NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JULY 05: Jill Scott attends Day 2 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 05, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Josh Brasted/Getty Images for ESSENCE) “Nobody’s perfect. And I’m divorced twice. Like, there’s no way that I’ve had a perfect existence,”…
President Donald Trump has angered some of his biggest critics throughout 2025 with various polarizing decisions, but tearing down the White House’s East Wing in order to build a multi-million-dollar ballroom has become one of his most controversial acts. Initially, the supposed 90,000-square-foot event space was estimated to cost around $200 million when it was…
Source: KOCO video screenshot / KOCO screenshot If the state of Oklahoma was ever looking to shed its reputation for consistently being among the lowest-ranked states in terms of education, it’s not going to be able to look to the University of Oklahoma to aid in that effort, because OU is clearly more interested in…
President Donald Trump is a well-known golf enthusiast, but the billionaire businessman was filmed having a good time participating in another team-centered sport. Social media was in shock after viewing footage of Trump, 79, running on the beach and playing in the sand while on vacation. Left to right, Elizabeth Trump Grau, her husband Jim…
A rambling, weak, and sweaty President Donald Trump took his feud with Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to a new level during a speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he spent two minutes talking about his derisive nickname for Greene and wondering, “What happened to her?” But it’s his appearance and meandering delivery that really have…
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA – DECEMBER 19: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a rally at the Rocky Mount Event Center on December 19, 2025 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Trump spoke on his plans to lower the cost of staples, including gas and health care, while blaming the Biden administration for the economic…
Source: Caylo Seals / Getty At a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, Vice President JD Vance, the self-appointed “hillbilly” who made it out the mud, told white Americans they no longer have to “apologize for being white.” After Vance’s remarks, much of the media coverage fixated on crowd reaction, viral outrage, and whether the…
Donald Trump has never been shy about branding, but this time the marquee lights didn’t quite sync with the ticket scanners. Days after the president’s name suddenly appeared on the façade of the Kennedy Center above John F. Kennedy’s, a quiet but telling resistance unfolded in the most modern places: ticketing websites. While the signage…
Scott Evans attends CultureCon 2025 at Duggal Greenhouse on October 04, 2025 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images) Award-winning journalist Scott Evans is bringing his signature warmth, laughter, and community offline with the “House Guest” live tour. Scott Evans has always known how to make people feel at home. Now, he’s taking…
Photo Credits: Charlie Lewis Jr. x Getty Images OPINION: “No Apologies” is a love letter to Howard University and the freedom HBCUs give us to become ourselves. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. At 58, I did something I never imagined…
