REAL ID requirements for those flying within the United States begin Wednesday after nearly 20 years of delays. The day ahead of the deadline, people lined up at government offices across the country to secure their compliant IDs. In Chicago, officials established a Real ID Supercenter for walk-in appointments, while officials

 President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, according to two U.S. officials. Arab nations have pushed for a change to the geographic name

Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and arithmetic if they want to get their initiatives on next year’s ballot in some states. A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. And canvassers

This year, Black culture didn’t just take center stage at the 2025 Met Gala — it made history. The gala, also known as the biggest night in fashion, always serves as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, specifically for The Costume Institute which preserves more than thirty-three thousand

Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault by four former employees. On Tuesday, May 6, a $50 million lawsuit was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the 85-year-old singer by four Jane Does, accusing him of sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence, and creating a hostile

At the Met Gala, every stitch told a story. Every hem is a declaration. And behind two of the most unforgettable looks at this year’s Met Gala—Diana Ross’s ethereal train and Jeremy O’Harris’s razor-sharp silhouette—stood the steady hands and discerning eye of Lionel Nichols, a self-taught tailor from Flatbush, Brooklyn.

The NAACP in Georgia has requested a formal meeting with Kennesaw State University after the school announced it was deactivating a handful of “low-producing” majors, including its Black Studies program.  In a recent memo addressed to colleagues, officials at the third-largest university in Georgia announced it would be deactivating the

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the active duty military to shed 20% of its four-star general officers as the Trump administration moves forward with deep cuts that it says will promote efficiency but that critics worry could result in a more politicized force. Hegseth also told the National

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 the first time ever, I watched the Met Gala “red” carpet for the lewks, discussion, fashion, history and all that jazz. And as it turns out, for Rihanna.

An online fundraiser created to support a 5-year-old boy who was targeted by racial slurs while at a playground in Rochester, Minnesota, has surpassed its goal in just two days. On Thursday, May 1, the Rochester branch of the NAACP launched an online fundraiser through GoFundMe for the family at