Bestselling writer and professor, Tayari Jones is the author of ‘KIN.’ (Photo by Julie Yarborough) The new Oprah Book Club pick has critics and readers buzzing, and in an exclusive interview with theGrio, Jones opens up about why reality TV gets Black women’s friendships wrong, how grief shaped her latest work, and the personal experiences…
Freedom House Ambulance Service staff members outside Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh on their first day in 1968.(Photo Credit: Virginia “Ginny” Caligiuri, via Heinz History Center Lee’s bill seeks to award the now defunct Freedom House with a Congressional Gold Medal to be displayed at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. While…
Getty Images The couple first became official in May 2025 at a New York Knicks game and share a baby boy. Cardi B and Stefon Diggs are focusing on other things, not their relationship. A source told PEOPLE that Cardi, who shares a baby boy with the New England Patriots wide receiver, is moving on…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 30: Mara Brock Akil attends Celebrating ICONIC Girlfriends in TV, Film & Media x Hollywood Confidential at Redbird on September 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Love Jones Foundation )Photo by: Leon Bennett / Getty Images The influential television creator behind beloved series “Girlfriends”…
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump, with Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) looking on, delivers his State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Despite the…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 04: Honoree Pat McGrath attends Glamour Women of the Year at The Plaza on November 04, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour) The cosmetics brand, once valued at $1 billion, was recently put up for sale. Pat McGrath Lab is already preparing for…
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem tried to pull a high-profile pressure move to corner Democrats — and within hours, President Donald Trump’s own White House had to step in and unwind it. What was pitched internally as a tough stand amid a funding standoff quickly curdled into a public embarrassment. The Department of Homeland Security abruptly…
Yamiche Alcindor attends the 2025 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi / Getty Images)Paul Morigi/Getty Images The award-winning journalist and ‘PBS NewsHour’ alum followed her family tradition by giving her son a name beginning with the letter Y. Yamiche Alcindor just added an extra…
Getty Images Several notable artists did cotribue to the song’s soundtrack, including the estate of Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones. First Lady Melania Trump’s controversial documentary “Melania” surprised at the box office in its opening week despite critics widely panning it. However, during the making of the film, Marc Beckman, an advisor…
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 10: A view of Hunter College of The City University of New York, April 10, 2017 in New York City. Following a state budget approval on Sunday, New York will be the first state to make public colleges and universities free for qualified middle-class students with a family income under…
