The former NBA star and his fitness trainer ex’s messy breakup continues to play out in the media Even though Lamar Odom is no stranger to public controversy, the former NBA player has always been known to say nice things about his exes. However, this week during an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show he…
The congressman and former Black Panther sat with theGrio’s April D. Ryan to discuss the feature film. The newly released Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of how an FBI informant infiltrated the Black Panther Party. Congressman Bobby Lee Rush, representative of the first district of Illinois and a former Black Panther himself, shared with theGrio‘s political correspondent April…
50 Cent‘s recent Super Bowl bash had an even bigger effect on the venue where it was hosted than intended. After throwing a mostly maskless party on Friday, Feb. 5, at the Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Sky Addict Aviation company has lost its lease on a 3,000-square-foot hangar and office space, Tampa Bay 10…
EXCLUSIVE: Atlanta Mayor Lance Bottoms said she laid out what her city needs from the White House as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across American cities Amid a new administration, there’s now a clear difference in politicians’ attitudes when it comes to the potential fixes from the White House for the multitude of crises that…
Source: Handout / Getty Donald Trump‘s impeachment lawyers closed their presentation on Friday, but they also opened one big can of racially charged worms when they repeatedly showed videos in an attempt to disprove House Democrats’ claim that the former president incited the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. House Impachment Manager and Virgin Islands Rep….
A Black police lieutenant colonel filed a lawsuit against St. Louis County on Feb. 9, alleging discrimination after he was passed over for a chief of police promotion that was instead given to a white woman of lower rank. Lt. Col. Troy Doyle was poised to become the St. Louis County Police Department’s first Black…
This week, allegations of racism on several fronts rocked the ‘Bachelor’ world A white contestant on ABC’s The Bachelor – who is heavily speculated to be a front runner for the first Black bachelor’s heart – is now publicly apologizing after fans discovered her racist and problematic past. Thursday, Rachael Kirkconnell, a 24-year-old graphic artist from…
Source: Allen Berezovsky / Getty Imagine it’s a random Friday afternoon and you’re scrolling the timeline only to be caught off-guard by what you see. No, not Donald Trump‘s inept impeachment lawyers shamelessly distorting the truth in an effort to protect the worst president in American history. It was the reports of an online crowdfunding…
B. Simone has jokingly declared her love for rapper DaBaby in the past, and she has also played the role of girlfriend in skits with fellow comedians like Desi Banks. But this time it looks like Simone may have finally got her “BOYYYYFRIEND,” a term she has often used in her funny social media videos…
OPINION: If Black police chiefs such as Danielle Outlaw are unwilling and unable to do right by the community, they must get out of the way The first Black woman to lead the Philadelphia Police Department, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw authorized tear gas on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters. Outlaw must go because she is doing the…
