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PARIS (AP) — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And, most disappointing of all, a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics. Even the site was the same:
The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millennials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations. By age 27, Black Americans born in 1978 to poor
ATLANTA (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats’ reach: President Joe Biden’s campaign pledged to concentrate more on holding the Midwestern “blue wall” states and indicated they might be willing to forsake “Sun Belt” battlegrounds. But now that Biden has
Simone Biles leads the U.S. women into the gymnastics team final as part of an action-packed slate Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here is a guide of what to look out for: Biles in gymnastics team final despite injury The 27-year-old Biles is in the lineup to compete in
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The gymnast who Simone Biles fears the most is a Black woman from Brazil — Rebeca Andrade. “Rebeca Andrade. She scares me the most,” Biles said in her documentary,
A career pivot is one of the most intimidating things you can do, especially when you’re considering leaving a career in which you are firmly established. Perhaps you’re not even sure if pivoting is the right move, or if it is, you’re not sure how to prepare for it or
If you sit next to Peter Shankman on a plane, you might as well take your headphones off for the remainder of the trip. That’s how long he plans to talk to you, until he knows everything about you. The former journalist, who identifies as neurodiverse with both autism and
In 2016, during the Rio Olympic Summer Games, Team Nigeria famously arrived for the opening ceremony in simple white and green tracksuits. Their actual opening ceremony kits failed to arrive in time. By the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, Black-owned sportswear brand Actively Black, founded by former professional basketball player Lanny
Beauty, wellness and confidence are interrelated. It’s difficult to have one without the others. Shreda Brown derives even deeper meaning from the health and wellness industry. Her new spa, Esther’s Chamber Bath and Spa House, serves as a sanctuary where inner and outer wellness go hand-in-hand, with a mission to empower
Because of the 2018 movie Green Book, many people have at least a passing familiarity with The Negro Motorist Green Book. That book series was published from 1936 to 1966. As road conditions improved, Americans’ mobility increased and there was a need for people to know about areas beyond their
PARIS (AP) — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And, most disappointing of all, a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics. Even the site was the same:
The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millennials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations. By age 27, Black Americans born in 1978 to poor
ATLANTA (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats’ reach: President Joe Biden’s campaign pledged to concentrate more on holding the Midwestern “blue wall” states and indicated they might be willing to forsake “Sun Belt” battlegrounds. But now that Biden has
Simone Biles leads the U.S. women into the gymnastics team final as part of an action-packed slate Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here is a guide of what to look out for: Biles in gymnastics team final despite injury The 27-year-old Biles is in the lineup to compete in
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The gymnast who Simone Biles fears the most is a Black woman from Brazil — Rebeca Andrade. “Rebeca Andrade. She scares me the most,” Biles said in her documentary,
A career pivot is one of the most intimidating things you can do, especially when you’re considering leaving a career in which you are firmly established. Perhaps you’re not even sure if pivoting is the right move, or if it is, you’re not sure how to prepare for it or
If you sit next to Peter Shankman on a plane, you might as well take your headphones off for the remainder of the trip. That’s how long he plans to talk to you, until he knows everything about you. The former journalist, who identifies as neurodiverse with both autism and
In 2016, during the Rio Olympic Summer Games, Team Nigeria famously arrived for the opening ceremony in simple white and green tracksuits. Their actual opening ceremony kits failed to arrive in time. By the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, Black-owned sportswear brand Actively Black, founded by former professional basketball player Lanny
Beauty, wellness and confidence are interrelated. It’s difficult to have one without the others. Shreda Brown derives even deeper meaning from the health and wellness industry. Her new spa, Esther’s Chamber Bath and Spa House, serves as a sanctuary where inner and outer wellness go hand-in-hand, with a mission to empower
Because of the 2018 movie Green Book, many people have at least a passing familiarity with The Negro Motorist Green Book. That book series was published from 1936 to 1966. As road conditions improved, Americans’ mobility increased and there was a need for people to know about areas beyond their
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