The actor sits down with theGrio’s April Ryan in a revealing conversation on the fight for equality, and how Christianity is often used against the LGBTQ+ community Billy Porter is speaking out. The Emmy Award-winning actor, activist, and singer sat down with theGrio‘s April Ryan in a frank, nuanced and revealing conversation, calling out the division between the Black…
Mary J. Blige is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her debut album “My Life” with a documentary titled “Mary J. Blige’s My Life.” The film gives fans a never before seen inside look into her life, including her childhood traumas, alcohol and drug abuse, and some of the mental health challenges she had to endure, which…
“In the beginning, I thought, ‘I’m not the same athlete I used to be,’ but I learned to work with my body and once I did that, that’s when things started to come into play,” Mikaila Martin said Mikaila Martin was a 21-year-old college student when she gave birth to her first child. On Thursday,…
Judge Cahill stated that his sentencing of Chauvin was not based on sympathy, emotion or public opinion Former Minneapolis police offer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd on Friday afternoon, far below the maximum 40 years that could have been handed down. Judge Peter Cahill, who oversaw Chauvin’s trial, handed…
Reunited on a video call, they talked about how the issues shown on the iconic HBCU-set “A Different World” still matter Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison recently sat down to talk about the legendary romance of their iconic characters, Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne, from NBC’s memorable series A Different World, the famous Cosby Show…
Mike Epps shared a video on his Instagram page Thursday in which he and other “Upshaws” stars celebrated Netflix’s hit comedy The Upshaws has been renewed for a second season. The sitcom about a working-class Black family, starring comic-actor Mike Epps, television veteran Kim Fields and Wanda Sykes, the longtime comedian who’s also an executive…
A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday, June 17, to threatening Rep. Emanuel Cleaver along with another member of Congress. Kenneth Hubert was arrested in March and has pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening a U.S. government official after he threatened Cleaver, Missouri Rep. Cleaver and Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen. Each…
Every Democratic senator and Republican senators Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted to confirm her The Senate has confirmed Candace Jackson-Akiwumi to serve on the Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the second-ever Black woman — and, currently, the lone Black person — to do so. Every Democratic senator and only three Republicans…
The jig just may be up for the shenanigans surrounding Georgia’s racist and restrictive election law that was recently enacted. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) formally filed a lawsuit on Friday against the State of Georgia, the Georgia Secretary of State and the Georgia State Election Board for their roles in passing a law…
Walmart is prepared to have its day in court with rapper and fashion designer Kanye West. A spokesperson for the retail giant recently spoke to TMZ about the lawsuit filed by the Grammy Award winner, in which the Chicago native claimed that the store was allegedly selling an “unauthorized exact copy” of his highly sought-out…
