Music visionary Pharrell Williams has been a fierce advocate for equality in the realm of education and the Virginia native’s latest philanthropic effort is centered on ensuring that exceptional schooling is accessible for youth in underserved communities. According to NBC 12, Williams is launching a private school for low-income students in the city of Norfolk….
A new decision from a federal judge could jeopardize historic debt relief for Black farmers and other farmers of color. Judge William Griesbach of Wisconsin’s Eastern District issued a temporary restraining Thursday, preventing the Biden administration from releasing long-awaited funds. Griesbach found in favor of the plaintiffs stating the challenge had a likelihood of succeeding…
Ray J is opening the door to his and his wife Princess Love’s bedroom. Ray J and comedian Lil Duval appeared as guests on the June 9 episode of “Respectfully Justin,” and just as they do on many of their episodes, they got into the nitty-gritty of relationships and sex. In this image released on…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty After a year of reckoning since the brutal murder of George Floyd low recruitment and increased retirement rates continue to uptick across police departments in the United States. In May MPR News reported that 105 officers left the Minneapolis Police Department last year, twice as many as normal. But…
Snoop Dogg is elevating his wife as he starts his journey of being an executive creative and strategic consultant for the prominent record label Def Jam. On June 9, just two days after news broke about Snoop being appointed his new role at the label, he hired his wife Shante Broadus to be his manager…
After Nguyen’s release made the news, people in the Southfield, Michigan community voiced their demand for Washtenaw County officials to keep him detained, citing the need for public safety. [jwp-video n=”1″ Ryan Le-Nguyen, the man accused of shooting six-year-old Coby Daniel in Michigan, is back in custody. As theGrio previously reported, the 29-year-old Ypsilanti Township…
He added that the Justice Department’s goal is to “protect the democracy to which all Americans are entitled.” Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke out about voting rights on Friday, making it clear that building on voting rights is a priority of President Joe Biden‘s administration. The conversation comes after the mayhem surrounding the 2020 election and…
“Every so often I get to engage in a project that I am absolutely sure will be a game-changer. This is that project,” said Packer Will Packer has acquired the film and television rights to the bestselling romance novel “Seven Days in June,” by Tia Williams. Packer’s production company and Red Arrow Studios’ Kinetic Content…
“They had grabbed me, tackled me down,” a Detroit man said A Detroit lottery winner was viciously attacked as by assailants who took his gold chain at a local gas station, according to local reports. The victim, who was identified as Jamal by WDIV, told the Detroit-based news station that he won $30,000 in the…
“You will hear stories from the massa himself who is now living in the woods,” the since-deleted post read about the planned Juneteenth event. A historic plantation in North Carolina is under withering backlash for a planned Juneteenth event that promised a perspective from a slave master. The Historic Latta Plantation located near Charlotte, NC…
