An Iowa man was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Monday, Aug. 9, for firing a weapon into a car full of Black teenage girls at a December Trump rally. Michael McKinney, 26, pleaded guilty in June to charges of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury. A judge noted that McKinney…
EXCLUSIVE: Gates Foundation director Bob Hughes tells theGrio it noticed “learning loss in math is even greater than learning loss of literacy” — the pandemic only widened the gap. Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Balance the Equation – A Grand Challenge for Algebra I will award upwards of $1 million to various…
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty As music festivals, concerts and other large gatherings planned for the fall begin to get canceled over concerns about the COVID-19 delta variant spreading, the infamous FreakNik event is still expected to go on as scheduled in Atlanta. The annual gathering that invites historically Black college and university (HBCU) students…
Beyoncé explained during a new interview with Harper’s Bazaar on Tuesday, Aug. 10, that the sole reason she chooses not to share her personal life on social media is because she wants her followers to focus on her art. The 39-year-old singer, who has been in the entertainment industry since she was about 16 years old…
“Madam President, I am so excited,” said Sen. Cory Booker, clapping and calling the vote “a gift.” On Tuesday, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville introduced an amendment eliminating federal funding for municipalities that defund the police, resulting in widespread Democratic support — and one lively eye-roll of a speech from his New Jersey counterpart. “The woke…
OPINION: AG James proved herself a champion of women, and at the same time, a slayer of male political giants who do wrong. Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that he will resign as the 56th governor of New York in two weeks. Cuomo’s stunning political downfall came at the hands of a Black woman State…
Lingering health threats caused by the pandemic and a shakeup of Kelly’s defense team pushed the trial into the summer, nearly two years after he was charged After several delays, the first phase of the sex trafficking trial of R&B hitmaker R. Kelly started Monday with jury selection in New York City. Lingering health threats caused by…
Henry Mask’s co-founder is designer Richfresh, who was commissioned to design staff party uniforms. Still-popular former President Barack Obama gifted custom face masks to the attendees at his recent 60th birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard. Henry Mask reportedly sent more than 1,000 masks to the Vineyard for attendees and staff working at his big birthday…
A group of Lakeville, Minnesota, families, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against their local school district after claiming that it only allowed “Black Lives Matter” posters and did not permit signs from opposing sides such as “All Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter.” In the suit filed Aug. 6 against Independent School District 194 and…
Former “Love and Hip Hop: New York” star Yandy Smith recently got inspired to try out one of the many TikTok dances created each week; however, her routine didn’t go according to plan. Still, it left plenty of material for her 6.9 million Instagram fans to giggle over. Over the weekend, the reality star shared a hilarious…
