EXCLUSIVE: TheGrio takes a look at some of the races to watch this election cycle in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The 2022 midterm elections are officially underway as early voting kicked off in Texas on Monday. This year’s statewide contests are sure to be closely watched, but at theGrio we’re particularly paying attention to…
“This is the saddest moment of my life,” Gibson wrote in an Instagram clip, which shows him holding his mom’s hand. After seeking prayers for her from his social media followers, Tyrese Gibson has shared that his mother, Priscilla Murray, succumbed to complications of COVID-19 and pneumonia. “On behalf of my family and everyone who…
A Louisiana family wants answers about the death of their infant child. For almost a year, relatives of the child are still mourning as they wait for authorities to share if the child was shot and killed by an officer’s bullet. La’Mello Parker was only three months old when he was shot after being kidnapped by his…
Johnson made history on Broadway in 2019 when she became the understudy playing Glinda — the first woman of color to be cast in that role. The acclaimed Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Wicked has cast its first Black leading lady in Brittney Johnson, who — as of Monday — began starring as Glinda the Good Witch. “I’m really…
Source: pawel.gaul / Getty A school in Indianapolis, Indiana is under fire after a teacher assigned a Black History Month project that directed students to draw Black people picking cotton. MORE: Racist’ School Near Boston That Served Fried Chicken For Black History Month Blames African American Cook According to officials at the school district, students…
Fans have said for some time that they believe that Megan Thee Stallion and Jennifer Hudson could be sisters. After a chance meeting at Super Bowl LVI, the two ignited the conversation that had fans in a heated debate over two years ago. The “American Idol” singer posted a picture of the two of them…
John Bel Edwards did not tell the media Monday if he will veto the bills, saying, “The simple answer: I haven’t made a decision.” John Bel Edwards, the governor of Louisiana, has acknowledged that several Republican-backed proposals to redraw the state’s congressional map are “very problematic.” The Louisiana GOP has proposed new maps without creating…
Comedians Kevin Hart and Ellen DeGeneres chopped it up on a recent episode of “The Ellen Show,” and the Philly native shared some pretty hilarious updates about his toddler. The daytime television talk show host told Hart, who was there to promote his scripted faux reality series “The Real Husbands of Hollywood,” that she has been keeping up with…
OPINION: While their cases aren’t exactly the same, no one can blame the U.S. sprinter for being upset about Kamila Valieva being allowed to continue her Olympic dreams after failing a drug test. After all, Black people are disproportionally punished for using weed. The 15-year-old Russian figure skater can compete in the Olympics after failing…
A volunteer fire company in Pennsylvania has been shut down for 30 days after several firefighters were caught on tape making racist statements about Blacks moving into the area, and mocking an 8-year-old girl killed by police in 2021. Briarcliffe Volunteer Fire Company has been suspended by the Darby Township Board of Commissioners for 30 days…
