OPINION: Officer Dunn’s harrowing testimony of racist abuse in the face of a violent insurrection is a reminder that it wasn’t just about overturning an election but their racism toward a changing and more diverse America. “Some people are trying to deny what happened — to whitewash it,” Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said on Tuesday…
Tennis star Naomi Osaka speaks out following a devasting loss and subsequent elimination from her first Olympic run. On Tuesday, July 27, the 23-year-old lost to former French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, who is ranked 42nd in the world, 6-1, 6-4, in the third round of the tournament. The No. 2-ranked…
Prince George’s County Del. Erek Barron and Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael S. Rollins are two of Biden’s nominees President Joe Biden has nominated eight leaders to serve as U.S. attorneys who are on the cusp of making history. Six of the candidates are Black and three are women. Biden announced a slate of nominees…
A new study sponsored by LIMRA and Life Happens shows that Black Americans are more likely than any other racial group in the United States to have life insurance coverage, and that the rate of coverage ticked upward amid the pandemic and the disparate impact the virus had on the Black community. According to findings…
“These individuals took an innocent life for absolutely no reason,” Monroe police said. Four men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 13-year-old girl who died Saturday night during a drive-by shooting in Monroe, North Carolina. Loyalti Allah and some friends were sitting at a picnic bench waiting for a DoorDash order…
“Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” watchers are getting more and more frustrated with Safaree Samuels. By now, fans of Safaree Samuels and his estranged wife Erica Mena know that the two are headed to divorce, but this new season of “L&HHATL” gives viewers a close look at the events that led up to this decision….
Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado let it be known that her support lies with the Black Lives Matter movement. Alvarado ended her floor routine at the Tokyo Olympics Sunday night by taking a knee and raising her fist to the air, a move she told reporters afterward that she had begun choreographing last year as…
The series is set to follow Val-Zod while the Warner Bros. Black Superman film, in development from JJ Abrams, may center Kal-El/Calvin Ellis After taking on an iconic supervillain in Marvel’s Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan is reportedly developing a Black Superman limited series for HBO Max. It’s no secret that Jordan is a huge…
The first daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has now been added, according to the official royal website According to the Royal.UK website, Meghan and Harry’s daughter Lilibet Diana has officially been added to the line of succession after being unlisted since her birth in June. As TheGrio previously reported, The Duke and…
The controversial British TV personality says that he may have acquired COVID at a soccer match In a plot twist we all saw coming, controversial British TV host Piers Morgan, who has criticized everyone from Meghan Markle to Naomi Osaka, has just revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus. Saturday, the polarizing broadcaster took…
