The Senate’s 45-21 vote followed a 75-59 vote in the Minnesota House, and it came on the heels of last week’s sentencing of Derek Chauvin The Minnesota Senate approved a modest set of police accountability measures early Wednesday that’s part of a broader public safety budget bill, as the state’s divided Legislature put itself on…
Omar Neal, a nephew of one of Tuskegee men, said he agreed to appear in the national campaign after doing research to gain confidence in the vaccines Tuskegee is the one-word answer some people give as a reason they’re avoiding COVID-19 vaccines. A new ad campaign launched Wednesday with relatives of men who unwittingly became…
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige says filming has been emotional without Chadwick Boseman, but will “make Chad proud.” Be ready to go back to Wakanda! The highly anticipated Black Panther sequel, titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, has officially begun filming in Atlanta. As TheGrio has previously reported, the follow-up to the 2018 blockbuster has been…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty Republicans are waging a culture war on Black people; queer people; and Black, queer people. In more recent attacks, Republican state officials are trying to ban anti-racist tenets in schools and legalize discrimination against transgender people, namely trans children. These ploys are designed with a single purpose: to stifle racial…
Just as expected, Simone Biles secured her spot in the 2020 Summer Olympics at the second U.S. trials during the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at America’s Center on June 27, 2021 in St Louis, Missouri. However, despite winning both trials, Biles was not satisfied with her performance at the second trial. Over the weekend,…
These companies deserve our support year round! According to the 2019 Annual Business Survey, approximately 18.3% of all U.S. businesses are minority-owned. While we tout Black-owned businesses, it’s imperative to support double minority-owned businesses. We’re talking about Black-owned, queer businesses. According to a National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce report, LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs make up…
The lawsuit accuses Eric DeValkenaere of violating Cameron Lamb’s civil rights when he ran onto Lamb’s property without a warrant and fatally shot him The family of a Black man fatally shot in 2019 in his own backyard by a white police detective is suing Kansas City police and the officer. The lawsuit was filed…
Army veteran Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher, now 99, and an older Black vet, Johnnie Jones, were honored with long-overdue medals of honor. Nearly 80 years after he was injured in World War II, a Black veteran was honored with a long-overdue Purple Heart medal. U.S. Army Private Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher was delivering supplies to Allied troops…
Two Illinois brothers have been left with arrest records after they were held in jail for 33 days despite the fact that no charges were filed against them. Miami Beach police took 18-year-old Shyquawn McNickles and his brother, 20-year-old Carl McNickles into custody last month within hours after they arrived in Miami Beach for Shyquawn’s…
Source: Ron Adar / Getty Since last year’s racial justice uprisings, the conversation of reparations has increasingly moved to the forefront of American discourse. A long-enduring subject of conversation and study, proponents continue to be clear that it is an overdue debt that continues to accrue interest as the years go on. Vice recently ran…
