Jackson has written that under “the ethics rules that apply to lawyers, an attorney has a duty to represent her clients zealously,” no matter their own views. President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo…
AUP EP#45 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 3/19/22 Cortney Wills: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture and our stories. I’m your host, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio. And this week I’m sitting down with Samuel…
Tracee Ellis Ross‘ body became a topic of conversation on March 17 after the actress uploaded a throwback behind-the-scenes clip from her Health Magazine photo shoot. In the Instagram post, Ross was seen sporting a deep-cut metallic bodysuit worn with a full face and her voluptuous curls as she posed for the camera and sang along…
The four musical performers will join under the name the All-Star Band at the show The Oscars will feature a unique all-star music collaboration: Sheila E., Adam Blackstone, Travis Barker and Robert Glasper will perform together at the 94th awards ceremony next weekend. Show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced Friday that the four…
Judge’s ruling centers on comments Tina Glandian made in 2019 saying the Osundairo brothers wore “whiteface” A judge in Chicago has ruled that an attorney for Jussie Smollett might have defamed two Black brothers who testified that they participated in a fake racist and homophobic attack on the actor when she suggested they had been wearing “whiteface.” The Chicago…
Osaka has also chosen a new Black female president for her melanin-conscious skincare brand, marketing maven Mia Meachem. Few people in the world know what it’s like to be an athlete at the top of one’s game—and even fewer have found themselves in the middle of a firestorm for daring to express their convictions. It’s…
Katrina Robinson gets no prison time after being convicted for misusing federal funds A former Tennessee state senator expelled from office after a conviction for using federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of the nursing school she operates was sentenced Friday to a year of probation but no prison time. Katrina Robinson had faced…
Delane Gordon says the incident occurred when he was pulled over after completing a DoorDash delivery A Tennessee police officer fired his stun gun at a food delivery man who had begun recording his traffic stop for speeding and asked to see the officer’s supervisor, video footage shows. The man wound up facing additional charges…
Challenges facing after-school programs are weighing on parents in the workforce The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren has not meant a return to work for many of their parents who, with workdays that outlast school days, are finding crucial after-school programs in short supply. School-based providers list difficulties hiring and retaining staff as…
Death row inmates in South Carolina can choose firing squad, electric chair or lethal injection as a preferred mode of execution South Carolina has given the greenlight to firing-squad executions, a method codified into state law last year after a decade-long pause in carrying out death sentences because of the state’s inability to procure lethal injection drugs….
