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U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, who is running for Senate in Texas, recently called out a top Republican staffer under Senator Tim Scott for what he described as a “racist trope.” After Hunt, one of a handful of Black Republicans serving in Congress, posted a picture of himself and his wife
While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her childhood home. Last month, the Action Fund, a division of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced the completed restoration of
Kimora Lee Simmons isn’t just going on the offensive after ex-husband Russell Simmons‘ response concerning their children; she’s going for the jugular. In her Instagram Stories on Monday (Dec. 15), the 50-year-old model took Simmons to task about their two girls, Ming Lee, 25 and Aoki Lee, 23, and why
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who is running for U.S. Senate in next year’s election, called out what she described as a “coordinated attack” against her on social media, where clips about her stance on Israel and its devastating military campaign in Gaza have gone viral. “There was a coordinated attack
Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice is joining Prince George’s County, Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus, and the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services in their efforts to honor the 200+ Black lives buried in a recently discovered abandoned grave site. The Forgotten Children Initiative says it is committed to “honoring the
After crossing “traveling to space” off her bucket list, Gayle King has her sights set on something a little more down to earth: falling in love again. The 70-year-old news anchor opened up about her desire for a relationship during a recent conversation with WNBA star A’ja Wilson at TIME
Who had Cardi B — or “Hala B,” as she’s recently rechristened herself — thrilling fans from Saudi Arabia on their 2025 bingo card? Over the weekend, the 33-year-old rapper touched down in Riyadh to headline MDLBEAST Soundstorm, one of the region’s biggest music festivals, and quickly went viral for
A historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized in recent years is now safely on display in Atlanta in an exhibit that opened on Monday, December 8. It memorializes an event that some people in rural southern Georgia have tried hard to erase: the killing of
CNN anchor and debut author Abby Phillip sits down with Natasha S. Alford for a one-on-one Grio Weekly conversation that connects Black political history to the moment we’re living in right now. Phillip’s new book, A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power revisits a chapter many Americans missed but are
Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer whose music became synonymous with Black joy, swagger, and timeless grooves, has died. He was 73. The news was confirmed on Sunday, Dec. 14, by his son, Carlton Hudgens II, who shared a tribute to his father, born Carlton Hudgens, on Facebook. “RIP
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, who is running for Senate in Texas, recently called out a top Republican staffer under Senator Tim Scott for what he described as a “racist trope.” After Hunt, one of a handful of Black Republicans serving in Congress, posted a picture of himself and his wife
While Nina Simone’s legacy echoes through her music, the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is preserving the physical space that helped shape the iconic singer’s life and artistry—her childhood home. Last month, the Action Fund, a division of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced the completed restoration of
Kimora Lee Simmons isn’t just going on the offensive after ex-husband Russell Simmons‘ response concerning their children; she’s going for the jugular. In her Instagram Stories on Monday (Dec. 15), the 50-year-old model took Simmons to task about their two girls, Ming Lee, 25 and Aoki Lee, 23, and why
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who is running for U.S. Senate in next year’s election, called out what she described as a “coordinated attack” against her on social media, where clips about her stance on Israel and its devastating military campaign in Gaza have gone viral. “There was a coordinated attack
Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice is joining Prince George’s County, Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus, and the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services in their efforts to honor the 200+ Black lives buried in a recently discovered abandoned grave site. The Forgotten Children Initiative says it is committed to “honoring the
After crossing “traveling to space” off her bucket list, Gayle King has her sights set on something a little more down to earth: falling in love again. The 70-year-old news anchor opened up about her desire for a relationship during a recent conversation with WNBA star A’ja Wilson at TIME
Who had Cardi B — or “Hala B,” as she’s recently rechristened herself — thrilling fans from Saudi Arabia on their 2025 bingo card? Over the weekend, the 33-year-old rapper touched down in Riyadh to headline MDLBEAST Soundstorm, one of the region’s biggest music festivals, and quickly went viral for
A historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized in recent years is now safely on display in Atlanta in an exhibit that opened on Monday, December 8. It memorializes an event that some people in rural southern Georgia have tried hard to erase: the killing of
CNN anchor and debut author Abby Phillip sits down with Natasha S. Alford for a one-on-one Grio Weekly conversation that connects Black political history to the moment we’re living in right now. Phillip’s new book, A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power revisits a chapter many Americans missed but are
Carl Carlton, the funk and R&B singer whose music became synonymous with Black joy, swagger, and timeless grooves, has died. He was 73. The news was confirmed on Sunday, Dec. 14, by his son, Carlton Hudgens II, who shared a tribute to his father, born Carlton Hudgens, on Facebook. “RIP