To mark the tragic anniversary of start of the coronavirus pandemic, theGrio is remembering 11 Black figures in culture, politics and entertainment who lost their lives too early The first known U.S. case of COVID-19 was reported by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 21, 2020. In the months following, whispers…
Kenya Moore didn’t meet her estranged husband Marc Daly‘s parents until after they were married, and that’s just fine with her. During the March 7 episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen After Show,” a fan put the cast member of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” on the spot when she asked if alarms didn’t…
The rapper took to Instagram and Twitter to celebrate her 2017 record’s new milestone. In a historic win, Cardi B‘s “Bodak Yellow” has officially become the first female rapper’s hit song to go diamond, cementing Cardi’s legacy in hip-hop. The reality-TV-star-turned-groundbreaking-MC’s breakout single was a smash success for her, skyrocketing all the way to the…
Actress Regina King made her directorial debut this year with the critically acclaimed “One Night in Miami.” The film explores a fictional conversation shared between Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and NFL great Jim Brown in 1964 — just as America was laying the blueprint for a pivotal Civil Rights Act that brought an end to…
Source: SisterSong On Wednesday reproductive rights activists unveiled a mobile billboard in front of the Louisville Metro Police Department’s headquarters, honoring Breonna Taylor ahead of the one-year anniversary of her death. The billboard is imposed with a tweet from Taylor where she shared her hopes of one day having a child. “My daughter hasn’t even…
‘Don’t try and cry because if anyone should be crying, it should be me,’ Osbourne warned her co-host on ‘The Talk.’ Britons are apparently breaking down. Television host Piers Morgan stormed off the set of ITV’s Good Morning Britain Tuesday morning after being called to task about controversial comments he made about Meghan Markle. The next…
theGrio’s White House correspondent recalled her experience taking the coronavirus vaccine in a day-by-day, personal journal My journey began when I received a phone number from a friend to call for one of the shots administered at the large-scale vaccine sites in my area. I qualified for the COVID-19 vaccine through eligibility granted to certain…
An Arkansas kindergarten teacher is on administrative leave pending an investigation after she allegedly made a 5-year-old student dig feces out of a toilet last week. Ashley Murry, mother of the child, who attends Crystal Hill Elementary School in Little Rock, is calling for the teacher to be terminated and seeking legal action. “It’s degrading…
If Kandi Burruss’ doesn’t have anything else, she sure does have some beautiful babies. On Wednesday, March 10, the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star uploaded several snaps to her Instagram account of her two youngest children, 5-year-old son Ace Wells and 1-year-old daughter Blaze Tucker. Blaze Tucker, Ace Wells Tucker. @kandi/Instagram Throughout the gallery of photos,…
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill added the charge after the former officer, Derek Chauvin, failed to get appellate courts to block it A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill added the charge after…
