Dillard University students march to their polling place on campus to vote in New Orleans on Nov. 8, 2016. | Source: Tom Williams / Getty The worst kept secret perhaps in all of politics is that students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are a pivotal demographic when it comes to voting. The political…
Black, Hispanic, American Indian and other minority residents were undercounted at greater rates in most recent census Is it time to rethink the census and other surveys that measure changes in the U.S. population? Policymakers and demographers have been asking that question since results released by the U.S. Census Bureau this month showed Black, Hispanic,…
Kanye West was dropped in the wake of an Instagram suspension for directing racial slurs toward Trevor Noah, host for the upcoming music awards Rapper Kanye West is no longer among the artists slated to perform at the 2022 Grammy Awards after being banned due to his recent social media activity. First reported by The…
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson prepares to deliver an opening statement on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee After meeting privately with almost half the members of the Senate, it’s time for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to testify publicly this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. If confirmed, as is expected, she would be…
Lamonte McIntyre served decades in prison for a double murder he did not commit A Kansas man who served 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is seeking $93 million in damages from the county where he was convicted and a former detective he says framed him. Lamonte McIntyre, 45, and his…
Police say a suspect is in custody after an early morning shooting at South by Southwest festival Four people were shot and wounded in downtown Austin, Texas, early Sunday as the city hosts the annual South by Southwest festival, police said. The Austin Police Department told people to avoid the area at around 2:50 a.m.,…
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson skeptics echo criticisms former Justice Thurgood Marshall faced during his confirmation process in the 1960s The first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court is likely to face questioning at her Senate hearing that would have been familiar to Thurgood Marshall, the first Black man who served on the high court….
Steve Harvey had folks on social media baffled this week when the entertainment business’s hardest working employee revealed that he owed the Internal Revenue Service millions of dollars at one point in his illustrious career. During a recent appearance on Tuesday, March 15, episode of the “Earn Your Leisure Podcast” with co-hosts Rashad Bilal and…
EXCLUSIVE: A.J. Kramer, who assigned Brown Jackson’s appeals court cases as a public defense attorney, joins chorus defending her record in an exclusive interview with theGrio. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and her judicial record will be front and center this week in Washington, D.C. as she sits through a days-long U.S. Senate confirmation hearing process…
College athletes can monetize their name, image and likeness during March Madness for the first time since the NCAA lifted a ban on the practice This March Madness, basketball players can monetize their shining moments. The NCAA lifted its ban last summer on athletes earning money off their name, image and likeness. Since then, all…
