Lil Nas X is clapping back at the haters who are calling him out for allegedly not taking care of his mother. In a now-deleted tweet, he wrote, “I hate speaking on my personal life but y’all n-ggas don’t know how many nights I’ve cried myself to sleep feeling guilty because nothing i tried would…
A deaf mother of two says an encounter with police could have ended tragically had it not been for her twin daughters’ ability to speak for her. Andrea “Dre” Hollingsworth says she was confused when Las Vegas police officers pulled her and her 11-year-old daughters over on Wednesday, April 7. Not knowing how the encounter…
Exclusive: Sources tell theGrio that President Joe Biden is preparing for the Chauvin trial outcome, but attempts to rein in bad policing will be a great challenge President Joe Biden, in recents weeks, has mulled over several scenarios for federal reaction to the impending verdict of the Derek Chauvin trial. The goal for each option…
Source: Catherine McQueen / Getty A Colorado judge resigned after she exhibited problematic, racist behavior during her time on the bench. According to The Washington Post, the Supreme Court of Colorado asked former Judge Natalie T. Chase to resign on Friday after censuring her. A report released by the court found she was involved in…
The singer went on TikTok Live with ‘Muslim Girl’ In a recent interview with Muslim Girl, SZA revealed she stopped wearing her hijab after the September 11th attacks, expressing she was “so scared.” SZA is currently one of the biggest artists in music, with her latest single, “Good Days,” hitting the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In a recent TikTok…
Ryan Coogler has decided to move forward with filming the “Black Panther 2” movie in Georgia despite the new restrictive voting laws. On Friday, April 16, he wrote an op-ed statement for Shadow and Act, condemning Georgia’s new voting laws while also explaining what he plans to do to help. “The fight for full enfranchisement…
Exclusive: In an interview with theGrio, California US Rep. Maxine Waters accuses Republicans of distorting her words, adding “I’m not going to be bullied by them.” Congresswoman Maxine Waters is pushing back against Republicans and conservative media who have called her out over remarks she made on Saturday during a Black Lives Matter protest in…
A Maine man the FBI says intentionally set a Black Massachusetts church on fire in December 2020 was charged with a hate crime on Thursday, April 15. Dushko Vulchev, a 44-year-old Bulgarian man from Houlton, Maine, was charged by the FBI with four counts of damage to religious property involving fire and one count of…
Tenth-grader Lufuno Mavhunga reportedly overdosed on pills after video of her being slapped by a classmate went viral. A teenager in South Africa reportedly took her own life after a video of her being bullied by schoolmates went viral. “Lufuno was young, and we were expecting more from her. Her departure has hurt us a…
Source: NurPhoto / Getty The city of Chicago is reckoning with similar tensions as cities like Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center and Louisville in the aftermath of the police killing of Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed on March 29 in the city’s South Side. Disillusioned by city leadership, community members have called…
