Patti Labelle has some explaining to do — well, at least according to her fans. The 77-year-old, who began her career in the early 1960s as the lead singer of the group the the Blue Belles before venturing off to her solo endeavors in 1977, made headlines on April 12 following a glam post. The reason behind the…
OPINION: Racist attacks will be a core component of the 2022 GOP midterm strategy, and we should all brace ourselves for what’s to come. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Republicans truly hate Black women, and there’s no shortage of evidence. Every Black…
Tina Knowles-Lawson‘s granddaughter Blue Ivy Carter has added acting coach to her already extensive resume. Carter is the eldest child of Beyoncé and Jay-Z. The 10-year-old has won four awards, including a Grammy for her featured performance in Beyoncé’s ” Brown Skin Girl” single. Carter has also narrated Matthew A. Cherry’s children’s book “Hair Love.” Tina Knowles-Lawson reveals her…
Karamo Brown’s daily, hour-long talk show has been acquired by leading station groups, and it’s slated to air across the country this fall. Karamo Brown, one of the stars of Queer Eye, is slated to debut his very own talk show this fall. The eponymous show has been sold across 90% of the U.S., according…
Even as police arrested James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City…
Patrick Lyoya, 26, was killed outside a house in Grand Rapids A Black man facedown on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4…
A current and a former UFPD officer filed a pair of complaints alleging discrimination, including gender bias. Two people associated with the University of Florida Police Department have filed complaints against the college alleging racial discrimination. According to The Gainesville Sun, the complaints were sent to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Florida Commission…
Source: Slaven Vlasic / Getty New York City Mayor Eric Adams is once again reminding us that he used to be a cop. He’s doing that thing only cops and white people do when a Black person is killed by anyone other than a cop or a white person—he’s calling out the Black Lives Matter…
It’s been a year since 35-year-old Matthew Zadok Williams was killed by DeKalb County Police after a woman wrongly claimed she saw a homeless man in the woods lurking near her home in Decatur, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. “The fact that it’s been a year, and nothing has been done,” Zadok Williams’ frustrated mother,…
Jordyn Woods and her NBA bae, Karl-Anthony Towns, are trending on social media after the model embraced her boyfriend after his mediocre outing in a play-in game his Minnesota Timberwolves won 109-104 on April 12. After his performance at Tuesday night’s game at the Target Center in Minneapolis against the Los Angeles Clippers, the athlete…
