Francine Laney, 31, was found unresponsive in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center infirmary, and life-saving measures that were taken failed. North Carolina man Terry Laney, an inmate with 19 years left on a second-degree murder/firearms sentence, has filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Garry McFadden, who leads the Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Charlotte. The convict’s…
Source: Twitter / Twitter So, here’s the thing—conservatives aren’t funny. When white people, especially white conservatives, try to tell race-related “jokes,” they’re not really telling jokes so much as they’re being blatantly racist and hiding behind, “Ok c’mon, it’s just a joke.” So when a firearm instructor in Nevada got on stage during a recent…
Actress Tia Mowry recalled that the best advice she’d received in her early days of acting helped to shape her future, and came from her television dad and fellow actor Tim Reid. Reid played her father on the hit sitcom “Sister, Sister” on ABC for six seasons during the 1990s. Mowry starred in the sitcom…
OPINION: The 2013 movie needs every prayer you can offer. Amen. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I recently watched Pastor Shirley—check it out on April 16 and April 30 on TheGrio TV and TheGrio app—and I have so many questions; I want…
Breonna Taylor’s image and likeness will fund and/or support the academic dreams of a select group of undergraduate and law students at the University of Louisville. The artist who painted a portrait of the 26-year-old is donating money from its sale to the institution, earmarking it for learners with an interest in social justice. The…
Orlando announces the expansion of its Summer Youth Employment Program, which will provide internships for 300 to 400 students. The city of Orlando recently announced the expansion of its Summer Youth Employment Program, which will provide summer internships to between 300 and 400 teenagers and give them each a bank account, an income of $14…
Phaedra Parks took to Instagram on April 11, to send a special message to her fans. In the upload, Parks, who wore a multi-colored sweatsuit, was seen taking a stroll in a park at an undisclosed location as a background track repeated the words “God got my back.” Phaedra Parks’ video in the park derails…
J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are set to go on state trial in mid-June for aiding and abetting in Floyd’s murder. The three former Minneapolis police officers who were found guilty in federal court of having violated George Floyd’s civil rights have rejected a plea deal in their state case. According to…
Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert have dealt with their fair share of public scrutiny and rumors, but they draw a clear line when it comes to their family. Earlier this year the couple, and parents to daughters Junie and Rue, were blindsided by claims of infidelity, drug use, and an attempted overdose when a TikTok…
Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York’s Supreme Court, is among 17 Black women and 14 Black men serving now on their state’s highest court. WASHINGTON (AP) — Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York’s highest court, was working last week when her daughter texted messages that included a clapping hands emoji. Soon, her phone…
