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As major retailers walk back their diversity commitments, Candi Carter is building something new: a movement powered by everyday purchases. In a conversation with TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford, the veteran media executive and founder of Cistus Media unveiled her latest project, Shop Red Bag, an online marketplace created for consumers

by Jameelah Mullen June 19, 2025 The breakthrough drug may help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, experts say. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an HIV prevention medication that has been proven highly effective in clinical trials. Lenacapavir is an injectable treatment given twice a year to prevent HIV infection

“She’s a genius, like a mad scientist in the lab,” said organist Dominique Johnson. “She’s breaking all the rules … No segregation — we all come together for the same purpose: to worship the same God. There’s power in that unity.” That energy powered “Glory to Glory (A Revival for

by Jameelah Mullen June 19, 2025 Kevin Hunter was married to Wendy Williams from 1999 to 2020.  According to court documents obtained by People, Hunter claims that Williams’ caretakers have violated her constitutional rights. The lawsuit names 48 defendants, including Williams’ legal guardian, Sabrina Morrissey; Wells Fargo Bank; the assisted

This Juneteenth, one of the first communities created by newly freed Black Texans, Freedmen’s Town, in the Fourth Ward of Houston, is celebrating by building on what they started.  On Thursday, June 19, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. local time, the Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy is hosting its annual

“The girls at the higher weight classes are fighting each other,” Shields told BoxingScene. “It was so hard for me to get fights at 154 pounds, 160 pounds, and 168 pounds. “I don’t think any of my fights at heavyweight have been hard to make, to be honest with you,”

by Sharelle B. McNair June 19, 2025 ‘How can you be threatened by someone running from you?’ Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich said the officer who shot and killed Ryan Hinton was “legally justified” in his actions, thus dodging charges from a grand jury, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.  During a

by Stacy Jackson June 19, 2025 Tune in to for a six-hour Twitch-based livestream party and hear from six DJs on June 20. It’s going down on the live stream this Friday as The Hip Hop Museum and “Queen of Street Literature,” Wahida Clark, host the DJ Wall of Fame

by Kandiss Edwards June 19, 2025 The plan has received opposition from citizens and skepticism from the unhoused community. The city of Atlanta plans to relocate homeless people before the city hosts eight matches of the FIFA World Cup in June 2026.   A $212 million development looks to rehouse hundreds

by Kandiss Edwards June 18, 2025 Snipes-Garner’s family has been in the headlines for over a decade. On June 16, Esaw Snipes-Garner, Eric Garner’s widow, died due to undisclosed health complications. She was 58.  Snipes-Garner’s family has been in the headlines for over a decade. Eric Garner, was killed by