The deaths of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant still pull on the heartstrings of those who cherished them from family, friends and fans. His widow Vanessa Bryant has done everything in her willpower to keep their family unit strong, including their two youngest girls and their oldest, Natalia Bryant. Now Kobe…
As he approaches his first anniversary at the U.S. Postal Service’s helm, DeJoy is under mounting pressure to resign Louis DeJoy is uninterested in the niceties of Washington. The wealthy longtime businessman with an outer borough New York accent prides himself as a problem solver ready to disrupt an unwieldy bureaucracy. And he’s facing potential legal troubles….
A Kentucky nonprofit that provides outreach to marginalized communities was recently the recipient of a “six-figure donation” of “reparations” from a white donor who discovered their great-grandfather owned slaves. The benefactor received a considerable windfall of wealth upon their 25th birthday, which prompted them to investigate their family history to discover from whom the money…
“We never thought anything like this would ever happen there,” said Myeni’s wife, Lindsay Lindsay Myeni and her South African husband moved to Hawaii, where she grew up, believing it would be safer to raise their two Black children here than in another U.S. state. Three months after they arrived, Honolulu police shot and killed…
Former “Braxton Family Values” reality diva Tamar Braxton is in better spirits these days and especially so more recently as she celebrates her son Logan Herbert turning eight. Braxton treated her son Logan, born on June 6, 2013, to a nice dinner, as shown in a video she uploaded on his eighth birthday. “Where’s the…
“By dooming our democracy in the name of bipartisanship, Senator Manchin is betraying both,” said Rep. Mondaire Jones. In an effort to promote bipartisan collaboration, Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, has incited the ire of many in his own party, including New York Rep. Mondaire Jones. Manchin, the West Virginia senator, wrote a piece for…
Star and series creator Michaela Coel championed her intimacy director, Ita O’Brien, saying her help was “essential” to the successful show. Michaela Coel’s BBC/HBO series I May Destroy You took home two BAFTA TV Awards this weekend after a year of critical acclaim. As theGrio previously reported, I May Destroy you was a critical success…
The National Football League announced last week that it is ending a medical evaluation practice that made it difficult for Black retirees to be compensated for cognitive damage suffered as a result of playing pro football. In a statement on Wednesday, June 2, the NFL announced that it would no longer use “race-norming.” The controversial…
Controversy surrounding the problematic use of Native cultural imagery in American society is nothing new. Gov. Steve Sisolak makes state law clear. Steve Sisolak, the Democratic governor of Nevada, signed a law Friday that will require its schools to change “any name, logo, mascot, song or identifier” that has any racially discriminatory undertones, any association…
“So comical people saying she has anxiety in public and that’s why he touches her,” said Knowles-Lawson of her famous daughter and son-in-law. Many on social media have long commented about Jay-Z’s love of Beyonce’s leg. Time and time again, the couple is pictured sitting side by side, with him holding onto his wife’s limb…
