TheGrio was on the scene for the kickoff of the two-day event at the Pimlico Race Course, which saw performances from Megan Thee Stallion and Lauryn Hill. Black culture was front and center at this year’s Preakness Stakes, the annual horse racing event that has been held in Baltimore, Maryland since 1873. TheGrio was on…
Source: Maddie Meyer / Getty The start of the NBA finals brought a lot of conversation beyond the two teams taking the court. Basketball fans had all eyes on the game but also the people associated with it on and off the court— hey, Nia Long! Due to the occasion at hand, you can also…
A Texas business owner says she believes she was being harassed by a strange man because of her race and class. She called 911 to report him but found out days later her request was still “in the queue,” and now she feels like as “a person of color, the system isn’t for” her. White…
Serena Williams was the runner-up there in 2018 and 2019 and has not competed anywhere since injuring her right leg a year ago. WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena and Venus Williams did not appear on the women’s singles entry list released by Wimbledon on Friday. It is possible that either player could request a wild-card…
Putin blamed the West for emerging global food and energy crises and repeated his government’s offers of safe passage for ships exporting grain from Ukraine. MOSCOW (AP) — The chairman of the African Union, Senegal’s President Macy Sall, told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the fighting in Ukraine and Western sanctions had worsened…
Steve Harvey won’t be joining in on comedian Mo’Nique’s mud slinging amid her public fallout with D.L. Hughley. The host extraordinaire was name dropped as Mo’Nique attempted to bulldoze Hughley’s reputation during her 10-minute set at a comedy show in Detroit, Michigan, on May 27. Photo: Steve Harvey, Mo’Nique, D.L. Hughley/Instagram Addressing the matter head-on,…
Gauff is an 18-year-old from Florida who is ranked No. 23 and participating in her first Grand Slam title match. PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local): 3:10 pm The French Open women’s final between No. 1 Iga Swiatek and 18-year-old American Coco Gauff has started…
250 artists and performers from the African-Caribbean community want to reach out to everyone with a presentation that celebrates the diversity of Britain and the Commonwealth. LONDON (AP) — As designer Clary Salandy pushes open the kitchen door at a nondescript community center in west London, her visitors pause, astonished by what they find. A…
The woman said she did not speak of the incident until telling her husband years later, and telling her teenage daughter years after that. SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A woman testified Friday that she was 14 when Bill Cosby took her into a trailer on a movie set in 1975, grabbed her so she…
OPINION: Sometimes figuring out if appropriation is happening can be difficult. I’m a little sad because one of my favorite restaurants in Brooklyn just closed. It’s heartbreaking when a restaurant you’ve fallen in love with dies, and you can’t get that taste anywhere. The place I’m talking about was called the Gumbo Bros, a small…
