Earlier this year, California became the first in the country to form a task force to study reparations for Black Americans in the state. One of the things the committee was tasked to study was discrimination in the real estate industry. One outcome so far was the passage of the Fair Appraisal Act. During the fourth…
Gruden reportedly used a racist term to describe NFL union chief DeMaurice Smith Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy his career by leaking old offensive emails he had sent. The suit was filed in district…
Steve Harvey‘s attire became the center of attention on Nov. 10 after the “Family Feud” host uploaded a golfing video. In the Instagram clip, Harvey is seen playing his round on the golf course in a video he captioned with two separate golfing emojis, including a field and a figure of a man hitting a…
Three white men are each facing a total of nine counts in the killing of the unarmed Black jogger Vice President Kamala Harris has weighed in on the mostly-all white jury in the trial for the murder of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. As part of her visit to France this week to meet with “allies…
EXCLUSIVE: “This attorney has resoundingly made it clear that Black pastors still have a role in the pursuit of justice in America,” Pastor Jamal Bryant told theGrio. More than 100 Black pastors in Georgia are expected to pray for the family of Ahmaud Arbery next week Thursday, theGrio has learned. This prayer is in direct…
Thorpe, 42, won the award for her work in mentoring and making college accessible for students who are first-generation Americans, immigrants, or refugees A high school teacher in Bladensburg, Maryland has been honored with a $1 million Global Teacher Prize. The annual award is presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to…
Earlier this week, Kanye West and Soulja Boy settled their differences about Soulja’s verse being left off of West’s “Donda” album. Now that things are all good between the two artists, Soulja told “The Breakfast Club” on Friday that all he wanted West to do was be “more open” and honest about his opinion of…
Source: NDinfinity / Getty Marc Lore, the former president of Walmart e-commerce and co-founder of Jet.com and Diapers.com, is attempting to create the unthinkable – a Utopian city in the middle of the American desert. The Billionaire is currently spearheading the conceptual and financial building blocks for Telosa, which was announced in September. Lore and…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Tuskegee University are the joint recipients of a $13.7 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Common Fund to help diversify the workforce of biomedical research. With the multimillion dollar award, the Southern institutions will be tasked with recruiting, hiring and training twelve researchers in disciplines…
Source: Tichenor Family / kutv.com A 10-year-old black girl in Utah died by suicide after telling family members that she had been a victim of bullying at her school. According to KUTV, Isabella “Izzy” Faith Tichenor reported being “belittled and bullied” at Foxboro Elementary School in North Salt Lake. “As any parent would, we reported…
