Relatives and other inmate advocates said the 2020 law’s reversal cruelly upended plans for reunions and homecomings. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Christopher Ford was a baby when his father was sentenced to 28 years in prison for participating in a murder-for-hire scheme that led to the killings of two people at a car dealership. After…
Demonstrators gather outside Akron City Hall to protest the killing of Jayland Walker, shot by police, in Akron, Ohio, on July 3, 2022. | Source: MATTHEW HATCHER / Getty Police in Illinois not only managed to safely apprehend a “person of interest” — don’t call him a “suspect” — identified following a deadly mass shooting…
The organization is committed to a health revolution for Black women and decreasing obesity, while healing intergenerational trauma to transform Black lives The Great Outdoor Series returns to California where we’ve been road tripping, visiting different Black organizations across the states who are on the mission to change the narrative of Black and Brown people…
Jordyn Woods recently embodied “baddie energy” after showcasing her toned figure in a new bikini upload. In the Instagram post shared on July 2, the 24-year-old, who wore a gold string bikini, gave fans a full view of her backside while posing for the camera. Jordyn Woods shows off her toned physique in a new…
Nicki Minaj‘s fans are speculating that the rapper may be keeping a secret after viewing her recent performance at the Essence Festival. The event, which started on June 30 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was slated to end on July 3, was the first in-person festival following the 2020 cancellation stemming from the coronavirus pandemic….
Tommy Davidson claims he was part of the television series based on Eddie Murphy‘s 1998 film “Coming to America.” The beloved comedian opened up about the high and lows of his career, but Davidson says the show never panned out. “This is about the failure of a TV show that I worked my butt off…
A supermarket security guard is on track to be without a job after three Texas women, on separate instances, were allegedly racially profiled by him. Each incident was captured on video, showing the man’s conduct and the various ways the ladies say he discriminated against them. Shelondra Peavy, Stephanie Teel, and Teel’s cousin Kamesha Sterling…
Whether you celebrate the Fourth of July, Juneteenth, both, or neither, if you believe in racial justice and equality, let these books inspire your quest for independence. “What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass famously asked during an anti-slavery address in Rochester, New York’s Corinthian Hall on July 5, 1852 (you…
OPINION: The Jayland Walker shooting video is yet another video that hurts the soul. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The Jayland Walker shooting video is very hard to watch. It hurt me to my soul to see the bodycam footage of all…
The civil rights organization will receive training from the nonpartisan group to help get people registered and to the polls. For centuries of recorded history, the African American vote has been suppressed and the African American voter disenfranchised. In 2022, that incursion on rights continues: 19 states have laws on the books restricting voting rights,…
