Black-owned businesses will have to self-identify by editing their profile’s diversity information In 2020, during the racial reckoning brought on by the murder of George Floyd, the call to support Black communities was at an all-time high. Activists took to Instagram to promote campaigns like the fifteen percent pledge, which urges major retailers to commit…
With college students now allowed to profit off their image, former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush says it is time his Heisman trophy be returned, and his collegiate stats be restored. With the nature of player’s ability to earn money, Bush says his collegiate legacy should reflect all he did on the…
EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Anthony Fauci tells theGrio more can be done to address COVID-19 disparities in Black communities while medical professionals express alarm over increased mortality among Black children President Joe Biden is not going to achieve his hoped-for goal of getting 70% of Americans to take at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by…
A Ohio police chief retired immediately after he was placed under investigation for leaving a racially intimidating note on the desk of a Black police officer. Sheffield Lake Police Chief Anthony Campo retired from the department on June 29 after he became the subject of an internal investigation for leaving a note containing the words…
A white Ohio police chief resigned Tuesday over a deeply troubling racial incident where he was caught on surveillance video placing a Ku Klux Klan sign on the desk of a Black officer. On Friday Anthony Campo, a 33-year veteran of the Sheffield Lake Police Department was captured placing a piece of paper emblazoned with…
Tamar Braxton‘s attempted plea on Twitter to fill Meghan McCain’s seat on “The View” on Thursday, July 1, was met with a majority of negative responses from fans after they brought up Braxton’s former talk show “The Real.” The “Love and War” vocalist co-hosted the daytime television show , until she was ultimately fired, from…
Moderates like Sen. Joe Manchin “have to do away with the filibuster in order to get any work done,” Dr. Cornel West said, due to “a right-wing party that’s authoritarian.” Dr. Cornel West believes Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin must support the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the…
Track star Sha’Carri Richardson, who quickly became a fan favorite after winning the women’s 100-meter race last month at the U.S Olympic Track Field Trials, has been suspended from the U.S. Olympic team after testing positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana, multiple sources reported. Speaking on what many have called heartbreaking news, Richardson,…
Currently-serving military members, elected officials, and a national security expert claiming to have Department of Defense security clearance are among the members of the neo-Confederate group Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), leaked data shows. The Guardian, which broke the news of the leak, says the membership data was provided to it by a “hacktivist” whose identity…
Her overjoyed father, Corey Gauff, shared a heartwarming message about his 17-year-old daughter on his personal Facebook page. Teen tennis sensation Coco Gauff is headed to the 2021 U.S. Olympics. Her overjoyed father, Corey Gauff, shared a heartwarming message about his 17-year-old daughter on his personal Facebook page, where he posted a photo of the humble tennis…
