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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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asthma thegrio
January 3, 2019
An 11-year-old New Jersey died from an allergic reaction to the smell of cooking fish in his grandmother’s home, yet
Chance the Rapper thegrio.com
January 3, 2019
[griojw id=”J3tjhHjN” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   As 2018 came to a close, plenty of people took to social media to do their
Kristi Toliver TheGrio
January 3, 2019
Kristi Toliver, an assistant with the Washington Wizards this season, is certainly not doing the job for the money. Toliver,
January 3, 2019
The National Geographic Channel pulled the show after just three episodes following more allegations of sexual misconduct against the noted…
Kristen Rimes TheGrio
January 3, 2019
Kristen Michelle Rimes, a white woman in South Carolina who claimed she was attacked by a shadowy figure who attempted to
Cardi B thegrio.com
December 30, 2018
Bronx rapper Cardi B has accused Australian paparazzi of racism after she was ambushed and goaded upon her arrival in the country
Miss Congo Dorcas Kasinde thegrio
December 30, 2018
Miss Congo’s wig caught fire as she won the Miss Africa pageant on Dec. 28, attracting a parade of social
Jussie Jake Smollett TheGrio
December 30, 2018
Brothers Jussie and Jake Smollett are taking it upon themselves to help save financially ailing HBCU Bennett College, according to The Hill. READ MORE: Blacks ordered to
December 30, 2018
It’s that time of year when we give props to those people who actually understand the meaning of the holiday
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade and Oprah thegrio.com
December 30, 2018
Some of the fans and followers of new mom Gabrielle Union seem to believe they have a right to tell her how
December 30, 2018
A white man who kicked a 1-year-old boy in the back at a grocery store in Wichita, Kansas, and yelled
The Rock Dwayne Johnson thegrio.com
December 30, 2018
[griojw id=”INI0XBKL” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson may have abs of steel, but he’s apparently just an old softie when
Diddy and Cassie, cassie new man, alex fine, thegrio.com
December 30, 2018
It has not been an easy year for Sean “Diddy” Combs, 49. In October, he and girlfriend of 11 years Cassie Ventura,
Michelle Barack Obama thegrio.com
December 30, 2018
If you’re one of the people who’s fallen in love with former First Lady Michelle Obama all over again since
December 30, 2018
Borrowing a page straight out of the Apartheid-era of segregation in South Africa, guards at a beach in Cape Town
Dr. King thegrio.com
December 16, 2018
The two-story home on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta was sold to the National Park Service on November 27, 2018, and…
Colin Kaepernick thegrio.com
December 16, 2018
[griojw id=”agNzC7PM” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Maroon 5 is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3, 2019, but
LeBron James_TheGrio
December 16, 2018
The 21-year-old became the “youngest player in league history to record a triple-double, breaking James’ record,” reports ESPN.
December 16, 2018
[griojw id=”nbF5Msfx” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Jada Pinkett Smith, who is poised to reveal her own battle with depression, offered words of
Health_Care_TheGrio
December 16, 2018
A Tennessee doctor faces a decades-long prison sentence after being charged in connection with “a massive opioid distribution and healthcare fraud