California-based DigDeep compiled the report, “Draining: The Economic Impact of America’s Hidden Water Crisis.” CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — At least 2 million Americans don’t have running water or a working toilet at home, a crisis that costs the U.S. economy $8.58 billion each year, according to a report released Tuesday by nonprofit DigDeep. These water access issues…
Eric Ronald Holder Jr., who is accused of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle, appears for arraignment on April 4, 2019, in Los Angeles. | Source: Pool / Getty The accused killer of celebrated rap star Nipsey Hussle was forced to miss his murder trial on Tuesday, and early reports suggest it was because he got a…
Ahead of his debut on Lifetime’s “Married at First Sight” as a coach, DeVon Franklin spilled some relationship advice while walking the red carpet after revealing some of the most important lessons he’s learned since divorcing actress Meagan Good. While talking to the press on the red carpet at the 2022 BET Awards, Franklin admitted…
The head start for hemp growers is an unusual way to gear up a marijuana market. States typically rely initially on their existing medical growers. CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s recreational marijuana market is beginning to sprout, literally, with thin-leafed plants stretching toward the sun in farms around the state. In a novel…
The county for will lease the land from the descendants for $413,000 a year, and the governing body has the option to purchase the land for up to $20 million. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to return ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a…
The Latimore Tourist Home in Russellville, Arkansas, provided lodging for Blacks from the late 1930s through the 1970s. The Latimore Tourist Home in Russellville, Arkansas, was listed in the 1949 edition of The Negro Motorist Green Book as one of the places that would provide overnight accommodations to Black Americans during the Jim Crow era….
Survivors of a mysterious incident in a South African tavern that left 21 minors dead said there was a strong and suffocating smell in the building the night of the tragedy. Authorities said children as young as 13 were among the dead that piled up in the Enyobeni Tavern in Eastern Cape province city of…
Shonrael Lanier, a descendant of former slave Renty Taylor, holds a sign at a press conference held at Harvard University to talk about the lawsuit that the family has filed against the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 20, 2019. | Source: Boston Globe / Getty Being a Black American comes with developing a clear…
Amanda Seales is clearing up the preconceived notion that she is an impossible force with whom to work. The outspoken and quick-witted actress has been working in the entertainment industry since the age of eight when she starred on Nickelodeon’s “My Brother and Me.” However, it wasn’t until she starred alongside Issa Rae and other…
Alexis McGill Johnson tells theGrio that the reproductive health care nonprofit will “fight in every state” to ensure women and pregnant people have access to services. The implications of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade are being felt across the country as abortion is now banned in at least seven states, with potentially…
