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In “I Love Boosters,” survival—by-hook-or-crook—is in style. The upcoming film from writer-director Boots Riley, arriving in theaters Friday, May 22, may have been conceived years ago, but it couldn’t feel more relevant, especially for Black women. “It seems like it’s prescient, and it is, but it’s just because we always
Nicki Minaj has laid out exactly what she says pushed her toward Donald Trump and away from the Democratic Party, and the names she drops are Barack Obama and Jay-Z. In a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, the 43-year-old Trinidadian rapper explained that her political conversion began with what she
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, the Black Republican representing Texas’s 38th Congressional District, is going viral for remarks he recently made dismissing the suggestion that redistricting efforts to carve out the voting power of majority-Black districts are a sign of “Jim Crow 2.0” in the South. During a House Judiciary Committee
The University of Chicago has announced a major expansion of its undergraduate financial aid program, promising free tuition for students from families earning less than $250,000 annually starting in Autumn 2027, according to the school’s UChicago News outlet. Under the new initiative, students from families with incomes below $125,000 and
Former Vice President Kamala Harris joined a cohort of Black women to rebuke the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority for its ruling two weeks ago that gutted the Voting Rights Act, setting off a wave of Republican-led states drawing out majority-Black districts in congressional maps across the South. On Wednesday
Music from some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Beyoncé, Chaka Khan and Ray Charles, has officially been added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry for 2026, according to the Associated Press. The Library of Congress announced this year’s 25 inductees on Thursday, recognizing recordings considered culturally,
Did LeBron James just “soft launch” retirement? On Monday, May 11, after the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the 41-year-old NBA star gave a noncommittal answer when reporters raised the topic during a postgame press conference. “I don’t know what the future holds for me,” he
Cardi B is not letting a viral moment go unaddressed. The Grammy-winning rapper responded on X after a video of her appearing to argue with Stefon Diggs began circulating online, turning the moment into a punchline before the internet could spin it further. As theGrio previously reported, Diggs and Cardi
Former Atlanta mayor and Georgia Democratic governor candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms has navigated some of the toughest rooms in American politics. But nothing was harder for her than trying to adopt Black boys. In a recent interview with TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford, Keisha Lance Bottoms discussed her new memoir, “The
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 369 into law on Tuesday, a controversial new bill that makes some local elections in major counties near the Atlanta metroplex nonpartisan. The law, which goes into effect in 2028, singles out Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton Counties respectively. Fulton, DeKalb and