After having starred in two very successful television shows, both of which featured a central Black leading cast, actress Tracee Ellis Ross is looking back on her journey and the responsibilities she held as a Black woman in Hollywood. In a conversation with Variety, the Golden Globe-winning star recalled confronting writers and producers on her…
State Senate President Page Cortez and House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, Republicans who had asked for the delay, said Friday that a special session called to revise district lines should be canceled A federal appeals court has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second…
The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s decision to tack on a few years to a man’s sentencing as a penalty for calling the trial judge names. The justices contended that while the outburst was rude, it did not warrant his punishment being extended. In March 2019, after a jury found Manson Bryant,…
Wells Fargo reportedly adopted a policy that requires diverse candidates to be interviewed for jobs paying more than $100,000 annually Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating whether Wells Fargo violated anti-discrimination laws by conducting sham interviews with Black women and others. The nation’s third-largest bank is accused of holding “fake interviews” with Black women and…
It appears Eva Marcille‘s daughter Marley Rae Sterling has inherited more than just the reality star’s modeling skills. The 8-year-old currently has her eyes set on fashion. Marcille disclosed the details during an interview with Bravo TV as she promoted “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club.” The series’ second season will premiere later this month. …
TheGrio was in the room as the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack presented damning evidence against Trump and far-right extremist groups. The mood inside the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill was somber Thursday as the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol shared never-before-seen footage of…
A new study indicates workplaces are moving too slowly to resolve burnout, which worsening for women. This week, Coach Tish unpacks the issue. Deloitte’s Women at Work 2022 Global Outlook is quantifying what many of us already know: The pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on women and burnout rates are alarmingly high. The…
Ten-year-old Blue Ivy Carter, the oldest child of Beyoncé, had her mom’s fans fawning over her dance moves after the singer’s mother, Tina Knowles, shared a video of the mother-daughter duo twinning on Instagram. In a side-by-side video, the “Halo” singer is seen dancing as a child on the left side of the screen while…
The work of Michael Woodley, a 38-year-old British academic, was credited in Payton S. Gendron’s proclamation posted online. The lengthy manifesto posted online by Payton S. Gendron, the 18-year-old mass murderer who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo last month, is exposing some of the racist research taking place at universities around the world. The…
The University of Pennsylvania has entered into an agreement with five historically Black colleges and universities to create a pipeline for more Black doctors to enter the medical field. The Penn Access Summer Scholars program prepares undergraduate students for medical school. It allows them to shadow physicians and participate in student-led clinics over two summers….
