David Dietrich, a member of the electoral board in the city of Hampton, had been accused of using the racist language, including a slur against Black people and a call for a “public lynching.” RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Republican local elections official in Virginia has resigned, according to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office, after being…
Stephen Boyd was promoted in a ceremony held on April 9 When Stephen Boyd retires on May 31, he will do so as the longest-serving Black aviator in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. Boyd, on Saturday, was also promoted to chief warrant officer 5, according to the Cape Cod Times. “For whoever comes along after me,…
“Our birth center is definitely different,” said founder Okunsola M. Amadou. For nearly a decade, the founder of the Jamaa Birth Village in Ferguson, Missouri has had one simple goal, and that is to improve maternity care for Black families in the St. Louis area. As reported by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Okunsola M….
There’s just one week left until the premiere of the series finale of the hit sitcom “Black-ish,” and its star Tracee Ellis Ross is opening up about the “very emotional” feelings she’s had during the last week of filming the Kenya Barris-created comedy. During an appearance on the Monday, April 11, episode of “The Ellen…
Multiple tropical storms that pummeled Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique earlier this year were analyzed by the World Weather Attribution group. MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Extreme rainfall in southeast Africa has become heavier and more likely to occur during cyclones because of climate change, according to a new analysis released Monday by an international team of weather…
Los Angeles County prosecutors said they do not have enough evidence to charge five former Inglewood police officers who opened fire on a couple they found sleeping inside a car in 2016. The district attorney’s office concluded the officers had “an honest belief” that they needed to use deadly force against Marquintan Sandlin and Kisha…
Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor died by suicide in November allegedly after constant harassment at her Utah elementary school. Ten-year-old Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor died by suicide in November allegedly after being constantly harassed at Foxboro Elementary in Farmington, Utah, because of her race and disability. The girl, who was Black and autistic, was reportedly bullied by students…
Jada Pinkett Smith made her first public appearance at the grand opening of the Shonda Rhimes Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles this weekend since her husband Will Smith infamously walked onstage during the 94th-Annual Academy Awards and slapped Chris Rock while the comedian was presenting the next award. The 50-year-old was spotted looking breathtakingly…
Business and music mogul Master P is calling out the outpouring of disingenuous adoration and support of the late rapper Nipsey Hussle. Hussle was gunned down on March 31, 2019, outside of his business, The Marathon Clothing Store. Since the rapper’s death, countless murals honoring the neighborhood legend have popped up, fans have constructed numerous…
OPINION: By limiting reparations to the descendants of enslaved people, a California task force declared they are not rooting for everybody Black. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Sept. 30, 2020, 401 years after human traffickers landed in Virginia and sold Africans…
