In the early months of the program, the team responded to 748 of 2,500 calls, none of which required police, and no one was arrested. Multiple cities across the country are building programs that involve mental health professionals, social workers, or community members responding to certain 911 emergency calls instead of police officers. Read More:…
Music and television icon Cher is clapping back at people who criticized her for commenting on how she may have helped in the moments leading up to George Floyd’s death. The legendary singer has faced harsh criticism and accusations of having a “white savior complex” for her tweet sent out on April 2: “Was talking…
Prior to the public outrage the fashion exec warned staff about her successor’s anti-Asian tweets Could it be that Teen Vogue’s outgoing editor warned Condé Nast and former staff about her replacement Alexi McCammond‘s racially charged tweets, and it fell on deaf ears? Well, a new report claims that’s exactly what happened. On Sunday, The…
Georgia is set to overhaul a controversial citizen’s arrest law that dates back to the Civil War-era, and was cited by the three white men charged in the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery was out for a jog in February 2020 in Glynn County, Georgia, when he was chased down and fatally shot by…
Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified against Derek Chauvin on Monday, the former officer accused of killing George Floyd last May, sparking another heightened call for justice in the Black Lives Matter movement. Arradondo, the city’s first Black chief, spoke out early in the days after Floyd’s…
Viewers of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” fans bashed Kenya Moore for making the strippergate incident her storyline for numerous episodes on April 4, following her heated altercation with Porsha Willams in the latest episode that aired this weekend. The two ladies, alongside the rest of the “RHOA” cast, attended a special dinner during their…
The ‘Believe’ singer posted a series of tweets following her controversial comments Cher has posted an official apology for her George Floyd tweet following the immense backlash she faced on social media. As theGrio reported last Saturday, Cher got into some hot water after she tweeted about Derek Chauvin‘s trial for the murder of George Floyd….
Amari Ice is paving the way for LGBTQ+ love and relationships by helping gay men uncover the successes of finding true and lasting love Amari Ice knew from an early age that he was good at connecting people. “My whole life I’ve been a connector. Even when I was younger at parties, I knew who…
EXCLUSIVE: The actress speaks with theGrio about narrating the documentary about the nation’s first Black, Greek letter sorority of which she is a member Phylicia Rashad is beloved in the culture as her immense talents have created a connection with the public across generations. Her captivating presence is once again on display as she narrates…
The bill’s sponsor has presented the measure as an effort to decrease the burden of pregnancy on women and increase responsibility for men who have children Biological fathers in Utah will be legally required to pay half of a woman’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs under a new law unique to the state that critics say doesn’t…
