Sources are reporting that all efforts by the mayor to comfort grieving officers were rebuffed. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was given the cold shoulder as officers turned their back on her as she arrived at a local hospital after two police officers were shot Saturday night. CPD Officer Ella French was shot and killed during…
Crystal Mason, middle, convicted for illegal voting and sentenced to five years in prison, is shown sitting in a Texas court on May 25, 2018. | Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Getty The wife of Herschel Walker voted in Georgia for the 2020 election even though the Texas resident was apparently ineligible to do so,…
Outrage over a Colorado Rockies fan allegedly calling Miami Marlins’ outfielder Lewis Brinson the N-word has all but ceased despite the outcome of an investigation. At the top of the ninth inning during the Aug. 8 game in Denver’s Coors Field, Brinson was at home plate when the fan, who was seated behind him, began…
GOP mega-donors are said to be flocking to the South Carolina senator with cash to help a future run for the White House Republican Sen. Tim Scott is fast becoming a major force within the party, and there are even whispers of a 2024 presidential run. GOP mega-donors are said to be flocking to the…
The successful music producer, who died on Aug. 9, provided a template for 90s R&B and Hip Hop that continues to resonate decades later. When Mary J. Blige’s My Life documentary hit Amazon Prime two months ago, fans were able to get a glimpse into how one of the greatest R&B albums of the last…
Both women were convicted of stealing from people that had placed trust in them, but their punishments were starkly different It is a case that exemplifies the pain, hurt, and concern of Black Americans and the justice system. A clerk from Chagrin Falls, Ohio who stole more than $250K from taxpayers was spared the possible…
Rapper DaBaby is getting support from actor and television host Nick Cannon following his bizarre and misinformed rant about HIV and AIDS. As someone who faced his own controversy last year after making varying remarks on his podcast that many found offensive and anti-Semitic, Cannon said during a recent interview that the scandal surrounding the “Suge” rapper…
The 69-30 tally provides momentum for this first phase of Biden’s “Build Back Better” priorities, now headed to the House With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans joining to overcome skeptics and deliver a cornerstone of…
TheGrio’s new explainer series ‘Cleared Up’ tackles climate change and its impact on Black communities On Monday, #ActOnClimate, #ClimateEmergency, and #ClimateCrisis were all simultaneously trending on Twitter in response to a harrowing report released by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Politicians and climate activists around the world took to the internet…
Historically Black institution Virginia State University has announced the renaming of four buildings bearing the names of white men with ties to the Confederacy and Jim Crow to names honoring Black women. On Friday, Aug. 6, the Virginia State University Board of Visitors approved the request to rename four of its buildings, named for Harry…
