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About Tonya Pendleton

TONYA PENDLETON is a veteran multimedia journalist in news, sports, lifestyle and entertainment reporting. She’s written for Essence, Ebony, BET.com, The Source, XXL, Jordan Magazine, the Philadelphia Daily News, The Washington Post and more. In her current incarnation as a writer/editor with TheGrio.com and as “Things To Do” curator for NPR affiliate WHYY, she crafts content for a local and global audience. The Philadelphia resident was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of The New School.

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Chicago Operation Legend federal Barr the grio.com
August 19, 2020
The killing of a Memphis boy, LeGend Taliferro, inspired the federal effort, Operation Legend, to stop violent crime in nine…
Kobe Bryant Gianna Bryant Lakers thegrio.com
August 19, 2020
Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna will be paid tribute to by the Los Angeles Lakers during Mamba Week, coinciding…
Chadwick Boseman Eisa Davis Little Rock Nine Carlotta Walls LaNier thegrio.com
August 18, 2020
Chadwick Boseman and Eisa Davis will co-produce a new limited scripted series based on Little Rock Nine student Carlotta Walls'…
Tavis Smiley morals clause PBS lawsuit thegrio.com
August 18, 2020
Tavis Smiley has been ordered to pay $2.6M to PBS after he lost a countersuit that alleged he violated a…
Debra Lee Quinn Coleman thegrio.com
August 17, 2020
Former BET president and CEO Debra Lee's son, Quinn Coleman, a rising music executive and promoter has died at 31,…
John Kasich Republican Democratic National Convention thegrio.com
August 17, 2020
Former Ohio governor John Kasich is among the Republican speakers who will be on the podium at the Democratic National…
President Trump coronavirus pandemic oleandrin cure thegrio.com
August 17, 2020
Donald Trump has another coronavirus cure in mind - oleandrin, a botanical extract promoted by one of his big donors.
police thegrio.com
August 16, 2020
Like it has many places, gun violence is on the rise in Cincinatti, Ohio, a city that saw 18 shootings,…
Black Confederate Alabama thegrio.com
August 13, 2020
A Black Alabama man attending a protest against Confederate monuments says that he is fine with them remaining in place.
NBA bubble, LeBron James, Orlando thegrio.com
August 13, 2020
NBA players will have to limit their choices for guests to close family members according to a memo put out…
Blockbuster video rental Bend Oregon, thegrio.com
August 12, 2020
Once a movie rental giant, Blockbuster faded when streaming became the way to watch media. Now the last store, in…
Robert F. Smith reparations, corporations thegrio.com
August 12, 2020
Black billionaire Robert F. Smith says that now is the time that corporatons and government need to consider reparations for…
Will Smith Fresh Prince of Bel Air Morgan Cooper thegrio.com
August 11, 2020
Filmmaker Morgan Cooper made a trailer for a dramatic reboot of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air' and now its…
REVOLT X AT
August 10, 2020
In 2018, ABC and Kenya Barris had 'creative differences' over an episode of 'Black-ish' that ending up never airing. Now…
Bashirah Tripp domestic violence Virginia thegrio.com
August 10, 2020
A Virginia woman has been arrested after running over her significant other in a shopping center parking lot in Norfolk…
DeAndre Baker robbery NFL thegrio.com
August 7, 2020
New York Giants player DeAndre Baker has been charged in an alleged armed robbery that happened at a Florida house…
Amber Guyger appeal Botham Jean thegrio.com
August 7, 2020
Former cop Amber Guyger's lawyers appeal her sentence by sayng that she was in reasonable fear of her life when…
Voting thegrio.com
August 6, 2020
The Voting Rights Act turns 55 today but with a key provision taken from it, Black voting rights are still…
Jason Momoa Lisa Bonet Shelby Mustang thegrio.com
August 6, 2020
Jason Momoa surprises his wife Lisa Bonet with a newly version of the first car she ever brought - a…
Lou Williams coronavirus NBA bubble thegrio.com
August 5, 2020
LA Clippers star Lou Williams, the league's reigning Sixth Man, says his strip club meal debacle was overblown but he…