“I don’t even know if USDA understands how rampant the issues are in 2021 in these small, local county offices.” Black farmers appear not to be fully confident in the Biden administration’s efforts to fix the decades-long bias they face through Agriculture Department programs. As previously reported by theGrio, according to The Washington Post, “Black…
Kenya Moore shocked many fans and followers alike on July 2 when the former beauty queen announced that she launched a lifestyle magazine titled Kenya Magazine. In the publication, Moore, who is seen gracing the cover of the July issue in a two-toned string bikini, revealed in her caption that the magazine’s purpose is to share…
“I’m extremely saddened that most likely this was done by someone I know and trust.” The Los Angeles home of YouTube star and choreographer Todrick Hall was recently burglarized while he was visiting the U.K. Hall hit up Instagram on Sunday to react to the incident, noting that the thieves are probably someone he knows…
Black communities saw a surge in entrepreneurship during the pandemic as an increased number of people turned their efforts toward startups amid increased unemployment rates and economic uncertainty. According to data from the Kauffman Foundation, 380 out of every 100,000 Black adults became new business owners during the 2020 pandemic, up from 240 in each…
Uproar continues to cloud the start of the Tokyo Olympics as more Black athletes find themselves disqualified from races. The latest are two Namibian runners, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, who were barred from the 400 meters race due to test results indicating each having naturally high levels of testosterone. Mboma set a new record…
Source: Screenshot / Twitter The topic of respectability politics arose again this weekend after a popular soul food restaurant in Houston, Texas, unveiled a dress code policy that spurred anti-Black accusations aimed at Black patrons. Turkey Leg Hut became one of the hottest spots in the city, offering different enticing varieties of turkey legs doused…
Warnock, Georgia’s first Black senator, is pitching a “comprehensive view of infrastructure” and avoiding talk of his reelection fight already looming just months after he won a January special election runoff On Capitol Hill, Sen. Raphael Warnock assails Republicans’ push for tighter voting rules as “Jim Crow in new clothes,” while his campaign operation blasts emails…
Tia Wimbush and Susan Ellis found out that their husbands were suffering from kidney disease and both men were in desperate need of transplants. Two longtime Atlanta coworkers found out how much they have in common while having a brief conversation in a bathroom after only knowing each other casually for a decade. According to…
A nonprofit supporting Black and brown-owned business in Haverhill, Massachusetts, believes they were the intended target in an incident in which stickers depicting imagery of a white nationalist hate group were found on cars at an outdoor market event. CBS Boston reported this week that organizers of Merrimack Valley Black & Brown Voices — founded…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Over the holiday Bill Cosby released an incoherent message regarding the backlash against Phylicia Rashad, his former TV wife, received after she voiced her support once the court vacated Cosby’s sexual assault charge last week. “FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” Rashad…
