The pair tied the knot in August 2020 after first connecting on social media in 2015 Niecy Nash and her wife Jessica Betts have made history as the first same-sex couple to cover Essence. “Making H E R S T O R Y 💫👑🖤” Nash, 52, wrote on Instagram on Thursday of the pair’s March/April…
President Joe Biden has kept his word to the nation and nominated a Black woman as the next justice to sit in the U.S. Supreme Court. Despite considerable GOP pushback, mostly blasting Biden for using race and gender as qualifiers for the nominee, the president introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday,…
The University of Houston has been sued on behalf of three students claiming they feel constrained in what they can say there. A non-profit group has sued the University of Houston on behalf of three self-described conservative students who say they feel constrained in what they can say on campus. The group, Speech First, said…
The actor opened up to theGrio about shooting the thriller that dropped on Hulu this week Just in time for the weekend, No Exit has dropped on Hulu. A suspenseful thriller, the Hulu Original film from 20th Century Studios follows a young woman (played by Havana Rose Liu) who finds herself stranded at a highway…
Traci A. Curry, John Gibson, and Roxanne Avent-Taylor are also set receive special honors at the 13th annual AAFCA Awards. Recipients of the 2022 African American Film Critics Association special achievement honors have been announced. Musician and film composer Terence Blanchard and filmmaker Stanley Nelson are among the six honorees, according to Variety. Also being…
The verdict demonstrates that police officers cannot hide behind the blue line all the time, and their silence in times of injustice will find them complicit with the actions of the oppressor. If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. — Desmond Tutu On May 25, 2020,…
Also, some former members of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ reunited for Da Brat’s wedding From a brand new reality series coming to Netflix, to the finale of The Real Housewives of Miami’s grand return, theGrio is back with your reality roundup of the week. Young, Famous & African Your next favorite reality series is…
Graphic police bodycam video shows portions of Talmika Bates’ scalp hanging on the side of her skull in the 2020 incident. A woman who pleaded for help and screamed for her mama as a German shepherd police dog ripped off portions of her scalp has sued the city of Brentwood, California, the dog’s handler and…
They’re overrepresented in the workforce but underrepresented in their opportunity, according to recent research. The healthcare industry should make investments in Black women, who encompass a large segment of the field yet are saddled with low wages and a physically demanding job, new research shows. A study in the journal Health Affairs examined the impact…
Source: Pool / Getty In its February 18 issue, The Baltimore Sun’s editorial board finally apologized for 185 years of racist coverage. The authors wrote that the newspaper had “sharpened, preserved and furthered the structural racism that still subjugates Black Marylanders in our communities today.” For its culpability, “We are deeply and profoundly sorry.” The…
