Photo by saksit/Adobe Stock Images OPINION: Balloons, popsicles and playdates are the holy trinity of things that excite kids. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Every day when I pick my kids up from their elementary school, I know two…
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders conducts fans before an NCAA college football game against North Dakota State, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) The numbers the arrival of “Coach Prime” have lavished on Boulder are so powerful — from enrollment at the school to economic impact in the town — that…
Barack and Michelle Obama’s oldest daughter Malia Obama was recently seen out with a new mystery man, sparking speculation about her relationship status. The rising filmmaker and Hollywood producer was photographed leaving a restaurant in the Larchmont area of Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 28. in a flick that was featured on TheList.com. Naturally, this…
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., walks down the House steps after the final vote of the week in the Capitol on September 12, 2024. | Source: Bill Clark / Getty Welp, it’s October, which means it’s Halloween season, or as I like to call it, “White People’s Caucasified Affinity For Blackface Awareness Month.” (I know it’s…
A Black woman recorded the moments she made a department store employee pick up after her after noticing the worker stalking her through the store. After a shopper claimed in a viral video that she went through a racial profiling ordeal at a TJ Maxx store in Wisconsin last week, yet another shopper posted a…
Kim Kardashian is keeping up with her criminal justice reform advocacy work. In a personal essay published on Oct. 3 by NBC News, she used her leverage as a celebrity and aspiring lawyer to declare her support for the justice system to consider vacating the life sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez. The high-profile case…
Track and field legend Usain Bolt, defrauded out of much of his savings, said he has been kept in the dark by investigators overseeing the probe into the scandal-ridden investment firm that stole more than $30 million — some 4.7 billion Jamaican dollars — from more than 30 clients, including the eight-time Olympic champion. “(Dr….
Source: Boston Globe / Getty Charles Murrell III, a Black teacher from Boston, alleges he was brutally assaulted by a white nationalist group in 2022 and is now seeking an undisclosed amount in a federal court case against his assailants. On Oct. 2, during his testimony at the case presided over by U.S. District Judge…
Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin. | Source: Jim Vondruska / Getty People sometimes feel pressured to choose one identity over another. Kamala Harris, who is multiracial – her mother is from India and her father is a Black…
Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky reacts during the game against the Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena on August 30, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement….
