EXCLUSIVE: The National Council of Negro Women and union groups convened on Tuesday to push President Biden and Democrats to end the filibuster and pass voting rights protections “We are going to get out in this cold,” says activist Melanie L. Campbell in the wee hours of the morning as she prepared for a day…

EXCLUSIVE: Despite an agreement reached between students, legal counsel and the Howard University administration, students tell theGrio they are not fully satisfied with the institution’s response.  Blackburn Takeover student protesters have reached an agreement with the administration after a 33-day standstill at Howard University.  The terms of the agreement haven’t been made public, however, a…

Dr. Dre‘s ex-wife Nicole Young is serious about getting what’s owed to her from the producer and has involved the police in her latest attempt to collect alleged past-due legal fees. Young’s legal team has filed a writ of execution against Dre, born Andre Young, and are seeking $1.2 million for past court-ordered legal fees,…

Three teenagers, reportedly influenced by problematic behavior, are behind what authorities said were a slew of false 911 calls that triggered a large presence of law enforcement officers to the home of a prominent Black Lives Matter figure in the Los Angeles area. The group is accused of committing two swatting calls — one in…

“I was angry, I was disgusted, I was sad, I was confused,” 14-year-old Nya Sigin told CNN about the vile video activist Shaun King shared. An investigation is underway in a Minneapolis, Minnesota, suburb after a high school freshman was the target of an attack by two classmates, who posted a video full of racist…

Thanks to a social media plea, the sharp eyes and soft heart of a park ranger and the closure of a hiking trail, the teddy bear is back in the arms of 6-year-old Naomi Pascal A little girl who lost a special teddy bear she’d had since being adopted from an Ethiopian orphanage thought it…

Following an argument that was documented on Instagram Live from Sunday night into Monday morning, DaniLeigh has not only left rapper DaBaby, but she’s also been hit with two counts of simple assault. The “Easy” singer and the father of her child both recorded several moments of their argument on Instagram Live, and now-deleted statements…

Frisco Mayor London Breed has not committed to turning over The Fillmore Heritage Center, but has said she’d “like to see the venue open.” Community leaders in San Francisco are calling for the city to turn over a historic community space to the Black community, and they are getting support from a famous actor who…

Chris Tucker as Smokey is one of the most notable roles from the “Friday” franchise created by rapper and star of the movie, Ice Cube. Tucker’s character provided endless quotable lines. However, despite the film’s popularity and subsequent sequels, Tucker went noticeably missing from the franchise after its initial installment, with Mike Epps’ character filling in…

Police also “shot at, assaulted and battered unarmed protesters, which led to injuries and deaths,” the panel found. A Nigerian judicial panel says that army soldiers “shot, injured and killed” peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos in Oct. 2020. The report calls the shootings “a massacre.” Police also…