Opinion: The COVID-15 phenomenon underscores a reality that we’ve known for some time now — obesity is not a silent killer in Black America, it is front and center Many Americans have gained a staggering amount of weight since the coronavirus outbreak and the main culprit is stress. The phenomenon is being called COVID-15, a…
The Biden administration announced on Thursday its plans to ban menthol cigarettes, a product civil rights groups and anti-smoking organizations say disproportionately harms Black people. “Banning menthol — the last allowable flavor — in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products,” said…
Source: SOPA Images / Getty In a service that vows to bestow “the dignity that she deserves,” Ma’Khia Bryant will be laid to rest in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday at 1p.m. at the First Church of God where Bishop Timothy J. Clarke presides. The police-involved shooting death of the 16-year-old teen reverberated across the country…
The rapper’s “homegoing celebration” is airing on REVOLT, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ cable network, and on YouTube. With a televised celebration airing today, Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ REVOLT network is set to pay tribute to late Bad Boy Records rapper Black Rob, who passed away earlier this month. As theGrio previously reported, the MC born Robert Ross…
Kandi Burruss responded to “side chick” claims by hip-hop executive and father of her eldest child, Riley. Burruss addressed the issue during a Monday, April 26, episode of “Speak on It.” This comes a couple of months after Riley’s father, Russell “Block” Spencer — during a February radio interview — referred to Burruss as a side chick and accused…
Opinion: White male Democratic leaders have to actually walk the talk of diversity and opportunity within their party Right here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, my home state for over 30 years, we remain the only southern state to have elected a Black man as governor since Reconstruction. Let me repeat: the only state, and…
Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, but today there is only one Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport. Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in…
Devonte Detuan Ross slipped away from a private transport company at a QuikTrip where authorities had stopped to get him something to eat Authorities were searching Friday morning for an inmate who escaped from custody while being taken to a state prison and residents in neighborhoods south of Atlanta’s airport were being asked to lock…
Hillsong Church recently broke their silence regarding a scandal where a pastor resigned after sharing an unsolicited photo of himself in revealing workout pants to a church volunteer. Earlier this week it was revealed that Darnell Barrett, the 32-year-old former creative director of the church’s Montclair, New Jersey, branch stepped down from his post, originally…
A Miami police officer has been placed on leave after being captured on camera repeatedly punching a homeless man who allegedly had stolen food from a local supermarket in South Florida. Officer Alexander Garcia-Contreras has been released from his duties with paid leave as investigators look into what took place at a Publix supermarket in…
