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Michael B. Jordan is building out the “Creed-verse” like a heavyweight franchise with fresh gloves and a streaming budget, and now fans finally know who’s stepping into the ring for Prime Video’s upcoming spinoff series, “Delphi.” According to reports from Variety, the series has tapped an impressive ensemble cast including
In the early 2000s, during the dawn of reality TV as we know it, to get a show, a person had to be famous already or get famous somehow—bonus points if it came through a marriage to someone already famous, a “leaked” sex tape, or a scandalous crime. Now, as
For years, Killer Mike has been outspoken about economic empowerment, Black ownership, and the widening wealth gap in Atlanta. Now, the rapper, activist, and entrepreneur is putting those ideas into practice through a new housing initiative focused on helping families move from renting to owning. This week, Bridge Tower and
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), enraged by the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act and subsequent Southern states’ elimination of Black representation, joined the NAACP’s call to boycott athletic programs at public universities, demanding that institutions that remained silent in the face of attacks on Black political power
Source: zimmytws / Getty Last year, one of the longest government shutdowns in history occurred because Republicans let tax subsidies for insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expire. The shutdown ended without a deal to expand the subsidies, or even a plan to mitigate the rising costs. As a
More than two decades after “Grey’s Anatomy” first turned surgical interns into household names, the Shondaland universe is preparing for another expansion, this time deep in the heart of Texas. According to Deadline, ABC has officially handed a series order to a new untitled “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff co-created by franchise
Byron Allen visited the offices of BuzzFeed and HuffPost on Monday, May 19, where he addressed employees and outlined his vision for the company following his recent acquisition. During the meeting, and with theGrio present, Allen emphasized editorial independence, truth-telling and the significance of Black ownership in media, while assuring staff he does not intend
Former President Barack Obama is reflecting on the music that shaped both his presidency and the country itself in a sweeping new essay for Rolling Stone. In the piece, published Tuesday, Obama describes music as one of America’s greatest storytelling tools, tracing the nation’s history through spirituals, gospel, protest songs,
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has been toying around with the idea of paying reparations to Jan 6 convicts, in his ongoing effort to rewrite the history of what happened that day, as well as who ultimately caused it. And
In 2020, the Black maternal health crisis, in which Black pregnant people are roughly three times more likely to die from childbirth or related causes, finally received an answer from Congress. On March 9, 2020, a year after the Black Maternal Health Caucus launched, the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
Michael B. Jordan is building out the “Creed-verse” like a heavyweight franchise with fresh gloves and a streaming budget, and now fans finally know who’s stepping into the ring for Prime Video’s upcoming spinoff series, “Delphi.” According to reports from Variety, the series has tapped an impressive ensemble cast including
In the early 2000s, during the dawn of reality TV as we know it, to get a show, a person had to be famous already or get famous somehow—bonus points if it came through a marriage to someone already famous, a “leaked” sex tape, or a scandalous crime. Now, as
For years, Killer Mike has been outspoken about economic empowerment, Black ownership, and the widening wealth gap in Atlanta. Now, the rapper, activist, and entrepreneur is putting those ideas into practice through a new housing initiative focused on helping families move from renting to owning. This week, Bridge Tower and
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), enraged by the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act and subsequent Southern states’ elimination of Black representation, joined the NAACP’s call to boycott athletic programs at public universities, demanding that institutions that remained silent in the face of attacks on Black political power
Source: zimmytws / Getty Last year, one of the longest government shutdowns in history occurred because Republicans let tax subsidies for insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expire. The shutdown ended without a deal to expand the subsidies, or even a plan to mitigate the rising costs. As a
More than two decades after “Grey’s Anatomy” first turned surgical interns into household names, the Shondaland universe is preparing for another expansion, this time deep in the heart of Texas. According to Deadline, ABC has officially handed a series order to a new untitled “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff co-created by franchise
Byron Allen visited the offices of BuzzFeed and HuffPost on Monday, May 19, where he addressed employees and outlined his vision for the company following his recent acquisition. During the meeting, and with theGrio present, Allen emphasized editorial independence, truth-telling and the significance of Black ownership in media, while assuring staff he does not intend
Former President Barack Obama is reflecting on the music that shaped both his presidency and the country itself in a sweeping new essay for Rolling Stone. In the piece, published Tuesday, Obama describes music as one of America’s greatest storytelling tools, tracing the nation’s history through spirituals, gospel, protest songs,
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has been toying around with the idea of paying reparations to Jan 6 convicts, in his ongoing effort to rewrite the history of what happened that day, as well as who ultimately caused it. And
In 2020, the Black maternal health crisis, in which Black pregnant people are roughly three times more likely to die from childbirth or related causes, finally received an answer from Congress. On March 9, 2020, a year after the Black Maternal Health Caucus launched, the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act