Florida Memorial University has seen a drastic dip in enrollment in recent years, prompting staff layoffs and the elimination of over a dozen degree programs Several tenured faculty members at Florida Memorial University are threatening to take legal action against the private school after being told they would be laid off at the end of…
“The State of Black America and COVID-19” warns Blacks aren’t being studied enough in trials, treatment programs, and registries. Long COVID is a phenomenon reportedly being experienced by millions of people who contracted COVID-19 and survived the illness — only to battle symptoms far after their initial diagnoses. A new 18-page report called The State of…
New footage has surfaced from the 94th-Annual Academy Awards ceremony in which first-time Oscar winner Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock for a joke he made about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith and her shaved head. New clips now show the “Matrix” star seemingly chuckling after her husband struck the comedian on…
Source: ATU Images / Getty America is the “land of the free” and nothing says “freedom” like forcing children and teenagers to pledge their allegiance to a thing, amirite? Seriously though, how is it that in the 21st century, there are “educators” that still haven’t gotten it in their heads that forcing students to stand…
OPINION: Phonté dropped the first trailer for the documentary about the iconic group, and 2023 seems so, so far away. 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’ve been a fan of Little Brother—the rap group made up of Phonté (Phonté Coleman), Big Pooh…
Rock appeared in public for the first time since the Oscars at his standup show in Boston on Wednesday evening Sunday’s Oscars telecast continues to dominate conversations and not just because CODA won Best Picture. Chris Rock finally addressed the viral Oscars altercation with Will Smith during a recent stand-up show, saying that he is,…
Bowles becomes the third Black head coach currently in the NFL, joining Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin and Houston’s Lovie Smith Bruce Arians unexpectedly retired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a stunning move Wednesday night that the 69-year-old who guided the team to its second Super Bowl title says is not related to health. It’s…
During such downturns, Black and Hispanic Americans commonly suffer higher jobless rates America’s hiring boom of the past year has narrowed racial disparities in unemployment. Yet the Federal Reserve’s ongoing interest rate hikes — shaping up to be the steepest in 15 years — threaten to reverse that progress. The Fed’s rate hikes will mean…
A 101-year-old man has proven that it’s never too late to achieve your goals. Merrill Pittman Cooper was a senior at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia when his family moved to Philadelphia to seek better financial opportunities. Even though Cooper had a long career in transportation, he regretted not finishing high school. A…
Bell played on the Bulldogs’ defensive line until he graduated from Mississippi State in 1973 with a degree in business administration. In 1969, Robert Bell enrolled at Mississippi State University and, a year later, alongside the late Frank Dowsing, Jr., integrated the school’s football team. The following year, he and Dowsing helped lead the school…
