Both women were convicted of stealing from people that had placed trust in them, but their punishments were starkly different It is a case that exemplifies the pain, hurt, and concern of Black Americans and the justice system. A clerk from Chagrin Falls, Ohio who stole more than $250K from taxpayers was spared the possible…
Rapper DaBaby is getting support from actor and television host Nick Cannon following his bizarre and misinformed rant about HIV and AIDS. As someone who faced his own controversy last year after making varying remarks on his podcast that many found offensive and anti-Semitic, Cannon said during a recent interview that the scandal surrounding the “Suge” rapper…
The 69-30 tally provides momentum for this first phase of Biden’s “Build Back Better” priorities, now headed to the House With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans joining to overcome skeptics and deliver a cornerstone of…
TheGrio’s new explainer series ‘Cleared Up’ tackles climate change and its impact on Black communities On Monday, #ActOnClimate, #ClimateEmergency, and #ClimateCrisis were all simultaneously trending on Twitter in response to a harrowing report released by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Politicians and climate activists around the world took to the internet…
Historically Black institution Virginia State University has announced the renaming of four buildings bearing the names of white men with ties to the Confederacy and Jim Crow to names honoring Black women. On Friday, Aug. 6, the Virginia State University Board of Visitors approved the request to rename four of its buildings, named for Harry…
Cuomo still faces the possibility of criminal charges, with a number of prosecutors around the state moving to investigate him. Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations Tuesday in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily briefings and leadership during the darkest…
These days it is becoming more difficult to tell which celebrity couples are together or not with everyone striving to keep their relationships private. But every now and then couples will find a way to share the status of their relationship with fans, whether it be with Instagram photo uploads or deletes, or a joint…
A Georgia football player died just days after testing positive for the COVID-19 delta variant. However, his mother blames a hospital, which she says discharged her son twice before his death. Tosha Nettles told WGCL-TV that her son, Tyler Fairley, tested positive for the virus on July 23, and was taken to Wellstar Douglas Hospital…
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kenya Moore, 50, filed documents to dissolve her marriage in a Fulton County, Georgia court. In news that is not a surprise for any fans of the Real Housewives of Atlanta franchise, Kenya Moore has filed for divorce from her husband of four years, Marc Daly. The 50-year-old reality star…
Source: Christian Vierig / Getty White supremacists’ worst fears are on the verge of being confirmed if predictions about the upcoming findings from the most recent Census survey are any indication. The Census data, scheduled to be released on Thursday, are “widely expected to show a decline” among white people in the United States of…
