Tennis champion, Serena Williams, is throwing in the towel with the U.S. Open tournament. On Wednesday, Aug. 25, Williams released a statement via Instagram explaining that her decision to pull out of the competition relates to her hamstring injury that took place two months ago. “After careful consideration and following the advice of my doctors…
Beyoncé and Jay-Z launched their “ABOUT LOVE” campaign with Tiffany & Co. earlier this week Tina Knowles-Lawson is defending her daughter. The matriarch responded to critics of Beyoncé wearing the Tiffany diamond in her latest campaign with Tiffany & Co. As theGrio previously reported, this week Beyoncé and Jay-Z launched their “ABOUT LOVE” campaign for…
The subscription site said that the planned ban was “no longer required due to banking partners’ assurances that OnlyFans can support all genres of creators” OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry from its creators and advocates for sex workers. The subscription site said in a prepared…
Three former Kraft Heinz factory employees are suing their ex-employer after claiming they faced routine harassment, including being called the N-word by former co-workers and supervisors. Furthermore, the trio, who identify as Black and or Black Latino, alleged that they faced retaliation when they informed their superiors. On Thursday, Aug. 19, lawyers for former Kraft…
Fantasia and her husband, Kendall Taylor, are ready to show off their baby girl Keziah London Taylor. On Tuesday, Aug. 24, the couple got their daughter picture-perfect ready for her debut on her own Instagram account, dressing her up in a long-sleeved blue pattern dress, white baby booties, and a white bow to accessorize the…
Former Los Angeles Lakers star J.R. Smith has a busy schedule ahead of him with his recent enrollment at North Carolina A&T to pursue his dream of playing college golf. However, it seems like being the new man on campus is panning out to be a lot more difficult than the two-time championship winner had…
This fall, every student in NYC’s public school system will get a mental health screening to establish an emotional and mental baseline New York City’s First Lady Chirlane McCray is leading an effort to address the pandemic-related, back to school concerns of students who are returning back to in-person learning. Much of the focus of…
Source: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / Getty Another day, another incident involving trigger-happy police officers shooting and killing an unarmed Black man—this time, in College Park, Georgia. Just before 10 p.m. Tuesday at the Chelsea Garden Apartments, 22-year-old Tory Brown was gunned down by officers who said he had a warrant out of Clayton County for…
OPINION: With her music winning new respect, Aaliyah is arriving at the places she always wanted to go I still remember getting that call in 2001 telling me that actress-singer Aaliyah had died in a plane crash in the Bahamas. I had interviewed the rising star just a few weeks before; she had even introduced…
Source: NoSystem images / Getty Meet Caleb Anderson. He is a 13-year-old boy who just started his first semester at Georgia Tech University, one of the youngest students on campus. So young, that Caleb’s father has to drive him too and from campus every day. Caleb’s life is very unusual for a 13-year-old. Most kids…
