Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine’s visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine’s Southern accent. Even though they too grew

As 18-year-old Bobby Gumpright rode his bike home from his bartending job in New Orleans in 1999, he began to concoct a story about why he didn’t have any money. In the throes of addiction and not wanting to admit he had spent his paycheck on drugs, Gumpright lied to

Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland rallied by the governor’s residence on Friday, calling on Gov. Wes Moore to sign the legislation. Speakers at the rally said they were optimistic Maryland’s first Black governor would sign the bill, but they wanted to

The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues by May 21, according to a memo issued to the force on Friday. It is the broadest and most detailed directive so far on Defense

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to

Forget the one-note action hero or the overburdened mom trope. “Shadow Force” gives us something we rarely see: a Black woman with a gun in one hand and maternal instinct in the other. In her action debut, Kerry Washington, alongside Omar Sy, delivers a fresh dynamic that redefines what it

The popular online fundraising platform GoFundMe is apologizing after multiple fundraisers for Rodney Hinton Jr., a man in Ohio accused of killing a deputy after officers killed his son, were launched and raised thousands within days of his arrest. On Monday, May 5, the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police released

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was reportedly arrested on Friday while protesting the opening of Delaney Hall, a new federal immigration detention center, per the Washington Post.  According to Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Alina Habba, Barraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing. “The Mayor of Newark, Ras

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Mother’s Day is upon us yet again. It’s the joyous time of the year when we celebrate with flowers, cards and brunch the women who brought us into the

Gabrielle Union is getting real about surrogacy.  The 52-year-old actress and mother opened up about the complexity of surrogacy while discussing her motherhood journey in a recent profile for Marie Claire magazine’s first-ever motherhood issue. When the “Perfect Find” star was ready to expand her family with her husband, former