Biden will attend the July 23 opening ceremony on her first solo trip abroad as first lady. First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Tokyo, the White House announced Tuesday, even as the city has entered a new state of emergency over a rise in coronavirus cases. Biden…
The shot clock is winding down for ESPN sideline reporter-host Maria Taylor to accept a new $3 million contract with the network, or find a new employer. Last year, the NCAA Women’s Tournament host was thrust into a tumultuous internal storm at the network when white colleague Rachel Nichols insinuated Taylor, who is Black, was…
Sterling K. Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kenan Thompson join the impressive list of acting nominees, while HBO and HBO Max lead the pack with the most nominations in total The nominees for the 73rd Annual Emmy Awards are finally out, and there are some history-making selections in this year’s group! The upcoming award ceremony…
Republicans authorized finding and bringing back more than 50 lawmakers “under warrant of arrest if necessary.” Texas Democrats who hurriedly fled to Washington to block sweeping new election laws back home acknowledged Tuesday they can’t stay away forever and urged Congress to act on voting rights, while Republican Gov. Greg Abbott threatened them with arrest…
The family of a Black man killed by St. Louis police in a 2017 no-knock raid has filed a lawsuit against the city and members of the police department. According to the suit, filed on June 30, members of a St. Louis police SWAT team “executed” 63-year-old Army veteran Don Clark Sr. as he slept…
“With a few glorious and glaring exceptions, the shadow of Jim Crow was cast in its new glittering form expressed in the language of superficial diversity,” Professor West wrote. Venerated professor Dr. Cornel West has resigned from his position at Harvard University, penning an open letter just months after being denied tenure at the illustrious…
Fans applauded Lauren London and Toya Johnson after the pair showed love and support to Nivea following her tell-all interview with Kandi Burruss on July 12. In Monday’s episode of Burruss’ YouTube show “On That Note,” Nivea recounted intimate moments stemming from her music career, past substance abuse, motherhood, and former relationships with her ex-fiancé Lil Wayne and ex-husband The Dream. Nivea promotes her…
The Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter talks to theGrio about what next for her after taking a new job at Howard University Nikole Hannah-Jones has been writing news about the plight of the Black American as an investigative reporter for the New York Times for some time. She never expected that she would wind up…
Efforts to get star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson back on Team USA for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic following her disqualification earlier this month due to a failed drug test are now coming in the form of a petition baring over half a million signatures. The petition named “Let Sha’Carri Run!” was allegedly created by MoveOn Civic…
Robinson, who was best known for his role as Mac on the hit NBC series, died Sunday of a heart attack and other causes. Longtime actor Charlie Robinson, who was best known for his role as Mac Robinson on the hit NBC TV series Night Court, has died. Robinson died Sunday at the age of…
