“My election kind of represented a transition from the old guard to the new,” says Tarrant, Alabama mayor Wayman Newton. During a city council meeting Monday night in Tarrant, Alabama, member Tommy Bryant stood up and asked those gathered in the room, “Do we have a house n— in here?” Bryant,76, the longest-serving councilman, uttered…
Instead of dropping stacks on a nice piece of wrist bling to add to his collection, Juicy J decided to let his money make money while doing his part to support a more sustainable energy resource in the process. The Academy Award-winning rapper, born Jordan Michael Houston III, has invested in solar energy company Heliogen,…
Source: Don Juan Moore / Getty As Nikole Hannah-Jones reminded everybody earlier this month, the job of journalists is to cover the story, not become the story. That wasn’t the case on Tuesday after two reporters addressed Hall of Fame football legend and Jackson State University head coach Deion Sanders by only his first name….
After Meghan McCain claimed on the Monday, July 19, airing of “The View” that Fox News hasn’t discouraged the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19, her co-host Sunny Hostin set the record straight and accused the conservative network of contributing to vaccine hesitancy that has resulted in a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” Bolstered by the…
“I have never lied before the Congress,” the nation’s top infectious disease doctor said. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky sparred over the origins of the coronavirus during a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Dr. Fauci, the White House chief medical advisor, clapped back at Sen. Paul’s claims that the National…
EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Fauci spoke to theGrio at the White House and stressed that “99.5% of the hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people.” President Joe Biden promised transparency and dependence on scientists in his policymaking process amid an unprecedented campaign at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But now there is a waiting game on…
Jackson appeared on ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ and opened up about Turner-Smith’s proposal In a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Joshua Jackson reveals Jodie Turner-Smith proposed to him on New Year’s Eve while in Nicaragua. Turner-Smith and Jackson are one of the biggest couples in Hollywood. The actors have…
“We need people who argue hard and act hard for what they believe,” the billionaire said while giving out $200M to people he believes will do good in the world Following his trip to the edge of space, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos returned to earth on a new mission to pay it forward. The wealthiest…
A little over a year after Doja Cat went through a period of being “canceled,” the singer-rapper is now explaining her thoughts on cancel culture. During an interview on “Nick Cannon Radio,” Doja said, “When you get canceled, one, it’s the context. What did you do? So you take what you did; if it is…
The vocal powerhouse shared about making the movie and being entrusted with the Queen of Soul’s legacy The icon and force that was Aretha Franklin may have transitioned in 2018, but her decades of musical excellence and her history of activism live on. Conveying the complex woman behind it all was the daunting task that…
