OPINION: A series of anti-poverty policies and programs in response to the pandemic offers a glimpse of what is possible when we center the needs of the poor in public policy Hundreds were arrested last week outside the Senate Hart building near Capitol Hill in nonviolent direct action to demand voting rights, an end to…
Jurnee Smollett‘s longtime fans may remember her as Denise Frazer, the adorable and outspoken friend of Michelle Tanner (played by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen) in the hit ’90s sitcom “Full House.” They’ll be surprised to know that the former child star almost didn’t bother auditioning for the part because of the casting call. The 34-year-old…
A Louisiana teacher is under investigation after she made a racist comment in the public Facebook group Whatz Goin On in Acadiana. Lafayette Parish educator Julie Colley is listed as an in-school suspension facilitator and tutor at Ossun Elementary. She removed the affiliation with the school from her Facebook bio after making the comment. Julie Colley…
A little more than a week after rapper and show creator 50 Cent expressed on social media that he would take on somewhat of a mentorship role with rapper DaBaby, vowing to ‘teach him all the mistakes i made, so he can be better than me’, the North Carolina native found himself in a world of troubles. Last…
Fantasia Barrino gave fans a view of her post-pregnancy body on Aug. 9 after uploading a mirror selfie with her tiny special guest, the singer’s 2-month-old daughter Keziah Taylor. In the selfie the 37-year-old, who is wearing a black bodycon dress, is seen holding the infant while posing for an image she captioned “Well I Guess I…
The idea of athletes celebrating victories with alcohol was called out as ironic across social media. Social media users are trolling Fox News for a report that NBA players Kevin Durant and Draymond Green were drunk after their team defeated France to win the gold at the Tokyo Olympics. In a report yesterday, Fox broadcasters…
The rapper made a recent appearance on E! Nightly Pop, in which he broke down the controversy surrounding DaBaby and the backlash from his homophobic rant at Rolling Loud 50 Cent has thoughts about DaBaby and his recent controversy. In a recent appearance on E!’s Nightly Pop, he reveals that he thinks the rapper will…
An Iowa man was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Monday, Aug. 9, for firing a weapon into a car full of Black teenage girls at a December Trump rally. Michael McKinney, 26, pleaded guilty in June to charges of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury. A judge noted that McKinney…
EXCLUSIVE: Gates Foundation director Bob Hughes tells theGrio it noticed “learning loss in math is even greater than learning loss of literacy” — the pandemic only widened the gap. Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Balance the Equation – A Grand Challenge for Algebra I will award upwards of $1 million to various…
Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty As music festivals, concerts and other large gatherings planned for the fall begin to get canceled over concerns about the COVID-19 delta variant spreading, the infamous FreakNik event is still expected to go on as scheduled in Atlanta. The annual gathering that invites historically Black college and university (HBCU) students…
