The legislation would eliminate eligibility for parole through good behavior or programming credits for some felonies. The Republican-led legislature in Tennessee has passed a controversial criminal justice bill they are calling “truth in sentencing” that would require people convicted of certain felonies to serve 100% of their sentence. According to The Tennessean, the legislation would lengthen…
The cause of death was not given, but Kibaki was in and out of hospitals in recent years as his health failed. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Mwai Kibaki, the former Kenyan leader whose distinguished political career was tarnished when he won a second presidential term that was followed by deadly post-election violence, has died at…
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty At this point, It’s pretty clear that Tucker Carlson wakes up every morning after a long night of sexually frustrated wet dreams about sexy M&M cartoons and Cardi B’s WAP and he just lays in bed for a while thinking about all the ways he can play the race card…
Fans raved over a video of actress and comedienne Tiffany Haddish that they viewed on Instagram of Haddish transforming right before their eyes. In the April 19 post, the “Girls Trip” actress first appeared wearing a bonnet, bathrobe and slippers. She then leaves the camera frame and reappears looking fly and rocking a stylish black…
It’s the second time Mayor Randall Woodfin has taken such action as he continues to urge marijuana legalization in Alabama. For cannabis connoisseurs, 4/20 is a holiday. It is also a day of recognizing that as some people enjoy indulging in the plant, others remain criminalized and stigmatized by the failing “war on drugs.” In…
Tracey Meares was at the top of her graduating class in 1984 when Springfield High School in Illinois changed its honoring tradition. Tracey Meares is finally being honored as the valedictorian of her graduating class more than 38 years after attaining that top status. She was 17 in 1984 when she would have become the…
Four decades ago, administrators at the Springfield High School in Springfield, Illinois, robbed a 17-year-old Black girl of the title of valedictorian for the class of 1984. Years later, after a documentary shined a spotlight on the misdeed, the school district endeavored to right this great wrong and bestow on her the honor, apologizing for…
Actor Cory Hardrict and his wife of 14 years, actress Tia Mowry, recently celebrated their wedding anniversary, and the couple shared photographs of the happy occasion on Instagram. The couple was married on April 20, 2008, in Santa Barbara, California, after dating for eight years. The “All American: Homecoming” actor surprised Mowry with balloons, red roses…
EXCLUSIVE: The Howard University graduate and Hollywood star told theGrio she wants to bring mental health resources to HBCU campuses and be a “liaison” for students. Next month, the Biden White House’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will be sworn in. The 20-person board currently includes HBCU presidents and alumni,…
When it comes to Black-owned media, Cathy Hughes is both a veteran and an inspiration in a business sector that is notoriously and exclusively white in positions of leadership. But beyond the racial implications in media leadership, those mostly white folks who have dominated the game are more times than not male, facts that compound…
