All parties believe police have made improvements since ‘Riders’ scandal Two decades of federal oversight of Oakland police may end if the department can show it can continue to implement reforms effectively. In a hearing before U.S. District Judge William Orrick, police, city officials, and attorneys involved in a lawsuit that led to the reforms…
Plan contains policies but remains silent on actions to stem health problems in Black communities The Environmental Protection Agency has released an equity action plan to address environmental justice and civil rights. The EPA has three objectives, according to its report. The federal agency wants to promote environmental justice and civil rights, embed those two issues…
Celebrities love to flaunt their expensive eating habits at lavish, luxurious restaurants. But no matter how much money they make, it’s hard to break away from traditional roots. On Tuesday, April 27, Fabolous gave his 9.3 million Instagram followers a glimpse into what he cooked for dinner. Instead of a five-star steak or freshly grilled…
Fat Joe appeared on ABC News on April 20 to promote awareness for Autism Awareness Month, and the “What’s Luv” rapper described being a 19-year-old father and learning his son Joey was autistic. “Well, I’m 19, we’re having Joey, uh, once the doctors tell me that he wouldn’t be normal, his mother said we…
‘Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy’ a documentary about the doomed festival was released on Friday The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn’t breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary released Friday. But lawyers for…
Source: MIKE NELSON / Getty The Los Angeles Uprising also referred to as the LA Riots, marked a critical moment in American life but provided a stark reminder of the legal system’s failure to achieve justice for Black lives. Despite countless incidents in the intervening 30 years, police accountability continues to be sidelined in favor…
The world-renowned festival returns for the first time in three years Once silenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival opened Friday for the first time in three years — a long-awaited 2022 revival that holds echoes of 2006 when the annual celebration of music and culture went on even after…
As National Poetry Month comes to an end, theGrio acknowledges the importance and impact of lyricism in Black music Langston Hughes is regarded as one of the greatest poets to ever walk a turn in this country. It’s for good reason, too. Hughes had an unparalleled knack for presenting existential quandaries and telling elaborate, three-dimensional…
Black educators reportedly only make up 12% of teaching staff nationally The enrollment of students of color in Pennsylvania’s public school system is rising faster than the diversity of the state’s teachers. The Philadelphia-based education research group has been tracking teacher diversity in the state, per The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to the findings from Research…
The lawsuit details the racist hiring practices of the command staff, such as not requiring white men to take the written or physical exams. A former police officer with St. Louis County is taking legal action against the department alleging racist hiring practices. As reported by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Shanette Hall filed suit…
