When white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and Robert Francis Prevost emerged as Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead the Catholic Church, the headlines celebrated the milestone. But in Black communities, especially New Orleans barbershops, community centers, and Black family Facebook groups, the moment

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) recently obtained a dismissal in court of a $150 million lawsuit pertaining to the media rights to the conference’s athletic games. According to the Raleigh News & Observer, Urban Edge Network claimed they had the right to broadcast SWAC athletic competitions on its streaming platforms.

For years, Ambrealle Brown was forced to put her dreams of becoming a nurse on hold due to a life-threatening kidney disease that left her temporarily incapacitated. Amid inner doubts about whether she would ever return to living a normal life, Brown’s mother stepped in and offered to donate her

After some time out of the spotlight, 90s actress Maia Campbell triumphantly resurfaced on social media recently.  In April, the 48-year-old actress made a series of social media posts for the first time since 2017. Nearly instantly, she received an outpouring of support from others in Black Hollywood and fans

President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. Hayden was notified in an email late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office, according to an email obtained by The

The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday. Buoyed by Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a ban on transgender individuals in the military,

A 12-foot bronze statue of a Black woman with braids, wearing casual everyday wear in Times Square has people talking. While a new installation, or anything, really in New York City’s most famous tourist stop doesn’t usually stop the throngs of people moving through, the installation, titled “Grounded in the

President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate diversity initiatives on college campuses didn’t stop minority students from staging their own celebration after the University of Kentucky canceled ceremonies to honor its graduates who are Black or from other historically marginalized groups. Chalk it up as a lesson learned on how to think strategically

Former President Joe Biden is not surprised that his former Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t win the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. On Thursday, during an appearance on “The View” the former president didn’t hold back in expressing his thoughts on why America elected Donald Trump for a second term instead

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Tyre Nichols should be alive. Instead, he died after being brutally beaten by five Memphis police officers, three of whom were just acquitted in a state trial of all charges related