Vice President Kamala Harris speaking during a conversation hosted by NABJ and WHYY on Sept. 17, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Screenshot via YouTube) “Black men are like any other voting group; you’ve got to earn their vote. So I’m working to earn the vote,” Vice President Harris told theGrio’s Gerren Keith Gaynor during a special NABJ-WHYY…
Source: Mike Coppola / Getty Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges, the latest bomb to drop as the hip-hop mogul fights to clear his name from several sexual assault lawsuits filed over the last year. According to the Associated Press, on Sept. 17, Combs, 54, was indicted by a federal grand…
Investigators in North Carolina have released new details in a cold case from nearly 25 years ago involving the disappearance and possible murder of a 9-year-old girl. Asha Degree disappeared from her Shelby, North Carolina, home on Feb. 14, 2000. Authorities conducted multiple searches but could not find her. In the years that passed, investigators…
Superstar Jennifer Lopez’s first husband, Ojani Noa, has resurfaced in the public eye, sharing his views on their short marriage weeks after J.Lo filed for divorce against her soon-to-be ex-husband, Ben Affleck. Noa, the Cuban immigrant, who was married to Lopez for less than a year in the late ’90s, believes there are parallels between…
Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty attend the Marc Jacobs Fall 2020 runway show during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 12, 2020, in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs) A security guard who sued Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty is seeking $526,110.74. In March, Nicki Minaj and her…
Simone Biles launches multi-generational collection with Athleta. (Photo courtesy of Athleta) Continuing her partnership with Athleta, gymnast Simone Biles launches a new collection of activewear for women and girls this fall. Simone Biles continues to prove that she is more than just a gymnast. With a portfolio of achievements extending beyond gymnastics, Biles is continuing…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty For months now (and that’s being generous), Donald Trump’s rhetoric regarding undocumented migrants in America has become increasingly more demeaning, outrageous, xenophobic and flat-out bigoted. After his anti-immigrant racism backfired on him last week during the presidential debate, when he parroted false rumors spread by his running mate, J.D….
Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, will officially face criminal charges after the Bad Boy Entertainment founder was taken into federal custody in New York City on Monday, Sept. 16. Combs has reportedly pleaded not guilty after being accused of running a criminal enterprise that engaged in forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. Andre Damian…
5 Questions with Mamoudou Athie Actor Mamoudou Athie stopped by theGrio to discuss his upcoming play “Good Bones,” how he chooses a particular project, and more. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames explores gentrification and the growing price of the American dream in his new play, “Good Bones.” Actor Mamoudou Athie, who will play Travis, stopped…
Rich Lowry, the conservative editor-in-chief of the National Review, sparked a social media uproar this week after allegedly saying the N-word while discussing baseless claims about Haitian migrants in Ohio during an appearance on “The Megyn Kelly Show.” Lowry has since denied using the racial slur, which came as he addressed false claims by the…
