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About Lynette Holloway

Lynette Holloway is a contributing editor at The Grio, and a graduate student at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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February 14, 2019
Public defender Jeff Adachi filed a formal complaint after receiving reports that female inmates were forced to strip in front of male…
February 12, 2019
Usher, Rich the Kid and their entourage were reportedly “robbed and pistol whipped” in a recording studio attack Tuesday afternoon
Aretha Franklin thegrio.com
February 12, 2019
Fans missing Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin will get to enjoy volumes of her work when National Geographic devotes the third season
A screenshot taken on Thursday Feb.7, 2019 from an online fashion outlet showing a Gucci turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater for sale, that they recently pulled from its online and physical stores. Gucci has apologized for the wool sweater that resembled a "blackface" and said the item had been removed from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity. (AP Photo) thegrio.com
February 12, 2019
[griojw id=”3cF1JwjP” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Gucci’s creative director has finally addressed the label’s recent blackface scandal that has influencers such as Spike
February 12, 2019
[griojw id=”gNiMW3HK” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] If you’re planning a visit to “Black history museums, memorials, relevant cultural sites and Black-owned businesses across
February 12, 2019
"You know when everybody else they say, ‘Everybody gonna boycott?’ I say guess what, this boy gonna get on a…
Chance the Rapper proposes to girlfriend thegrio.com
February 12, 2019
Chance and fiancée Kristen Corley went to court recently to revise custody and support agreements ahead of their big day.
Bill Cosby thegrio.com
February 12, 2019
Cosby was moved to general population in Skippack Township, Pa., two weeks ago and is now in a single cell…
Health_Care_TheGrio
February 12, 2019
"[R]acism within the health care system has led to increased addiction and overdoses in low-income white areas," the study’s lead…
February 7, 2019
Future Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment oversaw the 1968 yearbook at Virginia Military Institute, prompting calls for his resignation.
Andrew Clyde Swofford thegrio
February 7, 2019
Not only that, the University of North Carolina-Greensboro student, identified only as Maddie, said the man was wearing her clothes,…
Howard University thegrio.com
February 7, 2019
[griojw id=”9CgPmOS9″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Alfred Street Baptist Church, one of the oldest African-American congregations in the nation, on Sunday announced a
Booker
February 5, 2019
While the former Newark Mayor has been rumored to be dating actress Rosario Dawson, Cory Booker did not name his…
Jemel Roberson thegrio.com
February 5, 2019
The video does not show the shooting, but yelling can be heard in the background as four gunshots ring out…
February 5, 2019
Adrian Burrell walked out of his home in Vallejo, Calif. last Tuesday afternoon and saw a police officer pointing a gun…
Meghan Markle TheGrio
February 5, 2019
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, paid a visit to the charity One25, which gives support and resources to former and
r. kelly
February 5, 2019
R. Kelly announced a new overseas tour Tuesday that would take him to Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Germany…
February 5, 2019
Steve King ignited a bipartisan firestorm last month when he ask how “White nationalist, white supremacist" became offensive.
Oreo cookies thegrio
January 31, 2019
Jay King, 18, and Judah Norwood,17, said in a lawsuit against the Pinellas County School District they were also targeted…
Aretha Franklin thegrio.com
January 31, 2019
Kecalf Cunningham is serving 93 days in jail on a DUI charge that happened a few weeks after the soul…