George Floyd 6 Years After His Death: Family & Residents Still Keeping His Legacy Alive
Source: @AttorneyCrump / Twitter / @AttorneyCrump / Twitter Family members, supporters, and community members gathered on May 23 to honor George Floyd, six years after he was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three other officers. A memorial was held at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the site where […]
‘Toy Story 5’ introduces Blaze, a horse-loving Black and Armenian character, as Jessie takes center stage
For more than 30 years, the world of “Toy Story” has revolved around a simple question: What happens when a child grows up? In Disney and Pixar’s upcoming “Toy Story 5,” that question gets a modern update. During an exclusive early preview event at Disneyland attended by theGrio, filmmakers revealed that the latest installment introduces […]
How Ona Judge Staines’ legacy tests how America remembers history
230 years ago, in 1796, Ona Judge Staines, a young woman enslaved by President George Washington and his wife, Martha, escaped the presidential household in Philadelphia and fled to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Yet despite risking everything, including the wrath of the most powerful man in America for freedom, it was as if she slipped away […]
Federal Court Bars Alabama From Using Racially Gerrymandered Map
Source: pepifoto / Getty Primary elections in Alabama and several other southern states became unnecessarily complicated after the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act last month. Alabama postponed the primary election in several districts so state legislators could move forward with implementing a map previously found to be racially gerrymandered. While it looked […]
Kevin Hart addresses layoffs and restructuring at HartBeat production company
Kevin Hart is responding directly to recent reports questioning the future of his media company, Hartbeat, after an article from Bloomberg detailed layoffs, executive departures and employee concerns about the company’s direction. During a May 26 appearance on The Breakfast Club alongside Charlamagne Tha God and Loren LoRosa, Hart dismissed the reporting as exaggerated and rooted in “clickbait.” The reports, based largely […]
Texas Primary Runoff For Senate Seat Reveals Rift In GOP
Source: You know, I’m remiss to call Texas’ runoff primary for the GOP’s senate nominee a “test of President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party” simply because recent elections in Indiana and Kentucky have shown that yes, Trump still holds an iron grip in deep red states. That being said, should Trump get his […]
Morgan State nursing graduates hit 100% NCLEX pass rate right when America needs Black nurses most
This week, Morgan State University’s Department of Nursing is celebrating a level of Black excellence that can save lives. Recently, the Maryland Board of Nursing’s 2026 fiscal report confirmed that the HBCU achieved a 100% first-time NCLEX-RN licensure examination pass rate among its 2025 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduates. The 2025-2026 NCLEX-RN Program […]
Federal court blocks Alabama’s map eliminating majority-Black district in win for Black voters
Black voters in Alabama were handed a temporary victory in their fight to preserve a second majority-Black district that was swiftly eliminated after a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court gutted protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A three-judge panel ordered a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that, for now, keeps in place Alabama’s […]
Kevin Hart addresses criticism over George Floyd roast joke: ‘Remove me from it. I didn’t say it’
Kevin Hart sat down with “The Breakfast Club” to address the most controversial moment from his Netflix roast, and he came with a clear position: he is not taking responsibility for what Tony Hinchcliffe said. As theGrio previously reported, Terrence Floyd appeared on The Breakfast Club and said Hart, who attended his brother’s funeral, should […]
Iran War Update: Peace Talks Are Supposedly Happening While US Launches Missiles During ‘Ceasefire’
Source: NurPhoto / Getty As the U.S./Israeli war on Iran rages on, new updates reveal that, as far as information that is available to the public goes, not a whole lot has changed over the last few months, which is to say that President Donald Trump is still claiming a deal is being made while […]