How the Black and Missing Foundation founders are changing the way missing persons cases are covered
When a Black person goes missing in America, the odds are already against them. Not just of being found, but of anyone outside their family ever knowing they were gone. Tamika Houston, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, was one of them. “A year after Tamika disappeared, Natalee Holloway vanished, and we all know her name, her […]
‘We were paying guests’: Family speaks out after Black woman tackled at Atlantic City Hard Rock hotel
A Philadelphia-area woman is recovering in the hospital after being tackled by multiple security guards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, in an incident captured on video that has gone viral and prompted the hotel to suspend several staff members. As theGrio has reported on similar incidents, that force institutions to respond […]
Mayor Mamdani unveils plan to tackle racial disparities in New York City housing
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is unveiling a new initiative on Tuesday aimed at advancing his goal of improving housing in the world’s largest city, which, for decades, has left Black New Yorkers in disparate conditions. TheGrio obtained a portion of Mamdani’s comprehensive “Block by Block” plan, which spotlights the Bronx and, according to […]
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‘Saxophone Colossus’ Sonny Rollins, one of jazz’s last bebop giants, dies at 95
Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist widely considered America’s greatest living jazz musician and the last of the bebop era’s true giants, has died. He was 95. His publicist, Terri Hinte, confirmed that Rollins died Monday at his home in Woodstock, New York. No specific cause of death was given, though Rollins had been largely housebound […]
George Clinton sues UMG, alleges more than $1 million in royalties were wrongly withheld
George Clinton has filed a federal lawsuit against UMG Recordings, accusing the music giant of improperly withholding more than $1.1 million in royalties connected to decades of recordings tied to Parliament-Funkadelic and other projects, according to The Detroit News. According to a complaint filed in federal court in Detroit on May 16, Clinton alleges that […]