Source: Cappi Thompson / Getty With each passing year, cannabis has become more mainstream as states expand medical and recreational options. As an industry, cannabis has rapidly grown into a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Adweek, legal cannabis is expected to become a $30 Billion industry in 2022. But for people like Neffer-Oduntunde Kerr, executive director…
Michelle Obama’s brother is suing the private school their children attended on the grounds of racial bias. In a recent early morning news interview, the former first brother-in-law lifted a social media profile called “Black at USM” to support their claims of bigotry, including a practice of the school where fourth-grade students pretended to be…
The 12-year-old Florida boy was last seen Monday in Deerfield Beach wearing his school uniform. A 12-year-old boy from Deerfield Beach, Florida, is missing and police are asking for assistance from the public to find him. Jenavious Janvier was last seen on Monday wearing his school uniform — a red polo shirt, khaki pants, and…
Film and television producer DeVon Franklin posted pictures of his birthday celebration on social media on April 19, and things went left when fans brought up his ex-wife, actress Meagan Good. Franklin’s birthday was April 13, and he celebrated with several friends as well as his brothers, David and Ray Franklin, with a men’s trip….
Michelle Lujan Grisham will marry her longtime fiancé at the Naval Observatory, the official vice presidential residence. Vice President Kamala Harris will be officiating the wedding of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham at the Naval Observatory, the official vice presidential residence. People noted that CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere was the first to report…
Source: Olena Ruban / Getty Marijuana is an amazing plant with an even more amazing history. Its uses date back before our civilization was even a thought. Traces of marijuana were found in 2,500-year-old wooden artifacts in China. Scrolls found in Ancient Egypt suggested Egyptians used cannabis to cure cataracts and sore eyes. Ancient literature…
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathryn Solorzano sentenced Aariel Maynor to 150 years behind bars, or three life prison terms, on April 19 for the murder of Jacqueline Avant. Maynor was convicted of killing Avant in her home during a burglary on Dec. 1 in Beverly Hills. Maynor also shot at a security guard during…
OPINION: Although cannabis is legal in many states, Black people are still disproportionately punished for the same substance white people are selling to make millions. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Today, April 20, or 4/20, is the one holiday I make sure…
Two Arizona advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) called out the Scottsdale Unified school district PTA group, saying members hired a man in blackface during its recent charity event. Both activists, a Black man and the other a white woman, took to social media to blast the occasion, unaware the person in question was…
OPINION: The Senate, like the House, needs to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act to address the decades of harm done to Black and brown communities by cannabis prohibition. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. More than a decade into the…
