A Black, disabled mother from Illinois is fighting back against the McDonough County Sheriff’s Office and the Macomb Police Department after claiming she was subjected to false accusations and a non-consensual strip search during a DUI arrest. Ariel Harrison was arrested and taken to an Illinois jail by police. Corrections officers held her down, tased…
Michael B. Jordan has the fans doing a double take after his girlfriend Lori Harvey posted a video of the two of them on vacation. Jordan and Harvey decided to take a nice getaway to celebrate their July Fourth. Although they did not specifically say where they were, Harvey, 24, shared a little peek of…
Lee is the first Black jury president at Cannes, and described it as “the world’s greatest film festival” during Tuesday’s official press conference At the Cannes Film Festival press conference on Tuesday, jury president and esteemed filmmaker Spike Lee spoke on “Black people being hunted down,” Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and more. As theGrio previously…
JT took to Twitter to break down her heartfelt interaction with the Grammy award-winning singer, in which she gave advice and called the rapper “beautiful” It seems City Girls‘ JT was in the presence of a queen this weekend. The rapper took to social media to gush about her encounter with Beyoncé at a Fourth…
Following an extensive investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and a “highly unprofessional” work environment, the National Football League has fined the Washington Football Team $10 million — reportedly the highest amount the organization has ever charged one of its teams. According to an article published by Forbes, attorney Beth Wilkinson, who was initially hired…
“Now the world will understand how big of a business the weather business is and how important it is,” Allen said. Media mogul and billionaire Byron Allen, the owner of theGrio’s parent company Entertainment Studios, says he welcomes the competition from fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch, who is set to debut the 24-hour streaming channel Fox Weather…
“People used to tell me my hair was ‘too big’ for the cap – never that the cap was too small for my hair,” Alice Dearing wrote. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) is considering reversing their decision to deny certification for swimming caps designed for natural Black hair following backlash. This comes after a Soul…
Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty UPDATED: 2:19 p.m. ET, July 6, 2021 — Tuesday marks five years since the world witnessed the infamous video of Philando Castile bleeding and taking his last breaths after he was shot by a police officer in Minnesota. The 32-year-old was shot by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez less…
On Tuesday, June 29, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have provided a way for juveniles to have their records expunged after completing a behavioral program. The veto shocked lawmakers after the proposal, which supporters say would have removed barriers to housing, education and employment, moved through the legislature with little opposition….
Long Beach residents found the statue sprayed with white supremacist, Nazi-affiliated symbols Friday and called police. A statue of iconic civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was recently vandalized in Long Beach, California. Residents discovered the statue had been sprayed with white supremacist, Nazi-affiliated symbols on Friday afternoon and called local police,…
