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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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July 3, 2020
NFL fans are upset that the Black national anthem 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' may be played before a preseaon…
Washington NFL
July 2, 2020
Though Native Americans have declared the team name as offensive there has not been enough support to make the change…
July 2, 2020
A transgender woman Merci Mack is killed in Dallas, making her one of four killed during Pride Month and adds…
July 2, 2020
A young Nebraska man James Scurlock was killed in the midst of a protest in Omaha, Nebraska and the community…
July 1, 2020
A whipping post that was in use until the '50s was finally removed from outside Delaware's Suffolk county courthouse this…
July 1, 2020
Actor Micheal B. Jordan has partnered with Amazon Films on a summer drive-in movie series he hopes will amplify Black…
July 1, 2020
Elijah McCain's death at the hands of Aurora, Colorado police had already been under investigaton by the FBI and Justice…
June 30, 2020
Netflix, which has $5B in its cash reserves, will place 2 percent of its holdings with financial institutions that loan…
June 30, 2020
Tiffany Haddish and Common are starring in the quarantine remake of 'The Princess Bride' that was created wholly from the…
June 30, 2020
NBA point guard Ja Morant says he wanted to clarify his position after posting and then deleting and anti-police post…
police New Jersey Asbury Park thegrio.com
June 29, 2020
The FBI did a report on white supremacy in the nation's police departments, but it has yet to be widely…
June 29, 2020
An professional softball team quit in the middle of a series after a tweet that suggested they supported Donald Trump's…
June 29, 2020
Before Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 78 two years ago, she had approved singer/actress Jennifer
Ron Desantis, thegrio.com
June 26, 2020
The governor of Florida, Ron deSantis, denies the state is undercounting COVID cases, but a former employer has establshed her…
June 26, 2020
NFL star Malcolm Jenkins says she's not sure the NFL should return to play this season until they are better…
June 26, 2020
As the NBA finalizes plans to resume its season, it was revealed today that 16 out of 302 players returning…
June 26, 2020
The mayor of a small town in Mississippi says that change has been a long time coming as he signed…
June 25, 2020
The popular Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks will be remade entirely because of its connection with the movie "Song…
June 25, 2020
A Fox News host got more than she could handle when she had Greater New York Black Lives matter president…
June 25, 2020
A biracial Black women was set afire by four white men who she came face to face with at an…