Once again, tennis icon-turned-entrepreneur Serena Williams is facing public scrutiny over her appearance. After posting a selfie on social media, critics are claiming that the Olympian no longer looks like herself, suggesting either she has had work down or that she is leaning too heavily into Eurocentric beauty standards. Dressed in all-black with a wheat…

This undated photo provided by Leigh Richardson shows Dennoriss Richardson, who died in late Sept. 2024. (Leigh Richardson via AP) Sheriff’s deputies found Dennoriss Richardson, 39, in September in a rural part of Colbert County, miles away from his home in Sheffield. Richardson had recently filed a lawsuit alleging that he had been assaulted and…

Source: Arnold Turner / Getty Quincy Jones.  Quincy Jones. Born in Chicago, the City of Big Shoulders, on the South Side, he was the great-grandchild of a woman who had been enslaved and whose grandmother had been born on the Tennessee plantation owned by a Welsh man. That man also claimed ownership of both mother…

Chemical manufacturer DuPont has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and to remediate its plant in LaPlace, Louisiana to stop the release of benzene, a highly evaporative liquid chemical known to cause cancer. A consent agreement and final order outlining the settlement between DuPont and the Environmental Protection Agency was filed on Sept. 25,…

This combination of file photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 12, 2024, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking a town hall campaign event in Warren, Mich., on Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo) Want to know what clues…

Many people are outraged after the 45th president and current GOP presidential nominee appeared to simulate a sex act during his rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Friday, Nov. 1. Social media users called him everything from “disgusting” to a “sleaze” and questioned where his religious right supporters are — the same supporters who often view…

Source: Willie Cordy, Jr. / NEWorks Productions The countdown has begun. In four days, Americans will be making a decision that will affect individuals, families, communities and the nation as a whole for the next four years. Regardless of how you decide to vote this coming Election Day (November 4), the key factor is exercising…

The Texas woman who accused two Black men of raping her is now claiming that the video evidence that cleared them of wrongdoing in court was edited. Amanda Zawieruszynski filed a police report last year against her neighbor John Marks, 40, and his friend Freddie Douglas, Jr., 43, claiming that a three-way, intimate encounter with…

Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at Dane County Regional Airport on November 1, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) “I don’t think we could take anything for granted,” Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis told theGrio. In less than 48 hours, Kamala Harris could make history as the 47th…

Former President Donald Trump stirred yet another racial controversy on the campaign trail late last week, bragging about his “beautiful white skin” after he had just finished criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Warren, Michigan. During his rambling speech, Trump made the controversial remark after taking aim at Harris’ plan to raise…