on Friday, Dec. 17, after she posted a resurfaced clip of her “Baby Boy” audition video with her co-star Tyrese Gibson. In the 2001 drama, directed by the late John Singleton, Henson plays Gibson’s main love interest, named Yvette, in a film that follows the life of a young misguided Black…
Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Holiday break came for the U.S. Senate without passage of the Build Back Better Act or action on voting rights. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has finally found his voice regarding voting rights and the ever-present threat to Democracy, but it might be too little. Speaking at South Carolina State University’s commencement,…
“It was a single incident and it has to be reported,” said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta Arsenal reported an allegation of racial abuse toward one of its players during the English Premier League game against Leeds on Saturday, manager Mikel Arteta said. The alleged incident took place in the 33rd minute of the game at…
Chidiebere Ibe spent the last year learning how to create medical illustrations showing Black bodies. Earlier this month, his illustration of a Black fetus in the womb went viral. “I wasn’t expecting it to go viral,” Ibe, an aspiring pediatric neurosurgeon, told NBC News. The 25-year-old from Nigeria, who has a chemistry degree from the…
Clark Atlanta University will receive $200,000 in funding to support their renewable energy and entrepreneurship lab Georgia Power and Microsoft have teamed up to invest more than $200,000 in Clark Atlanta University’s (CAU) undergraduate renewable energy and entrepreneurship lab. The Makerspace and Advanced Manufacturing Lab at the Georiga-based HBCU was developed to provide opportunities for…
Halle Berry believes Hollywood’s next big act is former Disney star-turned fashion icon Zendaya. Berry, who is a trailblazer in her own right, praised the former “K.C. Undercover” actress for the strides she has made in her career, and the ways she is evolving as an actress who is both “talented” and “wildly beautiful.” Halle…
The Justice for Greenwood Foundation contends that Tulsa officials failed to conduct a proper investigation and prosecute those involved in the massacre Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and their foundation, Justice for Greenwood, are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the massacre. In 2017, the DOJ reopened an investigation into…
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) announced theGrio’s fourth-row seat on Friday with its first updated seating chart in five years. The new seating arrangement goes into effect on Jan. 3, 2022. After less than a year of providing leading White House coverage of the Biden-Harris administration for Black America, theGrio has been assigned a…
Yandy Smith-Harris‘ date-night video with her husband Mendeecees Harris left fans admiring their relationship and complementary ensembles. In the Instagram post shared on Dec. 16, Smith-Harris, who is wearing a semi-sheer black dress, starts the recording by seductively posing to Emmy Meli’s “I Am Woman” track before heading toward the door. As Smith-Harris begins walking, Harris appears behind…
