Richard Russell, Leslie Gaiter, Parker Leathers and Christopher Brown, four deputies with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Department have returned to duty since they were placed on leave after their roles in an arrest following a traffic stop in Augusta, Georgia, left a Black man dead. Jermaine Jones lingered in a coma at Augusta University Medical…

EXCLUSIVE: TheGrio accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris on Air Force Two as she urged Virginians to turn out the vote for the key governor’s race Vice President Kamala Harris traveled down to Virginia on Friday to drum up support for former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe, who is seeking reelection after four years out of office….

Here are three reasons why you should watch this streaming series about a teen basketball player working hard to get his shot to get to the highest level. It takes many sacrifices to reach the NBA, from both the athlete and his family, and that sacrifice starts from childhood. Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant knows…

Officer John Abel Baca charged for trying to sell a kilogram of cocaine An Inglewood, California police officer has been charged with trying to sell a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cocaine to a law enforcement informant, authorities announced Friday. Officer John Abel Baca, 45, of Whittier was arrested last week after a federal grand jury…

Climate change, vaccines, the recovery, international taxation among all themes Italy’s Premier Mario Draghi made a sharp call to pick up the pace in getting vaccines to poor countries as he opened a conference of the world’s powerhouse economies, calling the gaping global COVID-19 vaccine gap “morally unacceptable.” Draghi, the host for the two-day Group…

NAACP head Derrick Johnson and Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe release open letter asking athletes to avoid Texas due to unfavorable abortion, election and COVID-19 response policies NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson on Thursday published an open letter to professional athletes, urging them to steer clear of signing with franchises from Texas during free…

Claudette Colvin asks court to remove records stemming from her, others’ Civil Rights-era arrests The quest by a civil rights pioneer to have her arrest record wiped clean after nearly 70 years after she protested racial segregation has raised the possibility of similar bids to clear the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King…

All songs of the soundtrack were produced by Jeymes Samuel, who directed and co-wrote the Black western; The album was released by Roc Nation As viewers await The Harder They Fall to hit Netflix on Wednesday, they are now able to enjoy the music from the film. The soundtrack of the film has been released…

Source: David Becker / Getty To say the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has divided us as a nation is definitely an understatement at this point, now even affecting how Hollywood chooses its lead movie stars. Seasoned rapper/actor Ice Cube is the latest to be made an example of that theory. He recently quit a film he…

New congressional district maps drawn by Illinois Democrats intend to eliminate two Republican-held seats In the neck-and-neck fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans. Illinois Democrats delivered Thursday, using their dominance in state government to advance new…