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This Ghanaian Entrepreneur Built A Black Bridal Beauty Business In Italy

AI-generated image by Selena Hill September 12, 2026 Harriet Akotowah Mensah saw an underserved market for Black beauty services in Italy and turned it into a growing mobile bridal business. For Black women planning destination weddings in Italy, finding a beauty professional who understands textured hair and deeper skin tones

Two portraits: a woman in a black coat with sunglasses, and a woman with dreadlocks wearing a pink blazer.

AOC Rides For Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon

Source: A collage featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Angie Nixon. The progressives are coming in hot, baby—much to the chagrin of establishment Democrats, neoliberals (same thing), and those who apparently don’t worry about money. In the last year or so, there’s been a surge across the country in support of

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Remy Ma tells Papoose to ‘sign the papers’ as Claressa Shields feud flares again

Remy Ma and Claressa Shields are trading shots online again, with the rapper dragging her pending divorce from Papoose into the latest exchange. The feud follows months of public tension, including Remy’s “W.Y.F.L.” freestyle, which fans believed targeted Shields, and Shields’ recent insistence that Papoose should not be described as

A smiling woman with curly black hair wearing a red top.

Black Man Arrested In The Hanging Death Of Tasia Fortune

Source: Etta Avolio / GoFundMe In the wake of the spate of suspicious hanging deaths of Black folk across the country, many have raised eyebrows when police have ruled them “accidents,” acts of self-harm, or “inconclusive” during or after their investigations.  Given this country’s history, when a Black person is

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Maryland residents sue ICE over alleged warrantless arrests

Four Maryland residents and the immigrant rights group We Are CASA have filed a proposed federal class-action lawsuit seeking to stop alleged warrantless immigration arrests by ICE. The lawsuit comes as TheGrio has reported on a surge in street arrests affecting Black immigrants and a recent Maryland airport detention involving

This Ghanaian Entrepreneur Built A Black Bridal Beauty Business In Italy

AI-generated image by Selena Hill September 12, 2026 Harriet Akotowah Mensah saw an underserved market for Black beauty services in Italy and turned it into a growing mobile bridal business. For Black women planning destination weddings in Italy, finding a beauty professional who understands textured hair and deeper skin tones

Two portraits: a woman in a black coat with sunglasses, and a woman with dreadlocks wearing a pink blazer.

AOC Rides For Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon

Source: A collage featuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Angie Nixon. The progressives are coming in hot, baby—much to the chagrin of establishment Democrats, neoliberals (same thing), and those who apparently don’t worry about money. In the last year or so, there’s been a surge across the country in support of

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Remy Ma tells Papoose to ‘sign the papers’ as Claressa Shields feud flares again

Remy Ma and Claressa Shields are trading shots online again, with the rapper dragging her pending divorce from Papoose into the latest exchange. The feud follows months of public tension, including Remy’s “W.Y.F.L.” freestyle, which fans believed targeted Shields, and Shields’ recent insistence that Papoose should not be described as

A smiling woman with curly black hair wearing a red top.

Black Man Arrested In The Hanging Death Of Tasia Fortune

Source: Etta Avolio / GoFundMe In the wake of the spate of suspicious hanging deaths of Black folk across the country, many have raised eyebrows when police have ruled them “accidents,” acts of self-harm, or “inconclusive” during or after their investigations.  Given this country’s history, when a Black person is

Gettyimages 2237406492 scaled e1781015557185

Maryland residents sue ICE over alleged warrantless arrests

Four Maryland residents and the immigrant rights group We Are CASA have filed a proposed federal class-action lawsuit seeking to stop alleged warrantless immigration arrests by ICE. The lawsuit comes as TheGrio has reported on a surge in street arrests affecting Black immigrants and a recent Maryland airport detention involving