Rapper YFN Lucci is wanted by police for a shooting on Dec. 10 that left one person dead and another one injured, the Atlanta Police Department announced on Jan. 12. YFN Lucci, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, is wanted on murder charges in the death of 28-year-old James Adams. Bennett is also facing charges of aggravated…
EXCLUSIVE: The Texas congressman reflects with theGrio after being acknowledged on the House floor for his foresight in the push to impeach President Trump On the House floor on Wednesday as the U.S. House of Representatives debated on the rules portion to impeach President Donald John Trump for a second time, there was a special…
A Black man was shot and killed by an undercover police detective in Newark, New Jersey, on Jan. 1, and local activists are pushing for the officer to face charges. Carl Dorsey III, a 39-year-old South Orange man, was shot by Rod Simpkins, a plainclothes Newark Police Department detective just minutes after the New Year’s…
theGrio’s politically edgy podcast is take a look at the mindset of the D.C. insurgents and the Black community’s hesitance about the vaccine This week on the What’s In Tt For Us? podcast, Dr. Christina Greer and Dr. Jason Johnson examine the Capitol riots in Washington D.C., the economic nature of the siege, and how…
The beloved 2001 film that featured Washington had a hit soundtrack and sparked a dance-drama film crush. Veteran actress Kerry Washington paid tribute to the anniversary of one of her earliest films, Save the Last Dance, Tuesday on Instagram. “OH EM GEE!!!!! Save the Last Dance turns 20 years old today,” she wrote, followed by several…
Daniel Kaluuya plays the Black Panther Party chairman and his “Get Out” co-star Lakeith Stanfield plays FBI informant William O’Neill The Ryan Coogler-produced Fred Hampton film “Judas and the Black Messiah” will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival before heading to HBO Max and theaters, programmers announced Tuesday. Read More: See Daniel Kaluuya…
‘I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive. And not just in a general sense, but in a very specific sense,’ AOC shared As the fallout continues following last Wednesday’s Capitol insurrection, Democratic New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to her social media this week to share…
Source: GoFundMe / Patrick Warren Jr. The recent police killing of an unarmed Black man in Texas is under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies as questions mount about how what should have been a nonviolent encounter turned into a deadly shooting. Patrick Warren Sr. was killed Sunday after an officer responded to his family’s…
The decision, announced Wednesday, was in response to various local, state and federal officials asking people not to travel to Washington, D.C Airbnb says it will be blocking and cancelling all reservations in the Washington, D.C. area during the week of the presidential inauguration. The decision, announced Wednesday, was in response to various local, state…
New rules are set to be adopted after three lawmakers contracted COVID-19 from someone not wearing a mask. New rules are set to be adopted in the House of Representatives after three lawmakers contracted coronavirus following being sheltered with Republican colleagues who refused to wear masks during last week’s insurrection at the Capitol. Congress members…
