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Hours after a public post about former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his wife, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, drew significant backlash on social media, Roland Martin revealed early Friday that he had deleted the post. “Last night I received an email from Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc. leadership regarding
By now, most of us have heard some version of the statistic: Black women are three and a half times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. For the last 10 years, we have talked about it during Black Maternal Health Week. We share the posts, we
Despite the downward turn reproductive rights have taken in this country stemming from the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, and the sheer fact that after a decade of advocacy, the Black Maternal Health crisis hasn’t meaningfully improved, Dr. Lisa Saul, chief medical officer of women’s health for United
Source: Noam Galai / Getty The cover that sparked this piece was almost too perfect: Caitlyn Jenner says her passport has the wrong gender, but she is still MAGA. That is not just a contradiction. That is the whole lesson. In a recent Newsweek report on Jenner’s comments to Tomi
Source: Courtesy of Erica Adair / Erica Adair Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing Charles Adair’s family in a federal civil rights case against Wyandotte County, Deputy Richard Fatherley, and Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic. Attorneys Harry Daniels, Gabrielle Higgins, and Sue-Ann Robinson are also representing the family, according
Ice Spice found herself in an awkward situation at a Los Angeles McDonald’s earlier this week, and the entire situation was captured on video. The “Munch” rapper can be seen on security footage eating a meal with her friend when a woman approaches them, asking her several questions, including where
Source: TOM NICHOLSON / Getty The ongoing war in Iran can only be described as an absolute s–tshow. The conflict was started under dubious pretenses, and President Donald Trump seemingly keeps saying the war will end within two-to-three weeks every two to three weeks. There is some slight hope on
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In the early hours of Thursday, April 15, Virginia’s former lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, shot and killed his wife of 19 years, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, in their home before
More than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States were handed a victory on Thursday after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants. The bipartisan 224-204 vote, which included 10 Republicans, bucks President Donald Trump’s move to terminate TPS status for Haitians,
Scan any concert calendar in 2026 and you know heavy hitters are coming to arenas and stadiums near you. Jaÿ-Z, Usher, and Chris Brown, the list goes on. As would-be attendees fight and try to figure out budgets, and not to mention if Live Nation and Ticketmaster will cooperate with
Hours after a public post about former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his wife, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, drew significant backlash on social media, Roland Martin revealed early Friday that he had deleted the post. “Last night I received an email from Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc. leadership regarding
By now, most of us have heard some version of the statistic: Black women are three and a half times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. For the last 10 years, we have talked about it during Black Maternal Health Week. We share the posts, we
Despite the downward turn reproductive rights have taken in this country stemming from the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, and the sheer fact that after a decade of advocacy, the Black Maternal Health crisis hasn’t meaningfully improved, Dr. Lisa Saul, chief medical officer of women’s health for United
Source: Noam Galai / Getty The cover that sparked this piece was almost too perfect: Caitlyn Jenner says her passport has the wrong gender, but she is still MAGA. That is not just a contradiction. That is the whole lesson. In a recent Newsweek report on Jenner’s comments to Tomi
Source: Courtesy of Erica Adair / Erica Adair Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing Charles Adair’s family in a federal civil rights case against Wyandotte County, Deputy Richard Fatherley, and Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic. Attorneys Harry Daniels, Gabrielle Higgins, and Sue-Ann Robinson are also representing the family, according
Ice Spice found herself in an awkward situation at a Los Angeles McDonald’s earlier this week, and the entire situation was captured on video. The “Munch” rapper can be seen on security footage eating a meal with her friend when a woman approaches them, asking her several questions, including where
Source: TOM NICHOLSON / Getty The ongoing war in Iran can only be described as an absolute s–tshow. The conflict was started under dubious pretenses, and President Donald Trump seemingly keeps saying the war will end within two-to-three weeks every two to three weeks. There is some slight hope on
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. In the early hours of Thursday, April 15, Virginia’s former lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, shot and killed his wife of 19 years, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, in their home before
More than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States were handed a victory on Thursday after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants. The bipartisan 224-204 vote, which included 10 Republicans, bucks President Donald Trump’s move to terminate TPS status for Haitians,
Scan any concert calendar in 2026 and you know heavy hitters are coming to arenas and stadiums near you. Jaÿ-Z, Usher, and Chris Brown, the list goes on. As would-be attendees fight and try to figure out budgets, and not to mention if Live Nation and Ticketmaster will cooperate with