For possibly the first time in American history, white conservatives got upset over a Black man being handled violently by law enforcement—and all it took was for said Black man to be an anti-science, pro-medical misinformation GOP hopeful. Meet Republican candidate for Nevada’s lieutenant governor, Mack Miller. Video footage spread across social media Tuesday showing…
The school suspended Alpha Delta Pi, which was soon disbanded, after a presentation comparing Black athletes’ looks to whites. Methodist University suspended a sorority that was soon disbanded after members hosted an event that rated photos of Black football players based on attractiveness and compared them to whites. Alpha Delta Pi had been asked to…
Jackson State Coach Sanders offered to help Alcorn State get resources because he wants to see its student-athletes “get down.” NFL Hall of Fame player-turned-coach Deion Sanders reached out to a rival HBCU team, offering assistance in finding trainers for their squad. Earlier this year, Sanders signed up to be the head football coach at…
Joseph Ladapo is a Harvard Medical School-trained doctor who has said he opposes COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced his new appointee to surgeon general of his state Tuesday, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Harvard Medical School-trained professional who has said he opposes COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. “Like Governor DeSantis,…
A boy bathes himself with a jug of water inside a migrant camp at the U.S.-Mexico border on September 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. | Source: John Moore / Getty In a stunning reversal, Haitian migrants who have gathered in Texas in an effort to seek asylum were reportedly no longer facing deportations and…
Allen Media Group has expressed major interest in local TV news stations, with Allen referring to it as “great business” Byron Allen has submitted a bid for TEGNA, a local TV news company that currently has 64 stations in 51 markets. The business mogul, owner of theGrio and CEO of Allen Media Group, has begun…
Outrage over the lack of media coverage on missing people of color has been renewed by the national spotlight placed on the case of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito — a white Florida woman who disappeared after a month-long van excursion with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. The aspiring social media influencer was reported missing by her…
Stephen Curry is showing he can wear many hats. Not only is he a professional basketball player for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and a co-owner of the production company Unanimous Media, but he’s also romantic. His wife, Ayesha Curry, revealed on Sept. 21 that after 10 years of marriage, her hubby surprised her with…
“I don’t know what we have to go through for somebody to care” — Kareen Ulysse, founder of the Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine Foundation. As a refugee from Haiti who now calls the United States home, Ulysse, 31, has a great deal of empathy for Haitians on the island and now massed at the southern…
Only in Florida… Only in America’s diseased dong could the governor introduce a vaccine skeptic and anti-masker who rejects scientific consensus as the state’s new surgeon general. On Tuesday, Ron DeSantis—the governor of people think stewing in their own sweat counts as a bath—announced Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-born, Harvard-trained UCLA researcher, as Florida’s lead…
