Countless students around the nation are breathing a sigh of relief — with many of them starting life post-college less burdened by debt. That’s thanks to news from the U.S. Department of Education, which announced in April that between the Cares Act and the American Rescue Plan, Historically Black Colleges and Universities would receive $5 billion…
“I’m hopeful that this is just the beginning,” activist and attorney Gerald Griggs told theGrio about new funding for mobile crisis intervention services in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is taking steps to help communities after announcing $15 million in funding for states to help design mobile crisis intervention services….
Black women must work harder for the recognition and often are judged more harshly than others when they don’t meet the public’s expectations Naomi Osaka. Simone Biles. Both are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few human beings ever know. Both have faced major career crossroads at the…
The 21-year-old from New Jersey won the 400-meter hurdles title, finishing in 51.46 seconds in yet another history-making day Sydney McLaughlin broke the world record. Dalilah Muhammad broke it, too. Only one of the world’s best hurdlers could win the Olympic gold medal — and McLaughlin came out ahead in the latest installment of the…
Mensah-Stock is the first Black woman and the second American woman to take gold in wrestling. Top-seeded U.S. wrestler Tamrya Mensah-Stock has become the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling. “I knew I could do it,” she said, according to a blog post from Team USA. “I knew it would be hard….
Dasha Kelly was interviewed by CNN on Monday, where she said she and her daughters were facing eviction. A woman facing immediate homelessness as the national eviction mandate ended raised more than $170,000 in an online campaign that launched just moments after her family was set to be pushed out of their home. Dasha Kelly…
Attendance is now limited to family and close friends, the former president’s office said The party for the nation’s 44th president will go on, but only for family and close friends. Former President Barack Obama has scaled back his 60th birthday bash set for this weekend at his Martha’s Vineyard home off the Massachusetts coast…
“My mama was a great woman,” Saunders wrote to her Twitter followers, “and will forever live through me.” After becoming a success story of the Tokyo Olympics, shot putter Raven Saunders was immediately thrust into mourning. Her mother, Clarissa Saunders, passed away just days after her triumphant silver-medal victory. She retweeted a news story about…
Brandy and her 19-year-old daughter Sy’Rai Smith shocked fans on Saturday, July 31, with their strikingly similar features as the pair participated in a dance challenge video shared on TikTok. The mother-daughter duo favored each other so much many people mentioned how Smith looked like the younger version of her mother. Brandy and Sy’Rai Smith participate…
The Lox’s Jadakiss is now the only Verzuz competitor to have battled as a solo artist and group member. In what is shaping up to be one of the biggest and most acclaimed Verzuz battles of the competition, Harlem’s Dipset and The Lox of Yonkers took over Madison Square Garden for the largest in-person song…
