The awards show that celebrates the year’s best acting achievements will move to accommodate music’s biggest night It appears that the actor’s union did music’s governing body a nice solid so that they didn’t have to compete for viewers on both of their biggest nights. The Screen Actor’s Guild, which puts on the SAG Awards,…
Robert C. Weaver at the White House, Jan. 13th, 1966, as President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he has named Weaver as secretary of the new Department of Housing and Urban Development. | Source: Bettmann / Getty Robert C. Weaver became the first Black member of a presidential cabinet 55 years ago. President Lyndon B….
“I’m going to see they are held accountable and, if necessary, ensure that they don’t serve in Congress,” the New Jersey lawmaker said During a Facebook Live broadcast, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) shared she witnessed members of Congress leading people through the Capitol on Jan. 5, the day before the violent riots occurred. Read More: ‘What’s In…
The No. 3 Republican in the House said Trump ‘summoned’ the mob that attacked the Capitol last week Several of Trump’s GOP loyalists have called on Representative Liz Cheney to resign from leadership after she supported the push to impeach the president. theGRIO previously reported, the Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in the House,…
‘I’m going to teach you how I DIY’ed myself into Hollywood.’ Issa Rae has teamed with MasterClass for her first online class in which she will teach Hollywood hopefuls how to break into the business. Rae, the award-winning, Emmy-nominated creator behind HBO’s hit series Insecure, will share her experience navigating the industry and her approach…
‘He helped countless journalism professionals and students to hone their skills in achieving excellence in their craft.’ Beloved journalist and educator Bryan Monroe has died at age 55. Monroe, who once served as president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on Wednesday…
‘She is a skilled journalist with a proven track record.’ Howard University has tapped journalist and digital media specialist Rin-rin Yu to lead its storytelling efforts by serving as editor-in-chief of Howard Magazine. Born and raised outside New York City, Yu is co-founder of Silver Media Group, a strategic communications consultancy that she has managed…
The charges, shown in an online court record, are misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was charged Wednesday with two counts of willful neglect of duty stemming from an investigation of the Flint water crisis. The charges, shown in an online court record,…
Blake opens up with ‘Good Morning America’ after he being shot in front of his two children last August by Officer Rusten Sheskey Jacob Blake Jr. is opening up about being shot by a Kenosha police officer which left him partially paralyzed. Blake, 29, was shot last August by police officer Rusten Sheskey, who was…
Source: CSPAN Congressional Black Caucus members made some of the fiercest statements in support of impeaching Donald Trump during debate on the House floor Wednesday afternoon. Showing little to no concern for rules of decorum or a false pretense of respectability, Black representatives took clear aim at the outgoing president for his incitement Many of…
