(Photo: Getty Images) “That tells Black America exactly whose pain the government is willing to recognize, how and why,” Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, a reparations scholar, author, and UCLA professor, tells theGrio. The U.S. Justice Department’s establishment of a $1.7 billion fund, likely to go to pro-Trump protesters charged for the Jan. 6 attack on…
A Boston family wants answers after their loved one died in an escalator accident. Now, the video of the incident reveals that the victim was seemingly ignored by passersby. Steven McCluskey, 40, was heading to the platform at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Davis Station in late February, NBC 10 reported. Video shows passersby neglect…
Eva Longoria knows how to take one’s breath away when she enters a room. Eva Longoria’s latest red carpet appearance has the internet acting like amateur detectives all over again. From her glowing skin to her curve-hugging gowns and seemingly ageless figure at 51, fans cannot stop debating whether the actress simply won the genetic…
President Donald Trump attempts to present himself as the guy who can walk onto a construction site, crack a few jokes, and instantly connect with blue-collar workers. But those interactions have a habit of going sideways the longer he talks. A simple compliment somehow drifted into uncomfortable territory, leaving social media users wondering if this…
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro found herself caught flat-footed this week during a Washington news conference when a reporter pivoted from questions about teen mob violence to ask about the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund set up to compensate MAGA allies. The news conference, held May 18, was called to address a string of so-called…
Source: Fox 2 Detroit / Screenshot People who rent their homes typically understand that many issues come with living in a rental property. There are unexpected rent increases, failures to get maintenance people to one’s unit in a timely manner, the virtually mythological act of getting one’s security deposit back upon moving out, slumlords who…
Source: KENT NISHIMURA / Getty President Donald Trump is such a daily spectacle of outlandish bigotry, buffoonery, and abject incompetence that one could almost forget that, on top of all that, he is deeply and transparently corrupt. Almost… On Tuesday, we reported on the Justice Department’s nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to pay what would…
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – MAY 18: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs reacts during the second quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game One of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center on May 18, 2026 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading…
A verbal dispute between an elderly Black woman and a younger white female employee at a Tim Hortons restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana last week turned physical and soon ended in the 75-year-old’s death. After store surveillance video of what police called an “altercation” between the two women surfaced, her family is calling for the…
On April 29, the day the Supreme Court announced its decision in Louisiana v. Callais to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a “deeply disappointed” Sen. Raphael Warnock held a press conference lamenting the huge blow to “the crown jewel of the civil rights movement,” calling it “a slap in the…
