Exclusive: Following Sen. Joe Manchin’s virtual meeting with legacy civil rights groups, Black clergymen in West Virginia say they now want the hometown senator’s ear. Senator Joe Manchin’s meetings on voter rights are just beginning. theGrio has learned the next round of the listening tour aimed at getting the senator’s support for voting rights is…
Source: Screenshot / Springfield Police Department One year ago, Dartavius Barnes experienced one of the most earth-shattering experiences anyone can live through, when he was stopped by police in Springfield, in April 2020. The encounter forever etched in his memory, signaled the day where law enforcement officials confiscated the ashes of his daughter Ta’Naja, who…
Just days after calling on fellow comedians to be funnier amidst the ever-so-critical “cancel culture,” Katt Williams is now calling out another funnyman for allegedly stealing his material. During a recent interview with “The Morning Hustle” with co-host Headkrack, Angie Ange, Lore’l, and Billy Sorrells, Williams was asked how he feels when fellow entertainers either…
“My daughter is not really talking right now because she’s kind of shocked, what happened, what her daddy did, ’cause she couldn’t believe it,” said a survivor who identified herself as Sandy. A Fort Lauderdale man has been identified as the culprit in another case of senseless killings. On Saturday, 53-year-old Jeffrey Henley turned himself…
NBC anchor Lester Holt recently grilled Vice President Kamala Harris about why she has not visited the U.S.-Mexico border amid an ongoing migration crisis since President Joe Biden appointed her in March to handle the influx of migrants. The interview, including the heated exchange between Harris and Holt, will air on “NBC Nightly News” on…
‘The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ star showed his support for his embattled castmate in a social media post Tituss Burgess is issuing a response after his Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt co-star, Ellie Kemper, recently came under fire for attending a Missouri ball with a racist past. Last week, Kemper, the star of the Netflix comedy, found herself…
The hip-hop star’s new summer anthem will drop on Friday. In April, Megan Thee Stallion announced she was taking a hiatus to “prepare for what’s next.” Megan handed over control of her social media accounts to her management team while she stepped back to “recharge.” “Megan Thee Stallion is recharging! Due to the demands of…
OPINION: Can the political star power of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) translate into voting power for NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley? What a brave new world we live in as women. The vice president of the United States of America is a mixed-race Black, South Asian woman. We have 24 female U.S. Senators and have…
As the school year comes to a close across the country, marking the end of a difficult transition period for many students who had to return to the classroom after months of distance learning, racist encounters in classrooms have continued to peak. One such instance pertains to 14-year-old twins Emzayia and Zyeshauwne Feazell, in Spokane,…
The first quarter of 2021 has already had its shares of highs and lows for “Black Ink Crew New York” star Ceaser Emanuel. After ending the latter portion of 2020 with the reveal of a new girlfriend, model, and entrepreneur, Suzette Samuels, fans almost instantly noted a change in the tattoo boss whose troubled love…
