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U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Yvette Clarke are demanding that the Federal Reserve Board take “immediate action” to address the alarming spike in the Black unemployment rate. They are requesting that the Fed board brief members of the Congressional Black Caucus on the matter, theGrio exclusively reports. In a letter
A frantic search for the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University ended at a New Hampshire storage facility where authorities discovered the man dead inside and then revealed he also was suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese
Marlon Wayans said he dropped the beef with 50 Cent because his brothers told him to. He shared this in an interview with KTLA, where he was asked how his “family chat” felt about him fighting with the rapper over the new docuseries, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.” “My brothers, they
“The mania made me.” Jenifer Lewis is sharing a different side of what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that causes elevated mood swings between manic highs and depressive lows. Despite the stigma around the condition, she has been open about how the good and
CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group earlier this year on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report released Thursday. RSF stormed Zamzam camp in April as part of its
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The end of the year is a time of much joy and jubilation. We have the holiday season, which usually means some days off with the family and, hopefully,
The scoop on Tyra Banks’ once-upon-a-time Washington, D.C., ice cream dream is messy. The 52-year-old model-turned-ice-cream entrepreneur and her business partner and current romantic partner, Louis Bélanger-Martin, are facing a $2.8 million lawsuit tied to a planned Smize & Dream shop in the nation’s capital, Fox 45 News reported. According
In a moment of vulnerability, Angela Yee shared a few things she’s learned from the death of her older brother, whom she called her “closest person.” The media personality announced on her “Way Up” radio show that her brother passed away suddenly from an aneurysm at 51 years old. According
Pauline Copes Johnson, one of Harriet Tubman’s descendants and champions, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, NY, where Copes Johnson was an active member, announced the news on December 8. Copes Johnson was Tubman’s great-great-great-grandniece and grew up in the same town where
Wiz Khalifa has been handed a prison sentence stemming from a drug-related incident in Romania. The 38-year-old rapper was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 18, to nine months in prison after being convicted of drug possession in the Southeastern European country, more than a year after his appearance at a local
U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Yvette Clarke are demanding that the Federal Reserve Board take “immediate action” to address the alarming spike in the Black unemployment rate. They are requesting that the Fed board brief members of the Congressional Black Caucus on the matter, theGrio exclusively reports. In a letter
A frantic search for the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University ended at a New Hampshire storage facility where authorities discovered the man dead inside and then revealed he also was suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese
Marlon Wayans said he dropped the beef with 50 Cent because his brothers told him to. He shared this in an interview with KTLA, where he was asked how his “family chat” felt about him fighting with the rapper over the new docuseries, “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.” “My brothers, they
“The mania made me.” Jenifer Lewis is sharing a different side of what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that causes elevated mood swings between manic highs and depressive lows. Despite the stigma around the condition, she has been open about how the good and
CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 civilians were killed in a three-day attack by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group earlier this year on the largest displacement camp in western Sudan, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report released Thursday. RSF stormed Zamzam camp in April as part of its
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The end of the year is a time of much joy and jubilation. We have the holiday season, which usually means some days off with the family and, hopefully,
The scoop on Tyra Banks’ once-upon-a-time Washington, D.C., ice cream dream is messy. The 52-year-old model-turned-ice-cream entrepreneur and her business partner and current romantic partner, Louis Bélanger-Martin, are facing a $2.8 million lawsuit tied to a planned Smize & Dream shop in the nation’s capital, Fox 45 News reported. According
In a moment of vulnerability, Angela Yee shared a few things she’s learned from the death of her older brother, whom she called her “closest person.” The media personality announced on her “Way Up” radio show that her brother passed away suddenly from an aneurysm at 51 years old. According
Pauline Copes Johnson, one of Harriet Tubman’s descendants and champions, has died at age 98. The Harriet Tubman A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn, NY, where Copes Johnson was an active member, announced the news on December 8. Copes Johnson was Tubman’s great-great-great-grandniece and grew up in the same town where
Wiz Khalifa has been handed a prison sentence stemming from a drug-related incident in Romania. The 38-year-old rapper was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 18, to nine months in prison after being convicted of drug possession in the Southeastern European country, more than a year after his appearance at a local