Elon Musk is vowing yet again to fire any federal workers who don’t respond to an email asking them to list five things they accomplished last week. Just after 7 p.m. EST — hours after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management had directed agencies that responses to its email were optional — Musk

Joy Reid signed off from “The ReidOut” for the final time tonight, marking the end of her evening broadcast on MSNBC. Over the weekend, the network made the shocking announcement that it was canceling her show, leaving fans across social media stunned. Still, Reid approached her last episode on Monday,

After devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards are going forward. Like the Grammys and other awards shows this year, the ceremony will be transformed by the fires and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has pledged to help its members and the broader film community recover. Here’s everything you need

Robert Pirosh was a well-to-do copywriter in a New York-based advertising agency when he decided to reinvent his career and become a screenwriter. The year was 1934. Pirosh left his job, went to Hollywood and eventually landed a role as a junior writer at MGM. Fifteen years later, he’d won

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Roberta Flack was one of my favorite singers, so there’s a bit of poetry (to me) about the fact that I received the news of her death — she

The turnover of Black anchors in nightly news continues. 24 hours after it was announced that “The ReidOut” anchored by Joy Reid has been canceled at MSNBC, Lester Holt announced he’s stepping down from NBC’s “Nightly News.” On Monday, in a memo to his colleagues, the 65-year-old veteran news anchor

After news broke that MSNBC canceled “The ReidOut” with Joy Reid, the political commentator and anchor is feeling an overwhelming sense of gratitude. On Sunday, during a video call, Reid addressed the cancellation, which occurred amid a wide-reaching network overhaul spearheaded by MSNBC’s new president, Rebecca Kutler, who took over

As some institutions scale back on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, Pharrell Williams is doubling down on his commitment to uplifting underrepresented entrepreneurs.  Announcing the launch of the 2025 Black Ambition Prize Competition, Williams reflected on the journey so far: “Five years ago, Black Ambition was an idea. Today,

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly with His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and other hits made her one of the top recordings artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. She

Believe it or not, Black-owned businesses are on the rise, especially those owned by women. According to data from the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Census Bureau Annual Business Surveys analyzed by both LendingTree and the Pew Research Center, as Black-owned businesses have been on a small but steady rise of