“That’s the biggest lie I ever heard,” Sanders told ESPN. Jackson State University football head coach Deion Sanders dispelled rumors on Thursday that someone is paying the Mississippi-based HBCU’s highly coveted high school recruit Travis Hunter a lot of money to play there instead of a traditional Power Five conference program. “There’s a lot of…
The two-time Academy Award winner spoke about the memory of his mom, who died at age 97 this year. Denzel Washington suffered a tremendous loss this year when his mother, Lennis Washington, passed away at the age of 97. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, while promoting his latest film, The…
“Below Deck” reality TV star Heather Chase faced massive backlash on Tuesday, Dec. 14, after the chief stewardess apologized for using a racial slur when speaking to her Black costar Rayna Lindsay during an episode of the hit Bravo series. The incident, which aired earlier this week, occurred after Lindsay, Chase and their castmates went…
The son of a suspected white supremacist judge in Louisiana who starred in a home video that showed her family repeatedly using the N-word has been revealed to be anti-mask amid reports his disgraced mother has stepped away from the bench — but not resigned. The latest developments in the racist controversy surrounding Lafayette City…
Rittenhouse has become a hero in right-wing circles after his acquittal on homicide charges Right-wing hero Kyle Rittenhouse, who has gained added notoriety in conservative circles since his acquittal on homicide charges for fatally shooting two men at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year, is scheduled to speak at Turning Point USA’s Americafest conference…
theGrio sat down with Festival Director Tabitha Jackson and Director of Programming Kim Yutani to discuss some of the selections The Sundance Institute has unveiled its official list of new independent work for the Feature Film, Indie Episodic, and New Frontier categories for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival showcase. There’s a lot to look forward to when…
If conservative officials and lawmakers insist on continuing their propaganda-reliant war on Critical Race Theory, I just wish they would do so while leaving Black vernacular out of it. The word “woke” began as a simple thing—Black people’s natural way of describing the socially aware. Then white people got a hold of the word. We…
Lori Harvey took to Instagram on Wednesday, Dec. 15, to debut her fiery new look. This change comes days after the 24-year-old participated in the 70th-annual Miss Universe pageant as a judge. Her stepfather Steve Harvey hosted the ceremony, which took place in Eilat, Israel. Lori Harvey stuns fans with her fiery new look. Photo:@loriharvey/Instagram…
Colvin refused to give up her bus seat nine months before Rosa Parks did the same. A judge in Montgomery, Alabama has expunged the juvenile court record of Claudette Colvin, the Black woman who famously refused to let a white person take her city bus seat on March 2, 1955 — nine months before fellow…
OPINION: If the president is serious about building back better, he needs to honor the sacrifices Black women have made by ensuring that paid family and medical leave remains in his economic plan. Families, parents, and caregivers bring their stories and voices to Capitol Hill to call on Congress to include paid family and medical…
