Former President Barack Obama told singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen that the “politics of white resistance” kept him from pursuing reparations for descendants of slaves during his presidency, although he believes the payments are justified. During the second episode of the new Spotify podcast series “Renegades: Born in the USA” Obama told the E Street Band leader…

Brown sat down with ‘The Neighborhood Talk’ on Instagram In a recent interview, Tessica Brown slammed LisaRaye for calling her “ghetto” after her viral Gorilla Glue mishap. Brown sat down for an interview with Instagram’s The Neighborhood Talk and said to host DeAsia Robinson,  “LisaRaye, they say she had a lot to say…You don’t even…

One of Graham’s books documented his experiences working undercover at an all-white country club in the early 1990s. Prominent lawyer Lawrence Otis Graham, the eloquent activist and author who exposed racism and detailed life in the Black upper middle class in his 14 bestselling books, reportedly died last Friday. He was 59. No cause of…

Amid the severe sexual allegations facing T.I. and his wife Tiny and with the production of their reality show, “T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle,” being put on pause, the Atlanta couple has released several statements maintaining their innocence.  Recently, when asked by The Shaderoom how he had managed his presence in the media, the “Live…

Source: Jason Armond / Getty Kentucky legislators unanimously voted to approve a bill that would restrict the usage of “no-knock” warrants on Thursday, in an increasing effort to prohibit excessive force  policies evoked in the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot last spring after Louisville cops raided her home…

Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the…

theGrio spoke to four meteorologists from The Weather Channel, which is Black-owned, who shared what it means to be Black in media and their thoughts on Black History Month We are living in unprecedented times when it comes to weather and climate change, but luckily we have a growing number of Black meteorologists who can…

The hourly pay increase, effective next week, will make wholesale giant Costco the nation’s highest-paying retail chain. As federal lawmakers are stalled on increasing the minimum wage to $15 by 2025, wholesale retail giant Costco has announced that next week, it will raise its employees’ salaries to $16 per hour.  The pay increase will make…

By now, fans of Jordyn Woods already know that she has a younger sister that looks just like her, but seeing how much they resemble when they are together still never gets old. What makes it even better is Jordyn and her sister Jodie acknowledge that they look the same. On Feb. 25, Jordyn uploaded…

Judge John Barker, a Trump appointee, sided with landlords and property owners who sued to stop the moratorium. A federal judge has ruled that the national moratorium on evictions instituted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is unconstitutional.  U.S. District Judge John Barker did not issue an injunction; however, the Donald Trump appointee…