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‘Why You Always Got Your Legs Open’: Gabrielle Union Shows Off Her Yams as She Reveals ‘Wade World Tour’ With Husband Dwyane Wade Has Begun, Pearl-Clutching Fans Disapprove of Her Bawdiness

June 20, 2022
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“Wade World Tour” is an annual getaway trip that Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade embark on for fun and relaxation every summer. Last year, the couple went to several places in Italy and Paris, France. Union took to Instagram on June 18 to inform her followers that their world tour had begun in Milan, Italy, by sharing a risqué…

‘Accountable for Their Actions: Investigation Underway Into Circumstances Surrounding a Black Man’s Death After Being Repeatedly Tased by Police Before Jumping Into a River

June 20, 2022
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London’s police department is under scrutiny after a video was released of officers tasering a Black man multiple times on the Chelsea Bridge Road in London before he fatally plunged off the bridge into waterway below. Before his death, the man jumped into the River Thames to escape and had to be rescued by the…

Not all slaves in Texas were freed after Juneteenth

June 20, 2022
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Despite General Order No. 3 issued on June 19, 1865, many remained enslaved, and restrictive laws meant bondage-like conditions persisted. As it stands, Juneteenth is a holiday fraught with contradictions. Although it’s a celebration, what it celebrates is General Order No. 3, the order that informed slaves in Galveston Island, Texas, two years after the…

‘I don’t know what it actually looks like,’ says Sam Jay on freedom in 2022

June 20, 2022
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The comedian spoke with theGrio’s Cortney Wills about Juneteenth and what freedom looks like. In this video, comedian Sam Jay spoke with theGrio’s Cortney Wills about Juneteenth and the definition of freedom in 2022. Jay grew up aware of what Juneteenth was and the meaning of it; however, she doesn’t plan to celebrate it in…

‘Show up as you 100% of the time and never apologize for it,’ says Tabitha Brown

June 20, 2022
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As we celebrate Juneteenth, the vegan foodie shares her thoughts on what freedom looks like for Black people. In honor of Juneteenth, theGrio’s Natasha S. Alford asked vegan foodie Tabitha Brown what she believes freedom looks like for Black people in 2022. “I really would like to see code switching disappear,” she said. “I was…

‘Freedom, to me, looks like equity,’ says Jemele Hill

June 20, 2022
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The journalist and author described the importance of Juneteenth and the definition of freedom in 2022. In this video, Jemele Hill described what freedom has looked like for her in 2022. “In 2022, freedom, to me, looks like equity,” Hill said. “It looks like liberation. It looks like peace and it looks like pure, authentic…

Officials explain how kids were served floor sealant instead of milk at summer child-care program

June 20, 2022
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A number of agencies are involved in the probe into Tuesday’s incident at Glacier Valley Elementary School in Juneau, Alaska. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — School district officials in Alaska investigating how students at a summer child-care program were served floor sealant instead of milk say the two products were not on the same pallet as…

Nigeria funeral for church attack victims draws anger, tears

June 20, 2022
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Mourners paid their respects to 22 of the victims killed at St. Francis Catholic Church on June 5 as religious leaders urged authorities to take swift action. ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria held a state funeral Friday for nearly two dozen of the worshippers killed by gunmen at a church service earlier this month as…

Black ‘Doctors Row’ set to receive historic district designation in Philly

June 20, 2022
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An area in South Philadelphia will become the first to be recognized as a local historic district to honor its Black history. In 1899, the University of Pennsylvania published noted scholar W.E.B. DuBois’ study of Black Philadelphians. His report, “The Philadelphia Negro,” showed the diversity and the challenges of the Black population in the city’s…

Unlikely duo: Pennsylvania Democrats aim for united front

June 20, 2022
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John Fetterman and Josh Shapiro strike dramatically different profiles, yet their fate — and that of their party — is intertwined in the midterm elections. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One candidate is unabashedly blunt, willing to embrace progressive positions, doing little to build rapport with party leaders and dominating rooms with a 6-foot-8-inch frame. The other crafts…