The Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter talks to theGrio about what next for her after taking a new job at Howard University Nikole Hannah-Jones has been writing news about the plight of the Black American as an investigative reporter for the New York Times for some time. She never expected that she would wind up…
Efforts to get star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson back on Team USA for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic following her disqualification earlier this month due to a failed drug test are now coming in the form of a petition baring over half a million signatures. The petition named “Let Sha’Carri Run!” was allegedly created by MoveOn Civic…
Robinson, who was best known for his role as Mac on the hit NBC series, died Sunday of a heart attack and other causes. Longtime actor Charlie Robinson, who was best known for his role as Mac Robinson on the hit NBC TV series Night Court, has died. Robinson died Sunday at the age of…
A 62-year-old Houston man was arrested and spent three days in jail after he was charged for illegal voting after he waited six hours to cast a ballot in the 2020 presidential primary elections. Hervis Rogers violated Texas law when he voted in the November 6, 2018, general and special elections and the March 3, 2020,…
The nominations reinforced the rapid rise of streaming, with the top-nominated scripted shows on services that largely emerged in the past two years “The Crown” tied with “The Mandalorian” for the most Emmy nominations Tuesday, 24 each, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with runner-up “WandaVision.” The nominations reinforced the rapid rise of…
Not only does 50 Cent exude his trolling way onto his enemies and friends, but the rapper apparently trolls his girlfriend Jamira “Cuban Link” Haines as well. She posted a photo of a small pink Balenciaga purse that was the same size as her phone. Under the July 12 photo, she wrote, “.. this the…
Mattel executive Lisa McKnight noted how “incredibly honored” the company is to feature Osaka in such a manner. Mattel announced on Monday that the company has released a limited edition Naomi Osaka Barbie doll — and it almost immediately sold out. The doll is part of the Barbie Role Model collection, which launched in 2015….
The Kansas City, Missouri, Veterans Administration hospital continues to face accusations of racial discrimination. The latest being a Black ex-employee who claims he was called disparaging names so often that it eventually became his nickname at his workplace. Now the former employee is suing. According to the lawsuit, filed on Friday, July 2, in the…
Source: AFP / Getty Cornel West has made no secret of how he feels about Harvard University. The noted academic publicly chronicled his claims of the Ivy League school rebuffing his request for tenure before he just up and quit altogether. But on Monday night, West — whose tenure plight preceded that of Nikole Hannah-Jones…
Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary since Washington dropped the name Redskins and the accompanying Indian head logo after 87 years Washington will not have any kind of Native American imagery as part of its next name, and the subject is still evolving across sports in the year since the storied NFL franchise dropped arguably the most polarizing…
