Portland, Oregon, native Elijah Hasan is using his artistic talent to bring awareness to the growing gun violence currently taking place in his city. Earlier this month, Hasan, along with anti-gun activists, including representatives from organizations such as The No Hate Zone, the Portland Rotary Peace Builders, and Loved is Stronger, came together to unveil…
Student and community activists from New England to the Deep South are demanding institutions take more ambitious steps to atone for past sins For Brown University students, the Ivy League college’s next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up. Nearly two decades after the Providence, Rhode…
Tia Mowry had fans doing a double-take after Mowry’s new blonde tresses left many confusing the actress for former reality star and fashion designer Nicole Richie. Mowry debuted her new look on all of her social platforms on Wednesday, May 12. In the caption, she shared some insight with her millions of followers by disclosing how working…
Robert Collier is asking the justices to decide whether a single use of the N-word in the workplace can create a hostile work environment Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” Management…
The series premieres May 16 on STARZ Run the World was created by Leigh Davenport, who serves as executive producer alongside showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser, the mastermind behind iconic projects like Living Single. She reunited with Living Single alum, Erika Alexander who takes on a hilarious new role in the show that boasts a long…
Brittani James, an internal medicine doctor, and Brandi Jackson, a psychiatrist, have developed anti-racist coursework used in two Chicago medical schools The inseparable sisters always stood out — identical twins from Twinsburg Ohio, whip-smart students from the side of town with unpaved streets and no sidewalks, excluded from the gifted track because they were Black….
Iyanla Vanzant’s show “Iyanla, Fix My Life” may have ended, but the inspirational speaker is not ready to stop helping people. During a recent interview, Vanzant expressed that she wants to work with police departments to change the dynamic between them and the Black community. While talking to The Grio, the television show host said…
Judge Peter Cahill said he felt the need to put some distance between the three officers’ trial and Derek Chauvin’s due to all the publicity The trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd will be pushed back to March 2022, a judge ruled Thursday. Thomas Lane,…
Exclusive: Clarke would become the first Black woman to lead the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Kristen Clarke is poised to make history as the first Black woman to lead the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division — but not before her nomination gets past political opposition from Senate Republicans. The U.S. Senate Judiciary…
A Democratic member of the United States Congress thinks it’s time for the world to know the full extent of the FBI’s infamous COINTELPRO operation and has introduced a piece of legislation that would make it so. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois, who has served as the U.S. Representative for Illinois’ 1st District since 1992, introduced the…
