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After becoming the youngest American ever accepted into medical school, Grio Awards recipient Alena Analeigh McQuarter is facing a challenge many students know all too well — a lack of financial support. In 2022, McQuarter was theGrio Awards Young Icon honoree for her amazing accomplishments in STEM. At just 15 years

Everybody knows Kamala Harris. She’s the current Democratic candidate for president, the first Black and South Asian vice president and the former attorney general of California. It’s an undoubtedly impressive resume, and even more so when you take into account how rare these achievements are for a woman of color

As Democrats continue licking their wounds after the stunning defeat of Kamala Harris by President-elect Donald Trump, all eyes are on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), whose party in Congress has a slim chance of regaining a majority in the House of Representatives. If Democrats can win the House, it would

Lessie Benningfield Randle, the Tulsa Race Massacre survivor fondly known as “Mother Randle,” marked a personal milestone on Nov. 10, as she celebrated her 110th birthday. Randle, one of two living survivors of the 1921 racial attack on the prosperous Black-founded Greenwood district of Tulsa, Okla. also known as “Black

The entertainment industry is mourning the loss of another legend. Actor Tony Todd has died at the age of 69. On November 6, the star reportedly died in his Los Angeles home after a long illness, his wife, Fatima, told the Hollywood Reporter.  “I had the privilege to have Tony

Legal troubles stemming from Mariah Carey’s claims about her family in her 2020 memoir continue. When the 55-year-old music icon’s autobiographical book, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” was published in 2020, she revealed intimate details about her “dysfunctional” upbringing in Long Island, New York, as the youngest of three children.

The post originally appeared on Bounding into Sports. ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith told the ladies of “The View” that he would strongly consider a presidential run if he felt he had a “legitimate shot” to win. Co-host Sunny Hostin was the first to broach the topic during Smith’s appearance Thursday morning.

NEW YORK (AP) — There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood. That searing 1971 piece made her an international star.

Whoopi Goldberg is taking on a new project. During an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” the EGOT winner announced her leap into the sports world with the launch of the first global women’s sports channel, All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN).  “I’m launching the first global women’s sports

If you’re struggling emotionally and don’t know where to find hope and joy after the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, you’re not alone. In addition to roughly half of the country, even the self-proclaimed “Joy Lady” Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts is having a hard time in the election’s aftermath.