The Los Angeles Lakers blew a 26-point lead on Wednesday night in a loss to the lowly Oklahoma City Thunder 123-115. Russell Westbrook was the story of this game and Fox Sports personality Shannon Sharpe showed little mercy in his critique. Russ finished the game with a quadruple double: 20 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, and 10…
Yandy Smith-Harris shared a touching post on Oct. 27 for her husband Mendeecees Harris in honor of his 43rd birthday. In the Instagram upload, Smith-Harris collected what she deemed was the couple’s best moments and compiled them in a video collage which also included a musical backtrack from Four Washington as the group covered Faith…
Travon Wilson and Kwatez Carter both face multiple charges, including murder and attempted murder, after killing Knowledge Sims A seven-year-old South Carolina boy was fatally shot and his sister struck by gunfire last year when their family home was sprayed with bullets. More than a year later, police have arrested and charged two men for…
Once the comment went public, there were calls for Marlys Davidson to resign. The president of a California district board of education is under fire after she was caught on mic swearing obscenities during a meeting where a parent raised concerns about COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. Marlys Davidson, president of the Los Alamitos Unified School…
Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: October 27, 2021 Shana Pinnock [00:00:02] Welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you news you can trust for the culture, I’m your co-host Shana Pinnock, Social Media Director here at theGrio, Gerren Keith Gaynor [00:00:09] and I’m your co-host Gerren Keith Gaynor, managing editor at theGrio. And…
It’s no secret that Keke Palmer has been seeing someone lately. Her current boyfriend, Darius Daulton Jackson, is the first person she’s been romantically public with on social media. When it comes to relationships though, Palmer seems to have gotten a bit of her first guidance regarding dating as far back as her childhood days….
OPINION: “Removing a Thomas Jefferson statue is just a performative action to circumvent having informed discussions on race in America,” writes William L. McIlwain, IV. Pulitzer Hall is the home of Journalism School at Columbia University. A statue of founding father and former president Thomas Jefferson stands majestically in front of this historic institution. In light…
Reverend Picnckney’s body returns to the Emanuel Church in Charleston for a public viewing on June 25, 2015. | Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty On the surface, the Department of Justice’s $88 million settlement with the surviving family members of the nine people killed in the Emanuel AME Church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina, is…
“A Black resident in Minneapolis is 480 more times more likely to be shot in this city than to be involved as a victim of an officer-involved shooting,” Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo claimed. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo has once again come out against a ballot initiative that would replace police officers ahead of…
EXCLUSIVE: These Black women-owned businesses offer wigs and intimate clothing for women color in a largely Eurocentric market. Black-owned businesses are giving women fighting breast cancer their dignity back as they shop for wigs and intimate clothing by tailoring products to their unique experience. (Photo: Adobe Stock) Hair loss resulting from chemotherapy is usually the…
