“I’m proud to be an out Black Queer woman and I have been for quite some time. I’m happy to say, my Mother is now proud of ALL of who I am,” Karine Jean-Pierre posted. This year, Karine Jean-Pierre made history as the first openly gay spokeswoman and second Black woman to brief the press…
Community members are calling for the truth to come out regarding Oluwatoyin Adewole Amuda’s death in Oklahoma County. An Oklahoma community is calling for answers after a Black teenager drowned in Oklahoma county. Oluwatoyin Adewole Amuda, 18, was pronounced dead at home in the early morning hours of June 16, according to local news outlet…
Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry will not be moved from stirring up good trouble in the name of activism. The Olympian has a record of speaking out against racial and social injustice in America. Her appearance during last week’s Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, was no different. Berry placed third and earned…
EXCLUSIVE: Coalition groups want subsidies reinvested into renewable energy for communities of color negatively impacted by oil companies. Echoes of protest chants on infrastructure and climate change were wafting through the wind and landing in the White House press briefing room on Monday. Just as the White House and Capitol Hill leadership are said to…
“I think we’re both better men on the other side of all that stuff that went down,” Gibson shared in a recent interview Singer turned actor Tyrese Gibson let it be known again that his feud with former Fast & Furious co-star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in the past. In an interview with The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s guest…
“I feel like I always play really good tennis against the top guys,” Tiafoe said. Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was booted out of Wimbledon in the first round on Monday after suffering a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 defeat to America’s Frances Tiafoe. Tiafoe, ranked 57th in the world, had been 0-11 previously against players ranked in…
The singer has kept fans updated through social media posts since the arrival of her newborn daughter Fantasia enjoyed a happy Sunday with her daughter Keziah, who made her first church appearance this Sunday, exactly one week after her release from the NICU. As theGrio previously reported, Fantasia’s daughter was released from the NICU after…
Tracee Ellis Ross was a vision in pink on Wednesday, June 23, after the actress uploaded a behind-the-scenes video at an undisclosed photo shoot while strutting along the streets of Paris in a one-shoulder flowy ensemble. Ross, who initially shared the Instagram Reel, a 15-second multi-clip video in honor of National Pink Day, which was commemorated…
Just over two decades have passed since former basketball giants Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley were feuding teammates for one season. And that rift is still the topic of discussion for Pippen. Speaking of his former teammate, Pippen recently said Barkley was nothing more than a big guy pretending to be tough. (L) Scottie Pippen…
EXCLUSIVE: For Pride Month, theGrio sat down with U.S. Representatives Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres, who both made history this year as the nation’s first openly gay Black men to serve in Congress Earlier this year, U.S. Congressmen Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres made history when they were sworn in as the first openly gay…
