A Staten Island parking lot is drawing attention for being the final resting place for what’s estimated to be up to 1,000 Black people, including enslaved Africans. At first glance, the New York borough parking lot looks normal — there is a MetroPCS store, a 7-Eleven, and other businesses sitting on the corner of Forest…
Taraji P. Henson is committed to spotlighting her own experiences with mental health issues in hopes of de-stigmatizing them, and she’s opening up about how her father’s struggles with PTSD and bipolar disorder have continued to impact her current life. The “Empire” actress spoke with Marc Maron during his Oct. 11 episode of the “WTF…
Source: Ethan Miller / Getty Jon Gruden’s time as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders has unceremoniously come to an end. Gruden informed his coaching staff he was resigning as the head man after e-mails surfaced of him making derogatory comments towards members of the LGBTQ+ community and DeMaurice Smith, the labor head of…
Source: Pacific Press / Getty The Associated Press released a pair of reports Sunday highlighting the impact of gun violence on youth across the country. Finding that gun violence is increasingly responsible for taking the lives of children and youth, one report noted 2021 was on pace to exceed last year with 1,179 youth dead…
Mendeecees Harris’ oldest child, Mendeecees Harris Jr., celebrated his 16th birthday over the weekend, and it appears all of the mothers of Harris’ kids, including his wife, were able to put their differences aside and come together for the celebration. Mendeecees Jr.’s mother, Samantha Wallace, and his stepmom Yandy Smith-Harris, who is his father’s current…
Deion Sanders capped off a great week by leading his Jackson State Tigers to a 61-15 win over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in Huntsville, Alabama. The Tigers ruined the Bulldogs’ homecoming with the romp. This culminates a week for Coach Prime in which he was named Ebony Magazine “Gamechanger of the Year” in the magazine’s…
EXCLUSIVE: The “Little Fires Everywhere” star sat down with theGrio in honor of World Mental Health Day and International Day of the Girl. Lexi Underwood is using her platform to speak up about mental health. In honor of Sunday’s World Mental Health Day and Monday’s International Day of the Girl, the actress sat down with…
Goldberg made clear that she took no offense to Corcoran’s joke. Whoopi Goldberg has responded to Barbara Corcoran’s body-shaming joke that she made about the EGOT-winning Hollywood veteran on last week’s The View. When TMZ caught up with Goldberg, she made clear that she took no offense to Corcoran’s fat joke. (Credit: Getty Images) The…
Source: Megan Varner / Getty N ews broke Monday afternoon that a metro Atlanta election board dismissed two employees for allegedly shredding voter registration applications. CBS 46 reported the employees in question have not been identified but were immediately terminated Friday after supervisors were informed of the situation. So far, it is unclear what the employees’ motive may have been. Local news reports indicate the employees…
Lopez and Rodriguez started dating in 2017, got engaged in 2019 and called it quits earlier this year. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announced their breakup in April, with the line that they’re “better off as friends.” Now the former MLB athlete is joking about his single status. During an Oct. 7 FOX Sports broadcast,…
