Child tax credit recipients say the additional money helps alleviate pressure Christina Darling finally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up from daycare. But the 31-year-old mother of two was struggling to keep up with the car payments. Brianne Walker desperately wanted to take her three…
One positive outcome of the eviction crisis is that renters now have more rights In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might help her stave off eviction. Simmons, a 44-year-old home health aide who lives with her two children and two grandchildren, was…
A Black veteran who suffered an electric shock while working in a Frito-Lay warehouse in 2016 says he has been harassed by the company, which allegedly hired private investigators to follow him after the incident. After returning home from the Navy, 36-year-old Brandon Ingram of Florissant, Missouri, began working at a Frito-Lay in St. Louis…
The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors. The state has become the new…
Legendary country singer Dolly Parton recently revealed that when it came time to spend the money she’d earned in royalties from Whitney Houston‘s cover of “I Will Always Love You,” the late singer played a massive role in how the funds were used. During a July 29 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy…
The Italian athlete was born in the U.S. to a Black father and Italian mother and raised in Italy Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race Sunday night, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time. Even in a race with no clear favorites,…
The Charleston, South Carolina native says she made an X on the medal podium to symbolize people coming together The “Incredible Hulk” mask should not fool anybody. Raven Saunders has nothing to hide. The face, and the voice, of the Tokyo Olympics, and all they’re about, could very well be found in a 25-year-old American…
Bill would make police, first responders a protected class in Nassau County Legislature Lawmakers in a suburban New York county are set to vote Monday on a proposal that would allow police officers to sue protesters and collect financial damages — a move civil rights activists say is payback for demonstrations after the police killing…
As MTV celebrates 40 years, theGrio is highlighting the Black artists who forged the trail for innovation in the music video medium. On Aug. 1, 1981, a new cultural and artistic revolution commenced with the introduction of the Music Television network, otherwise known as MTV. The concept of a 24-hour channel devoted to videos from…
Source: Bloomberg / Getty News of a bipartisan agreement on anything in Congress may come as a surprise to some, but the Senate continued hammering out the details of an infrastructure agreement Saturday. The Biden Administration sees the deal as a step forward in achieving the president’s comprehensive vision in March. Cedric Richmond, the senior…
