In his season of change, the co-creator of Very Smart Brothas explains why he made theGrio his new writing home June 3, 2004—my 25th birthday—was the date of the first blog post I ever wrote. I uploaded it to my old Blogspot page, one created for me by the homie Liz Burr (who would then…
There are white teachers who have no business teaching Black students and then there are teachers who don’t belong anywhere near a classroom at all. One “educator” who was recently fired from a Louisville, Kentucky, high school appears to fit both descriptions. Meet William Bennett. According to Louisville Courier-Journal, Bennett was a teacher at Marion…
OPINION: He is the second African-American mayor of the largest city in the U.S. and, in just a few short days, has already proven to be a wild card Shortly after midnight at the new year’s celebrations in Times Square, Eric Adams was sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City. He is…
The U.S. Department of Justice is among groups suing two Southern states for alleging drawing voting district maps that discriminate against people of color, but lawmakers in the Republican-led states said they drew the maps race-blind. Texas and North Carolina redistricting leaders said they did not consider racial data while constructing the maps based on…
The Guardian newspaper reported the figure days after the Mail decided to forego further appeals and acknowledge that Markle had won her lawsuit The Duchess of Sussex will receive the nominal sum of 1 pound after a court found that Britain’s Mail on Sunday invaded her privacy. The Guardian newspaper reported the figure Wednesday, 10…
The four smoke alarms in the building, which was public housing, did not appear to have been working, fire officials said A large fire tore through a two-unit house early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 13 people, including seven children, and sending two people to hospitals, fire officials said. They warned the numbers could grow as…
HBCUs are playing an important role in the country’s vaccine rollout, serving as vaccination sites and working to engender trust in the treatment from their communities. Howard University’s College of Medicine distributed vaccines to the D.C. community on Thursday, February 11, 2021. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty The Omicron variant of the coronavirus…
Tia Mowry took to social media on Monday, Jan. 3, to showcase the one thing she’s prepared to do in 2022. The actress, who used fashion as an example to inform her followers about her current “mood” when tackling the new year, uploaded an Instagram reel showing off two different ensembles. Tia Mowry stuns fans…
Airbnb is enacting a policy change as a result of a racial discrimination lawsuit that three Black women have filed against the company. The vacation rental and activity company settled with plaintiffs Pat Harrington — who died in 2018 — Carlotta Franklin and Ebony Price in 2019 after they “claimed that the website’s requirements for…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams wears hoodie sweatshirt with slogan Vaccine And Testing during signing executive order to review violations by small businesses in order to help businesses at Pearl River Mart shop on Jan. 4, 2021. In the next 90 days, city agencies are supposed to analyze and present to the mayor how…
