(Photo: Getty Images) Civil rights leaders and the president of the largest federal workers’ union warn that if a deal is not struck, the damage would further devastate Black communities, who are already experiencing disproportionate economic harm. The federal government shutdown has lasted for more than a week with no end in sight–and Black Americans…
A new photograph of Donald Trump, 79, has given his detractors ammunition for their caricatures of the Republican president. Trump held a televised Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 9. Photographer Jim Watson was in the room to snap shots of the former reality show star and his department heads. President Donald Trump…
(Photo: Getty Images) “It’s just the continuation of his hatred toward Black women and Black people,” former Obama White House aide Michael Blake tells theGrio. President Donald Trump‘s vow to go after his political enemies came to a head on Thursday when his Justice Department announced the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James….
Source: GIORGIO VIERA / Getty Not that we needed more evidence that the Proud Boys is a white nationalist group full of racist yokels who drape bigotry in pseudo-patriotism, but an alleged member of the group is also a foreman of the Kansas City Streetcar extension project, of Kansas City, Missouri, which is being sued by…
(Photo Courtesy: Kelley Girod and Stephanie McKee) The two playwrights gave a platform to Louisiana and the Gulf in “Echoes of the Storm,” a series of plays for the Apollo’s tribute to Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary. Coordinating a program of “Southern Stories” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was more than an obligatory…
A trader looks at financial information on his computer on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Everything sank from Big Tech companies like Nvidia and Apple to stocks of smaller companies looking to get past uncertainty about tariffs and trade. A monthslong calm…
Jamari Brooks was stepping out of a doctor’s office in 2022 when he was ordered at gunpoint by officers from the Jacksonville sheriff’s gang unit to get on the ground – even though the 27-year-old Black man had committed no crime. One cop placed his foot on Brooks’ head as he was facedown on the…
One man’s “insane” gym behavior exposes the importance of safety precautions — and basic etiquette — while working out. A white man was caught on camera repeatedly slamming a dense medicine ball against a multi-purpose machine that was in use by a young Black man at a Crunch Fitness in Brooklyn. A man records himself…
Stallion receives Trevor Project’s Mental Health Champion of the Year Award(Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Gold House) “I’m honored to receive this year’s Mental Health Champion award from The Trevor Project,” Megan Thee Stallion shared. Megan Thee Stallion is adding yet another major honor to her list, one that reflects her heart as much…
Source: ALEX KENT / Getty President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James have spent years locked in high-stakes legal battles over Trump’s business dealings, alleged fraud, and policies, but tensions escalated sharply on Oct. 9, when federal prosecutors, following weeks of pressure from Trump, finally indicted James on charges of fraud and…
