Author: Unite News

Recently, I was invited by the Jamaica Tourist Board to explore the sites, sounds, and tastes of Jamaica throughout the country, including Kingston, Port Antonio, and Ocho Rios. While I didn’t know what to expect on the trip outside of seeing pristine beaches, as I’ve never been to Jamaica before,

Nearly 90 years after it was first identified, the hormonal condition impacting roughly 1 in 8 women, known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), has a new name that could lead to better care outcomes for Black women and other women of color. On Tuesday, May 12, it was announced that

A new nationwide education report has found that most U.S. states continue to experience below-average student performance in math and reading, with researchers warning the country remains stuck in what they describe as a “learning recession.” As reported by U.S. News and World Report, the report, called the Education Scorecard,

Kodak Black is back in a Florida jail. The rapper, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was arrested Wednesday on charges of resisting an officer and attempting to flee law enforcement, marking his second arrest in just eight days. As theGrio previously reported, Kodak Black was arrested on May 6

Drake has officially returned with not one, but three new albums. The rapper released his long-awaited project “Iceman” on Friday, May 15, while simultaneously surprising fans with two additional albums titled “Habibti” and “Maid Of Honour.” The release followed weeks of speculation surrounding “Iceman,” which marks Drake’s first solo album

Soul musician Clarence Carter has died at age 90. Carter, who was known for hit songs like “Patches” and “Strokin’,” died on Thursday, May 14. According to Rolling Stone, which first confirmed the news, he was battling sepsis and pneumonia and had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Carter’s first

The former Los Angeles Sparks player Lisa Leslie will be honored with a statue outside the city’s Crypto.com Arena. The Compton-born basketball star, who was the first ever to dunk in a WNBA game, will join the other 15 statues outside the arena, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kobe

All eyes are on Democratic governors as Republican-led states in the South move in droves to redraw congressional maps that carve out Black and Brown voters, following the controversial Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. During an exclusive interview with theGrio, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear,

A man was arrested outside Chris Brown’s Los Angeles-area home on Wednesday evening after allegedly trespassing onto the property and attempting to start a fire, according to multiple reports citing law enforcement sources. The incident reportedly occurred at Brown’s residence in Tarzana, an upscale neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.

Amid the press tour for her new book and controversy over her credentials, Cheyenne Bryant is doubling down, saying that she does deserve to be called a doctor. “I have multiple degrees, and my thing is that my proof isn’t something that I have to prove to individuals. My proof