Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi has battled a challenging immigrant experience on his way to becoming one of chess’ best young players. Black people eventually come for every sport in which we’re not traditionally known to engage. Now you can add chess to that list. At just 11-years-old, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi is on deck to become the…
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-award-winning journalist Tamron Hall breaks her silence with TheGrio on allegations surrounding her talk show and her new novel highlighting the plight of missing Black women and girls. Tamron Hall launched her eponymous talk show to be an authentic space that fostered very real conversations between the veteran journalist, her guests and the audience…
A year after cutting ties with We TV Network, Tamar Braxton hints at the possibility of the return of her family’s show “Braxton Family Values.” Over the weekend of Oct. 2-3, Braxton performed in Nashville for the 8th Annual Old School BBQ Festival. In between one of her performances, the “Hot Sugar” singer began talking…
Collette Hurd has been staying in ICU at a Chicago hospital awaiting a double-lung and kidney transplant. A Chicago woman awaiting a kidney transplant received the surprise of a lifetime recently when her husband and hospital nursing staff helped orchestrate her 20th wedding anniversary gift. Collette Hurd, 57, renewed her vows while staying at Northwestern…
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Jealous and other activists were taken into custody by U.S. Secret Service on the eve of the Senate’s debate on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Voting rights activists — including a pastor, nun and an architect of the Souls to the Polls movement — were arrested Tuesday during a peaceful protest in…
UBS, a major player in the world’s financial markets, recently joined forces with a Black-owned investment firm. And owners of that company, Madison Street Capital, see it as an opportunity to provide more opportunities for wealth building in minority communities. “We like to say that as a firm, we bring Wall Street quality services to…
“Hopefully, it works out in the long run and in 10 years I’m still healthy,” said Wiggins. Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins has spoken out about being forced to choose between his job or getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Earlier this year the Canadian basketball player made clear that he didn’t want to take the…
When it comes to friends, actress and former television talk show host Oprah Winfrey believes in quality over quantity. The star from “The Color Purple” recently revealed that she only had three close friends and had never thought to expand her circle outside of her group of journalists pals Gayle King and Maria Shriver and…
Source: franckreporter / Getty You’d expect those in media to have a clear understanding of the rights and wrongs when it comes to racial insensitivity. But a pair of white TV reporters in Little Rock, Ark., unfortunately, reminded us that a job title can’t disguise ignorance. The aforementioned journalists for KATV caught themselves getting suspended…
In as many weeks, acclaimed actor Denzel Washington reputation is in the spotlight over another person’s less-than-flattering encounter with the actor. Journalist Katie Couric makes for the latest person divulging over a past experience with Washington, provoking outrage among fans. Couric’s resurfaced comments stem from last year when she made a guest appearance on the…
