Cardi B attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Cardi B thrilled fans back home as she took the stage to headline Saudi Arabia’s MDLBEAST Soundstorm music festival over the…
Nathaniel Mueller, a 23-year-old Black man from Missouri, disappeared under mysterious circumstances in December 2024 after his car was found abandoned near a wooded area in northeastern Missouri with the keys still in the ignition, along with his wallet and clothes inside. Despite multiple law enforcement agencies searching the area for days following Mueller’s disappearance,…
Source: Ariawan Armoko / Getty In recent years, affordability has quickly risen as one of the primary issues facing the American public. From housing and groceries to car payments and student loans, Americans are finding it harder and harder to pay for their basic needs. So it should come as no surprise that a recent…
President Donald Trump has a way of turning a formal room into a personal theater, and this time it wasn’t the punchline that grabbed attention — it was the silence standing beside him. At Thursday’s White House Congressional Ball, Trump held court with a familiar blend of storytelling and improvisation, revisiting his oft-told account of…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just can’t seem to help herself when it comes to truthfulness. Leavitt, trying to divert and distract, monumentally gaslit reporters once again over questions about the struggling U.S. economy and President Donald Trump’s remarkably tone-deaf response to the affordability crisis. The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at…
Descendants of Mary Turner, who was lynched in 1918, pose with her historic marker and artist Lonnie Holley, fourth from left, at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, on Dec. 6, 2025 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Michael Warren) Georgia was among the most active states for lynchings, according to the Equal Justice Initiative’s catalog of…
CNN anchor and author of “A Dream Deferred” Abby D. Phillip Phillip sits down with TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford to talk Jackson’s history, Black political power, and the present political moment. CNN anchor and debut author Abby Phillip sits down with Natasha S. Alford for a one-on-one Grio Weekly conversation that connects Black political history to the moment we’re…
Singer Carl Carlton, born Carlton Hudgens, dies at 75 (Photo: Carlton Hudgens II/Facebook From “Everlasting Love” to “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” Carl Carton leaves behind a funky legacy that continues to echo through pop culture. Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer whose music became synonymous with Black joy, swagger, and timeless grooves, has…
President Donald Trump once again stumbled through a moment that called for clarity and reassurance, turning what should have been a presidential response into an exchange that left viewers focused less on policy and more on what appeared to be slipping in plain sight. The exchange came when Trump lashed out at a reporter pressing…
Gayle King is still looking for her happily ever after — and this time, she’s saying it plainly, without jokes, deflection, or internet theatrics leading the conversation. The longtime journalist and “CBS Mornings” co-host recently shared that love and marriage remain very much on her mind, a confession that quietly turned heads long before a…
