OPINION: For Black Music Month, theGrio is featuring a weekly series in which our writers name the songs they believe best represent the Black experience. Matthew Allen offers his list, leaning into more abstract examples of Blackness in connection to regions and generations. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed…
A federal judge ruled the previous voting district map with one majority Black district violated the Voting Rights Act. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday called a special legislative session to redraw Louisiana’s congressional boundary lines after a map adopted by the Republican-dominated Legislature was blocked by a federal judge…
Clayton has been working for racial harmony since the civil rights movement began, and refuses to accept mass killings as routine. ATLANTA (AP) — A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she’s deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize…
Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty From breaking Billboard charts to starring in films like “Coach Carter” and “Resident Evil: Extinction,” Grammy award-winning singer Ashanti has seemingly done it all. Now, the 41-year-old New York native is expanding her artistic repertoire into a new creative territory that might come as a surprise to fans. In late…
The son of a victim who died in the Buffalo, N.Y. massacre challenged Congress Tuesday to act against the “cancer of white supremacy” and the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo,…
Fans are just days away from a cast reunion three decades in the making. The surviving actors from the hit ’90s series “Martin” recently gathered for a special event hosted by comedian Affion Crockett, and its trailer already has supporters eager to watch. “This one’s for you, Tommy,” stars Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold, and…
“Nightcrawling,” by Leila Mottley, chronicles her battles with poverty, racism and the police. NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley’s “Nightcrawling,” a debut novel about a young Black woman from East Oakland and her battles with poverty, racism and the police, for next book club pick. A spokesperson for Winfrey said Mottley is…
It’s called “shrinkflation,” and that’s who manufacturers are saving money as the cost of ingredients rise. It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see. From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide. In the U.S., a small…
The U.S. government may not agree to a deal that frees Griner but does not include Paul Whelan from Michigan. WASHINGTON (AP) — Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American locked up by a foreign country. But the WNBA star’s case is tangled up with that of a lesser-known American also imprisoned in Russia. Paul Whelan…
An early tally of mail-in ballots showed Caruso with 41% and Bass with 38%. A candidate needed to top 50% to avoid a runoff. Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced Tuesday to a…
