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Isaiah Rashad has had time to reflect since he was forced to publicly confront his sexual identity, and now says he feels “blessed.” Speaking to The Breakfast Club after the release of his first project in five years, “It’s Been Awful,” the 34-year-old rapper opened up about the internal work
Source: N/A / Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department A Black father in Texas shot and killed a man who was attempting to steal his car while his family was inside last weekend, and this week, it was decided that he acted in defense of his family of eight, so he will
Source: Nikki O’Keefe Images / Getty So when the modern Republicans were talking about making America great again, we can now safely assume they were talking about the Jim Crow era. In the wake of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee’s Republican-led state legislature has passed a
The pioneering historian, educator, and journalist Carter G. Woodson, who gave us what eventually became Black History Month, held an overarching philosophy: education was inseparable from freedom. That philosophy and legacy sit at the heart of this year’s Black Teacher Appreciation Day. On Thursday, May 7, the Center for Black
Source: Kypros / Getty There’s yet another wrinkle in the sordid saga of Jeffrey Epstein after a federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Epstein ahead of an unsuccessful suicide attempt in July 2019. According to the New York Times, Epstein’s cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, allegedly found the note
Kodak Black has been arrested again on drug-related charges. The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was booked on Wednesday (May 6) in Florida by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and is being charged with trafficking the drug MDMA. On Thursday, he entered a written not guilty plea
This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times, claiming the paper engaged in “unlawful employment practices” and discriminated against a white male employee who was passed over for a promotion. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On a recent episode of “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole sat down with fellow castmate Kelli Ferrell and admitted she’s considering bankruptcy. Ahead of her “RHOA”
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Charlotte, North Carolina, residents woke up to a shock on Thursday after Mayor Vi Lyles announced she would be resigning at the end of June. According to the New York Times, Lyles is the second-longest serving mayor in Charlotte’s history, having served since 2017.
The Trump administration is continuing to target prominent Black women in government, using the power of the Justice Department and other agencies to investigate or accuse them of criminality or wrongdoing. Over the past week, the administration has set its target on a state lawmaker who led a major defeat
Isaiah Rashad has had time to reflect since he was forced to publicly confront his sexual identity, and now says he feels “blessed.” Speaking to The Breakfast Club after the release of his first project in five years, “It’s Been Awful,” the 34-year-old rapper opened up about the internal work
Source: N/A / Charlotte Metropolitan Police Department A Black father in Texas shot and killed a man who was attempting to steal his car while his family was inside last weekend, and this week, it was decided that he acted in defense of his family of eight, so he will
Source: Nikki O’Keefe Images / Getty So when the modern Republicans were talking about making America great again, we can now safely assume they were talking about the Jim Crow era. In the wake of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee’s Republican-led state legislature has passed a
The pioneering historian, educator, and journalist Carter G. Woodson, who gave us what eventually became Black History Month, held an overarching philosophy: education was inseparable from freedom. That philosophy and legacy sit at the heart of this year’s Black Teacher Appreciation Day. On Thursday, May 7, the Center for Black
Source: Kypros / Getty There’s yet another wrinkle in the sordid saga of Jeffrey Epstein after a federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Epstein ahead of an unsuccessful suicide attempt in July 2019. According to the New York Times, Epstein’s cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, allegedly found the note
Kodak Black has been arrested again on drug-related charges. The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was booked on Wednesday (May 6) in Florida by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and is being charged with trafficking the drug MDMA. On Thursday, he entered a written not guilty plea
This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times, claiming the paper engaged in “unlawful employment practices” and discriminated against a white male employee who was passed over for a promotion. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On a recent episode of “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole sat down with fellow castmate Kelli Ferrell and admitted she’s considering bankruptcy. Ahead of her “RHOA”
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Charlotte, North Carolina, residents woke up to a shock on Thursday after Mayor Vi Lyles announced she would be resigning at the end of June. According to the New York Times, Lyles is the second-longest serving mayor in Charlotte’s history, having served since 2017.
The Trump administration is continuing to target prominent Black women in government, using the power of the Justice Department and other agencies to investigate or accuse them of criminality or wrongdoing. Over the past week, the administration has set its target on a state lawmaker who led a major defeat