Getty Images OPINION: Sometimes you have to pop out and show people, and Blackness did just that in 2025. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. As 2025 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on who, what, when, where,…
With President Donald Trump’s endorsement secured, Rep. Byron Donalds entered Florida’s 2026 governor’s race as the clear front-runner. That advantage, however, has already drawn a jarring response from a little-known Republican challenger who appears determined to provoke outrage rather than make a case. James Fishback, who entered the race in late November is trying his…
Donald Trump’s daily schedule is usually treated like a formality, but this time a single word lit a fuse online and sent armchair analysts into overdrive. The White House shared a message with the press corps on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at 9:22 a.m., laying out what the president planned to do the day before New…
President Donald Trump started answering at least one question Monday with visible edge and never quite recovered. What unfolded was a winding response focused on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as Trump bounced between grievances about interest rates, a Fed renovation project, and his own White House ballroom before the answer unraveled. Speaking to reporters…
It’s been 22 years since Kelis let the world know what her “Milkshake” does to all the boys, and her lyrics still prove to be true all these years later. The singer’s latest Instagram post has fans in disbelief at her curves at 46. Kelis flaunts her curves in new Instagram photos. (Pictured: @kelis/Instagram) ‘One…
Isiah Whitlock Jr. attends Peacock’s “Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” red carpet at DGA Theater on October 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)Photo by: Santiago Felipe / Getty Images A fixture of prestige television and film, Whitlock leaves behind a career defined by unforgettable characters and cultural resonance. Some…
President Donald Trump, for the second day in a row, offered reporters lunch while throwing in an insult during a public appearance. Ahead of Trump’s closed-door meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Palm Beach home, he paused to take questions from the press before heading in. The free-flowing exchange led to Trump…
Getty Images / Tiffany HaddishGetty Images / Tiffany Haddish The comedian was overcome with emotion after reuniting with her former social worker during a recent stand-up show, calling it the sign she’d been praying for. Tiffany Haddish came to her recent stand-up show expecting loud laughs. What she received instead was the sign she says…
In another case of Shopping While Black, a white store employee chased after a Black teen who had walked out of a store with his mother to accuse him of stealing a bottle of sample cologne — only for the alleged bottle to surface at the same location where he was accused of stealing it…
A Georgia man has been fighting for months to get his driver’s license back after he was accused of committing a crime in a state he’s never visited. Justin Jones said he was hit with a DUI charge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that was apparently filed on Christmas Eve 2005, WSB-TV reported. Justin Jones…
