Source: Ariawan Armoko / Getty In recent years, affordability has quickly risen as one of the primary issues facing the American public. From housing and groceries to car payments and student loans, Americans are finding it harder and harder to pay for their basic needs. So it should come as no surprise that a recent…
President Donald Trump has a way of turning a formal room into a personal theater, and this time it wasn’t the punchline that grabbed attention — it was the silence standing beside him. At Thursday’s White House Congressional Ball, Trump held court with a familiar blend of storytelling and improvisation, revisiting his oft-told account of…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just can’t seem to help herself when it comes to truthfulness. Leavitt, trying to divert and distract, monumentally gaslit reporters once again over questions about the struggling U.S. economy and President Donald Trump’s remarkably tone-deaf response to the affordability crisis. The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at…
Descendants of Mary Turner, who was lynched in 1918, pose with her historic marker and artist Lonnie Holley, fourth from left, at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, on Dec. 6, 2025 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Michael Warren) Georgia was among the most active states for lynchings, according to the Equal Justice Initiative’s catalog of…
CNN anchor and author of “A Dream Deferred” Abby D. Phillip Phillip sits down with TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford to talk Jackson’s history, Black political power, and the present political moment. CNN anchor and debut author Abby Phillip sits down with Natasha S. Alford for a one-on-one Grio Weekly conversation that connects Black political history to the moment we’re…
Singer Carl Carlton, born Carlton Hudgens, dies at 75 (Photo: Carlton Hudgens II/Facebook From “Everlasting Love” to “She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” Carl Carton leaves behind a funky legacy that continues to echo through pop culture. Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer whose music became synonymous with Black joy, swagger, and timeless grooves, has…
President Donald Trump once again stumbled through a moment that called for clarity and reassurance, turning what should have been a presidential response into an exchange that left viewers focused less on policy and more on what appeared to be slipping in plain sight. The exchange came when Trump lashed out at a reporter pressing…
Gayle King is still looking for her happily ever after — and this time, she’s saying it plainly, without jokes, deflection, or internet theatrics leading the conversation. The longtime journalist and “CBS Mornings” co-host recently shared that love and marriage remain very much on her mind, a confession that quietly turned heads long before a…
(Photo: Getty Images) “They’re looking for young men who look Somali that they think are undocumented,” Omar told WCCO Sunday Morning. U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar shared that her son was pulled over by ICE over the weekend amid the Trump Administration’s surge of federal agents in Minnesota targeting Somali residents. “Yesterday, after he made a…
Nurse Sandra Lindsay receives the second dose of a Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at Long Island Jewish Medical Center January 4, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York City. So far, only about 88,000 people have received the vaccine in New York. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images) Five years after she took the…
