Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris react to her speaking during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin. Harris made her first campaign appearance as the party’s presidential candidate, with an endorsement from President Biden. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) Shannon Watts, organizer of the…
Vice President Kamala Harris, shown in 2019 after announcing her candidacy for president, is running again. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OPINION: If the online debate over Kamala Harris’ Blackness has left you puzzled, don’t worry—we have answers. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read…
Source: VIEW press / Getty In March a four-year-old child shot and killed by Illinois police. We’ve now learned that little Terrell Miller was Sonya Massey’s baby cousin–and that prosecutors have just determined not to file any charges against the officer who fired the weapon. How high does the bar need to be for…
Surveillance video showed the son of a former New York City official pass out at a casino after suffering a drug overdose and lying on the floor for 11 minutes without any medical intervention. Ethan Bherwani traveled from Long Island to Uncasville, Connecticut, to visit the Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort in May 2021. The…
Although a decade and a half has passed since NBA star Shaquille O’Neal and Shaunie split, the failed marriage remains a hot topic. O’Neal has openly discussed the transgressions he committed during his marriage and admitted that he was ultimately responsible for the relationship crumbling. One of his transgressions allegedly involved Laura Govan, according to her ex-fiancé Gilbert…
Source: Anadolu / Getty If you’re Black in America, it’s hard not to feel like there’s a target on your back that Congress couldn’t care less about. The recent police shooting death of Sonya Massey has renewed demands that Congress take action and pass the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act. Still, we’ve seen this…
(Adobe Stock Images) OPINION: A lot of the toxic social media conversations around dating make it sound scarier than it has to be. Let’s change that. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I recently saw someone on Threads say “The…
Reality star Khloé Kardashian lived most of her 20s in the shadows of her now-billionaire sister Kim Kardashian. But now, in 2024 and at the age of 40, a doctor has gassed her up, saying that she has the biological body of a 28-year-old, the same age as her little sister Kendall Jenner — who is…
Source: Alexander Lewis / Getty Norris Henderson and I knew of each other long before we actually met in New York 20 years ago. I’d written widely about the conditions, harms and failures of the American prison system, and Norris, the founder and executive director of the criminal justice policy shop Voice of the Experienced…
Authorities say they have identified the two white people who visited a Black councilmember’s home in Michigan and pointed a photo of an ape at her doorbell camera. According to Ann Arbor Police, two white males approached Councilwoman Cynthia Harrison’s home on July 16 at 8 p.m. and repeatedly knocked on the door and rang…
