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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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June 24, 2020
Ohio and a few other states still have a slavery law because of a clause many people don't know about…
June 24, 2020
States such as California and Arizona are experiencing upticks in coronavirus cases and infectious experts warn that things may be…
Chrystul Kizer thegrio.com
June 23, 2020
Chrystal Kizer has made bail in a case that underscores how sex trafficker can get away with abusing underage women…
June 23, 2020
A graduate student in New York City found herself on the receiving end of an unprovoked rant by a white
Donald Trump theGrio.com
June 23, 2020
President Donald Trump says the nation's taxpayers are likely to get a second stimulus check which he say will be…
June 22, 2020
Local activists from the original Black Panther Party found a series of photos of racial violence victims in a local…
June 22, 2020
More than 100 shots are fired outside of a block party in Charlotte, North Carolina that was organized to celebrate…
June 19, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he believes the NFL would be better served if they emulate the NBA's plan but President…
June 19, 2020
Manuel Flores was arrested after saying that he dreamed of killing more than 200 Black Lives Matter protesters in a…
June 19, 2020
Juneteenth may become a Netflix musical as Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams are reportedly in talks with the streamer to…
June 18, 2020
Denzel Skinner was fired from Taco Bell for wearing a Black Lives Matter mask but Taco Bell ended up apologizing…
June 18, 2020
Virginia state senator Jennifer McCllelan announced that she is declaring her campaign for governor for the state for the 2021…
June 17, 2020
Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said he's open to giving Colin Kaepernick a workout who many blackballed in the…
June 17, 2020
Kyrie Irving has become a spokesman for players who want to use their platform for social justice and think a…
June 17, 2020
A Georgia police officer Stacey gave an emotional post about her fears ordering McDonald's food and it went viral goes…
June 16, 2020
Video circulated on social media of white officers in Georgia drawing their guns on a group of Black teenagers and…
June 16, 2020
Scams and scammers have used the coronavirus pandemic to line their own pockets with a wide variety of new tactics…
June 15, 2020
A recent high school graduate Na'Kia Crawford is killed in a drive-by in Akron, Ohio and police are on the…
June 15, 2020
The Dallas Cowboys Ezekiel Elliot is among several Cowboys and Texans players who have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
Minneapolis Police theGrio.com
June 15, 2020
The little known qualitified immunity doctrine, has been used by the Supreme Court to protect police from prosecutioin in police…