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Black and Indigenous women in North America continue to develop pregnancy complications like preeclampsia at disproportionate rates—but a newly announced set of grants could help finally change that reality. On March 31, two weeks before Black Maternal Health Week officially kicked off, the Preeclampsia Foundation and Preeclampsia Foundation Canada announced
Source: PHILIP MICHAEL WILLS / Getty Mel Alleyne hadn’t played spades in years. Then her sister called. “She was like, ‘There’s a tournament [in Brooklyn]. And you’re going to sign up for it and you can’t say no,’” she recalled. Alleyne, who first learned the game at a lunch table
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Stumble upon any corner of the hip-hop internet, and you will still find people arguing about the Great Rap War of 2024 between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. It makes sense.
Source: Radio ONE / General On Monday, three men were arrested in Paris, Illinois, over a reported “disturbance involving a firearm” that Paris police responded to earlier this month. On Tuesday, two of the men received attempted murder and hate crime charges, among other charges, because they’re accused of violently targeting
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Maryland’s redistricting has officially failed after the state’s legislative session ended on Monday without the effort being brought to a final vote. According to The New York Times, the redistricting effort was heavily championed by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat. While the Maryland
Source: Movement For Black Lives / peoplespower.info While Sunday’s election in Hungary struck a decisive blow to the far-right, the Movement for Black Lives has been building with communities on a new effort to challenge political power at all levels. Last month, the Movement for Black Lives Action Fund launched
Joseline Hernandez has announced she is expecting a child with her husband, Balistic Beats, marking a new chapter for the reality star and entrepreneur. The announcement came via social media on April 15, where Hernandez shared a series of photos showing her baby bump while posing alongside her husband. The
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Congressional Democrats are taking a shot in the dark by proposing legislation aimed at ousting our Mad King of a president via the 25th Amendment, which folks across social media have been calling for the invoking of, because President Donald Trump is a babbling, bumbling,
If your TBR (to be read) list wasn’t already out of control, consider this your sign to go ahead and make some room. This week alone, 10 Black authors dropped new titles across genres, delivering everything from swoon-worthy romance and page-turning drama to thoughtful reflections on love, life, and leveling
Source: ChongLy “Scott” Thao Family GoFundMe / Screenshot Earlier this year, when ICE and Border Patrol agents were wreaking havoc all over Minnesota after President Donald Trump’s Gestapo-like immigration crackdown hit the Twin Cities, we reported on the story of U.S. citizen ChongLy “Scott” Thao, an elderly man who ICE
Black and Indigenous women in North America continue to develop pregnancy complications like preeclampsia at disproportionate rates—but a newly announced set of grants could help finally change that reality. On March 31, two weeks before Black Maternal Health Week officially kicked off, the Preeclampsia Foundation and Preeclampsia Foundation Canada announced
Source: PHILIP MICHAEL WILLS / Getty Mel Alleyne hadn’t played spades in years. Then her sister called. “She was like, ‘There’s a tournament [in Brooklyn]. And you’re going to sign up for it and you can’t say no,’” she recalled. Alleyne, who first learned the game at a lunch table
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Stumble upon any corner of the hip-hop internet, and you will still find people arguing about the Great Rap War of 2024 between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. It makes sense.
Source: Radio ONE / General On Monday, three men were arrested in Paris, Illinois, over a reported “disturbance involving a firearm” that Paris police responded to earlier this month. On Tuesday, two of the men received attempted murder and hate crime charges, among other charges, because they’re accused of violently targeting
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Maryland’s redistricting has officially failed after the state’s legislative session ended on Monday without the effort being brought to a final vote. According to The New York Times, the redistricting effort was heavily championed by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat. While the Maryland
Source: Movement For Black Lives / peoplespower.info While Sunday’s election in Hungary struck a decisive blow to the far-right, the Movement for Black Lives has been building with communities on a new effort to challenge political power at all levels. Last month, the Movement for Black Lives Action Fund launched
Joseline Hernandez has announced she is expecting a child with her husband, Balistic Beats, marking a new chapter for the reality star and entrepreneur. The announcement came via social media on April 15, where Hernandez shared a series of photos showing her baby bump while posing alongside her husband. The
Source: Win McNamee / Getty Congressional Democrats are taking a shot in the dark by proposing legislation aimed at ousting our Mad King of a president via the 25th Amendment, which folks across social media have been calling for the invoking of, because President Donald Trump is a babbling, bumbling,
If your TBR (to be read) list wasn’t already out of control, consider this your sign to go ahead and make some room. This week alone, 10 Black authors dropped new titles across genres, delivering everything from swoon-worthy romance and page-turning drama to thoughtful reflections on love, life, and leveling
Source: ChongLy “Scott” Thao Family GoFundMe / Screenshot Earlier this year, when ICE and Border Patrol agents were wreaking havoc all over Minnesota after President Donald Trump’s Gestapo-like immigration crackdown hit the Twin Cities, we reported on the story of U.S. citizen ChongLy “Scott” Thao, an elderly man who ICE