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Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   On Jan. 8, 2014, Barack Obama did something for Black people. In 2012, Black students made up 16% of public school children but represented more than a third of

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. For Black tennis fans, this is a golden era. For sure, we all miss Serena and Venus Williams, who are no longer central players — Serena is retired and Venus is on

Lizzo’s “gap year” doesn’t involve a break from her fitness journey.  In an Instagram post featuring a video of the singer standing on a balcony in Bali in the rain, surrounded by lush tropical greenery, Lizzo explained she’s “taking a gap year [and] protecting my peace.” So far, this seems

Ahead of her highly anticipated return to the “Real Housewives” franchise, Phaedra Parks is opening up about her beauty routine. Before becoming a glamorous reality television star, Parks revealed, she was a child with very sensitive skin.  “I’ve always had very sensitive skin,” she told People magazine. “As a child,

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour. Normally, the Oklahoma City police sergeant would grab his laptop and spend another 30 to 45 minutes

A former Florida sheriff’s deputy charged with killing a Black U.S. Air Force senior airman who answered his apartment door while holding a gun pointed toward the ground was arrested Monday, officials said. Former Okaloosa County deputy Eddie Duran, 38, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm in the May

Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from a music producer who accused the music mogul of a broad pattern of sexual abuse and other misconduct. The lawsuit filed in February by Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — one of many filed against Combs in

The FDA has approved an updated COVID shot for everyone 6 months old and up, which renews a now-annual quandary for Americans: Get the shot now, with the latest COVID-19 outbreak sweeping the country, or hold it in reserve for the winter wave? The new vaccine should provide some protection

NEW YORK (AP) — The chant rang out in cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday at the U.S. Open before Coco Gauff‘s first service game of her first match of her first Grand Slam tournament as a defending champion: “Here we go, Coco! Here we go!” Coming to Flushing Meadows

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” the