EXCLUSIVE: The vice president-elect also urged the Senate to pass a bill that would increase relief stimulus checks to $2,000 Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made a plea to the public at the United Medical Center in Southeast Washington D.C., a predominantly Black community, where she received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine. TheGrio was on…
For many people, 2020 has brought heartbreaking and unexpected deaths and a pandemic that will change life as most know it moving forward. With 2021 around the corner, many are ready to put this year behind and set forth toward new ambitions. That includes reality TV star Angela Simmons. On Monday, Dec. 28, the “Growing Up…
A Grammy-winning jazz musician has received an apology from a New York hotel after a woman accosted his teenage son over the weekend, wrongfully accusing the 14-year-old of theft. Keyon Harrold posted the video to Instagram on Sunday of his family’s Saturday interaction with the woman at the Arlo Soho hotel in New York City….
In an email, Rev. Raphael Warnock says polls show him leading by a percentage point, but he’s being outspent. Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock are warning that both their campaigns need more financial support in order to compete against the two incumbent Georgia Republicans. “To win this election in 8…
‘When we create access to the right to vote for eligible citizens,’ Abrams told CNN, ‘more people participate.’ Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, the founder of Fair Fight, blasted Republicans this week for their pattern of voter suppression. “When we create access to the right to vote for eligible citizens, more people participate,” Abrams…
Actor and comedian Mike Epps revealed his mother, Mary Reed, passed away recently. In a heartfelt post shared to his Instagram account on Sunday, Dec. 27, the “Next Friday” star announced the tragic news. “Rest in paradise mama thank you for all the lessons and life it’s self you fought hard baby because of you I will…
‘It started out very fun and light,’ Samuels told Fox 5 DC, ‘and now it’s like, heavy, and the hate is very real.’ While Season Five of The Real Housewives of Potomac came to a close with Part Three of the explosive reunion on Sunday, it looks like the drama is raging on. In a…
While she won the US Open for her third Grand Slam title, Osaka also stood out for speaking out about racial injustice and police brutality With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the…
Rubio has regularly pushed back against measures to keep Americans safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. Just one week after being one of the first Americans to receive a dose of coronavirus vaccine, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio again attacked science and Dr. Anthony Fauci on Twitter. The Republican lawmaker received swift backlash after his Sunday tweet,…
The jazz musician who filmed a racist encounter with a white woman falsely accusing his teenage son of stealing her iPhone is speaking out after the video went viral. In a new video, Keyon Harrold Jr. showed his injury that he said he sustained when the unidentified “Karen” assaulted him and his son in New…
