✕ The ongoing federal government shutdown is rippling far beyond Capitol Hill, leaving landmarks closed, workers furloughed, and daily routines upended across the country. On the National Mall, tourists arriving in the nation’s capital are met with barricades and “Closed” signs as the shutdown halts operations at several federal attractions. Al Raines, a newlywed visiting…
(Photo: Getty Images) “This is the most outrageously dangerous and illegal use of a presidential pardon power in American history,” said Svante Myrick, president of People For the American Way. President Donald Trump‘s pardons of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss are being slammed as corrupt by critics who say it signals…
A clip of a Black father teaching his daughter a crucial life lesson has received about half a million responses on social media, and opinions are surprisingly divided. When his school-age daughter and her white friend were caught with $100 that belonged to her friend’s dad, the blogger who goes by “The Real Street…
Source: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty In the wake of the Civil War, Reconstruction resulted in Black people making significant economic and political gains throughout the South. Wilmington, N.C., was seen as an ideal local government, where Black and white people worked together to improve the lives of their residents. This movement was sadly short-lived,…
Source: Anadolu / Getty It seems like not a single day goes by without a fresh story about ICE and/or Border Patrol agents in Chicago being absolute menaces to the communities they and the Trump administration claim they are protecting and serving by ridding them of the worst of the worst of “criminal illegal aliens.” And…
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 22: Teyana Taylor attends the “All’s Fair” London Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on October 22, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Taylor’s ‘Escape Room’ will go up against Coco Jones, Giveon, Leon Thomas and Ledisi for Best R&B Album. This is the season of Teyana Taylor…
A Different World poster. (Photo credit: NBC) With a fresh cast, familiar faces, and Debbie Allen leading the way, the ‘A Different World’ sequel follows Dwayne and Whitley’s daughter. Dust off your Hillman merch and get ready to meet up in “The Pit” because class is officially back in session at our favorite fictional HBCU….
(Photo: Getty Images/Adobe Stock) “Short-term cash should not distract us from the long-term consequences of economic divestment that undermines communities most in need,” Alphonso David, president and CEO of the Global Economic Forum, told theGrio. President Donald Trump unveiled a new proposal to pay Americans at least $2,000 in dividends from his global tariff policies,…
An interracial couple who’ve been trying to build a house in the Village of Bristol, Wisconsin, for seven years while facing legal resistance from local officials and racial harassment from neighbors will have their day in state court next month. Christine Barassi-Jackson, who is white, and Quentin Jackson, who is Black, bought a 5-acre property…
Vivica A. Fox has a knack for creating viral moments — and her latest one features none other than her ex, 50 Cent. Over the weekend in Edison, New Jersey, the glamorous actress Fox sat on a panel at the New Jersey Ultimate Women’s Expo as a keynote speaker, and somehow the rapper-turned-mogul, whose brand…
