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34 Great Tools for Boosting Your Freelance Business

If you’re a freelancer, you must handle everything from accounting and marketing to customer service and project management. That’s why it’s important to assemble a mix of tools to help you run your freelance business successfully. Good tools can significantly streamline the administrative side of your freelance business and manage

How To Finance Higher Education On A Budget

Financing higher education to advance career goals can be daunting. As a Manhattan public school teacher, I’m required to complete a master’s degree within the next four years to maintain my certification. Saving for grad school on a teacher’s salary in an expensive city is challenging, especially without familial help.

Watch: 5 questions with Chloe Bailey and Sinqua Walls

Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” has everyone you can think of. The TV mini-series stars Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and more. Based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast, the series follows the infamous story of how an armed robbery on

How to Deal With Social Exhaustion as an Introvert or Extrovert

I love to socialize and connect with others, but at some point, I hit a wall. I want to curl up into a ball, watch TV and disconnect from the world. While many people who experience social exhaustion would love to escape some situations to decompress at home and find

Black ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince has died at 29

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the trailblazing ballerina who exemplified rising above adversity with poise, grace, and tenacity, has taken her final bow. On September 13, representatives from DePrince’s team revealed in a statement posted to Instagram that she had died. She was 29 years old; a cause of death was not

Want to expand access to the ballot box? Let people vote by mobile phone.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   Excerpted from “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy,” by Bradley Tusk. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. In 2023,

Lil Wayne says he’s ‘devastated’ by not being chosen to perform at the Super Bowl

Recently, the NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation announced Kendrick Lamar as the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show headliner; an announcement that sparked mixed reactions on social media. While some fans rejoiced the “They Not Like Us” rapper’s appointment, others questioned the football conglomerate’s choice.  Super Bowl LIX is scheduled

34 Great Tools for Boosting Your Freelance Business

If you’re a freelancer, you must handle everything from accounting and marketing to customer service and project management. That’s why it’s important to assemble a mix of tools to help you run your freelance business successfully. Good tools can significantly streamline the administrative side of your freelance business and manage

How To Finance Higher Education On A Budget

Financing higher education to advance career goals can be daunting. As a Manhattan public school teacher, I’m required to complete a master’s degree within the next four years to maintain my certification. Saving for grad school on a teacher’s salary in an expensive city is challenging, especially without familial help.

Watch: 5 questions with Chloe Bailey and Sinqua Walls

Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” has everyone you can think of. The TV mini-series stars Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, and more. Based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast, the series follows the infamous story of how an armed robbery on

How to Deal With Social Exhaustion as an Introvert or Extrovert

I love to socialize and connect with others, but at some point, I hit a wall. I want to curl up into a ball, watch TV and disconnect from the world. While many people who experience social exhaustion would love to escape some situations to decompress at home and find

Black ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince has died at 29

Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the trailblazing ballerina who exemplified rising above adversity with poise, grace, and tenacity, has taken her final bow. On September 13, representatives from DePrince’s team revealed in a statement posted to Instagram that she had died. She was 29 years old; a cause of death was not

Want to expand access to the ballot box? Let people vote by mobile phone.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   Excerpted from “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy,” by Bradley Tusk. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. In 2023,

Lil Wayne says he’s ‘devastated’ by not being chosen to perform at the Super Bowl

Recently, the NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation announced Kendrick Lamar as the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show headliner; an announcement that sparked mixed reactions on social media. While some fans rejoiced the “They Not Like Us” rapper’s appointment, others questioned the football conglomerate’s choice.  Super Bowl LIX is scheduled