“It was racially motivated,” says Tommy Williams, whose home was set on fire and the N-word spray painted on his patio. Williams, 59, is a part of the Connersville, Indiana City Council and is the only Black member. The city is about 65 miles east of Indianapolis and has a population of 12,796 with 94…
The lawsuit filed in the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals argues that the authority to compel vaccinations rests with the states, not the federal government Attorneys general in 11 states filed suit Friday against President Joe Biden’s administration, challenging a new vaccine requirement for workers at companies with more than 100 employees. The lawsuit…
OPINION: theGrio’s Jason Johnson writes there were good and bad results for Black voters on Election Day, as well as some lessons to be learned now that the dust has settled As a general rule it’s not good to jump onto too much analysis of an election 24 hours after people have cast votes. There’s…
Greg McMichael and his adult son, Travis McMichael, armed themselves and pursued Arbery in a pickup truck as he ran through their neighborhood just outside the Georgia port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020 Opening statements began Friday in the murder trial of three white men charged in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery,…
Source: Ira L. Black – Corbis / Getty Black Lives Matter activist Derrick Ingram filed a lawsuit against the NYPD on Wednesday after a 5-hour police stand-off at his home last summer. According to Ingram, police arrived at his door at 7 am on August 7th, 2020 with a K-9 unit claiming they had a…
Savage’s mother and father are imploring their daughter, a reported R. Kelly girlfriend, to contact them regarding the death of a family member. The parents of Joycelyn Savage, a reported girlfriend of R. Kelly, are reaching out to their daughter publicly, imploring her to contact them in the wake of the death of a family…
The first season of Issa Rae’s reality series was a hit for the streamer that fans online seemed to embrace Sweet Life: Los Angeles fans, rejoice! The reality series from the mind of Issa Rae has officially been picked up for a second season on HBO Max. Sweet Life: Los Angeles debuted on HBO Max…
EXCLUSIVE: TheGrio spoke with White House officials and members of Congress to get the break down of federal dollars earmarked for Black farmers, clean water in Black communities, crime prevention, better housing and more. The White House and members U.S. Congress have been dropping hints that they are nearing a deal on the Build Back…
Serena Williams fans might have just figured out a bit of what the television viewing lineup for her daughter looks like. Williams shared a cute video of her 4-year-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., revealing the names she has given a few of her dolls. In the 18-second Oct. 28 video, Williams picked the dolls…
“To have a Black face speaking in behalf of a White supremacist legacy is nothing new,” Michael Eric Dyson said of Sears’ win. As a guest Thursday on MSNBC’s The ReidOut, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson addressed this week’s election of Winsome Sears as the first woman and first Black candidate to be elected to a…
