“Obituaries are more than an accounting of the sunrise and sunset of someone’s life. It is a piece of history, a story well told, and a legacy for the next generation.” If Yvonne Shinhoster, former obituary editor of The Washington Post, is right, “Obituaries are more than an accounting of the sunrise and sunset…
It’s been a busy past few months for former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Cynthia Bailey following the star’s shocking announcement last year that after a whirlwind eleven seasons, she was leaving the hit Bravo reality television series, citing her marriage. The 55-year-old currently stars on CBS’ reality show “Celebrity Big Brother” as well as…
EXCLUSIVE: In a letter obtained by theGrio, members of the Congressional Black Caucus call out the gap in the government’s advertising dollars spent on Black-owned media vs. white-owned companies targeting Black audiences. Editors Note: Byron Allen, who is Black and American, is the CEO of Allen Entertainment Group, the parent company of theGrio. The Biden…
The 5-year-old son of late rapper DMX, has been diagnosed with stage-three kidney disease. His mother and fiancée of DMX, Desiree Lindstrom, provided an update on their son, Exodus, during her appearance on the “It’s Tricky” podcast with Raquel Harper on March 3. Exodus (L), DMX (C) and Lindstrom (R) pose on Instagram on Feb….
Source: Sean Rayford / Getty In today’s episode of Inventing Herschel, it turns out GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been out here boasting about what a great businessman he is while, in reality, his businesses have not been paying back loans, he’s been exaggerating about how many people he’s employed and his businesses have…
NAACP advocates are calling for diversity and equity training in an Arkansas school district after a middle schooler was taunted with racial epithets as she boarded a school bus. Seventh-grader Alyssa Shaw was racially bullied on a Lavaca Middle School bus in Lavaca, Arkansas. (Screenshot via 40/29 News) Alyssa Shaw’s mother, Becky Burris, has pulled…
The unemployment rates reportedly went down for many demographic groups in America. But not so for Black women. The unemployment rate for Black women in America appears to be on the rise. The unemployment rate for Americans is going down, but for Black women, it’s going up. CNBC recently reported unemployment rates for Black women…
Source: EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI / Getty Racism is like cancer, ignore it long enough and it will corrupt everything around you including the minds of those it was intended to discriminate against. A growing number of U.S Latinos are buying into the far-right, white nationalist narrative that’s seeped in hate and contradicts many aspects of…
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till will be the subject of a new opera set to debut this spring. Many people are upset about the production, asking “how could the story authentically be told through a white woman’s eyes?” According to Playbill, producers of “Emmett Till, A New American Opera,” are set to have the show’s world premiere at…
A mountain of medical debt is keeping Black-owned businesses across the nation from thriving, according to new research published earlier this month. Black business owners face greater financial challenges along with greater financial barriers to health care, a survey of 4,000 business owners, employees and self-employed workers from Intuit QuickBooks found. About 40 percent of…
