Work and Wanderlust: Digital Nomad Statistics in 2024
Digital nomading marks a shift in how professionals are approaching careers and work-life balance. The number of self-described digital nomads skyrocketed post-pandemic. Here’s a look at 2024’s digital nomad statistics. What is a digital nomad? For much of the workforce, the days of being tethered to a desk in the workplace are gone. Work is […]
Meagan Good says she dismissed friends’ concerns about her new relationship. Should you?
Haters be damned, Meagan Good is doubling down on dating Jonathan Majors despite any naysayers — both publicly and potentially amongst her friends. During the press run for her new film, Tyler Perry’s “Divorce in the Black,” which chronicles a messy and dangerous divorce as Good’s character attempts to flee an abusive relationship, she has […]
This mother-son activist duo is empowering the autism community through fashion
One in 36 children lives with autism spectrum disorder in the United States, including Linda Carpenter-Grantham’s now-adult son Eric. Born with autism and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), Eric reportedly knew from a young age that “something was different about him” and experienced a lot of bullying as a result. “When Eric was younger, I […]
I’m not going to call white people ‘allies’ anymore
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I’ve decided to stop using the word “ally” in reference to white people — even if they are “doing the work,” and I think other Black people should stop using it as well. Who […]
Tyler Perry’s ‘Divorce in the Black’: A pretty good movie that maybe could have used a bank heist
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It’s that time again in African America when the words “written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry” are flashing across millions of television screens, setting off a few days of discourse about the quality […]
Watch: 5 questions with Clifton Powell
Actor Clifton Powell stopped by theGrio for our newest series, “5 Questions with…”, where we go one-on-one with some of today’s biggest tastemakers. The Washington, D.C., native discussed his upcoming film, “Final Hour,” how he prepares for diverse roles, who has been his favorite person to work with, and more. For example, how does an […]
Judge Mathis: Trump is ‘dishonest,’ insults Black people and shouldn’t be reelected
Judge Greg Mathis has a reputation for calling it like it is, both in the courtroom and outside of it. In a new interview with theGrio, the Emmy Award-winning TV judge revealed that his pick for the 2024 election is influenced by one major factor: keeping former President Donald Trump out of the White House. […]
Deion Sanders says he’s ‘judged on a different scale’
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders took some time at the start of his first Big 12 media days appearance Wednesday to salute some of the other coaches in the league. The Pro Football Hall of Fame player, now going into his second season coaching in a power conference, then told everyone that […]
His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested, then this baby was found crawling by a highway
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old “miracle baby” survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the day after his 4-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested in Mississippi. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory said the baby had […]
Trump wants Black and Latino support. But he’s not popular with either group, poll analysis shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised new efforts to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election. But an AP analysis of two consecutive polls conducted in […]
