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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 12, 2020
The NFL announced that they will celebrate Juneteenth as an official league holiday as it mmakes strides to embrace its…
June 12, 2020
Teyana Taylor announced on social media that she and her husband, NBA free agent Iman Shumpert are expecting their second…
June 12, 2020
Nicki Minaj and Tekashi 6ix9ine combined on a collabo for the song "Trollz" which true to its name is reportedly…
June 11, 2020
New Orleans Saints star Malcolm Jenkins says the efforts NFL are making for social justice mean little until the league…
June 11, 2020
Protests against police brutality, cancellation of Cops and controversy over Javier Ambler's death while in police custody may have seale…
June 11, 2020
Demoratic nominee Joe Biden says that George Floyd's death has had a bigger global impact that the MLK assasination because…
June 10, 2020
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane has made bail after being charged with aiding and abetting the killing of George…
June 10, 2020
A statue of Christopher Columbus was beheaded and Confederate ones were vandalized as activists say they are symbols of racism.
June 10, 2020
The coronavirus has moved to the back of people's minds in the wave of protests and reopenings but new cases…
June 9, 2020
After the coronavirus shut down the storied Apollo Theater in March, it was forced to move its 'Amateur Night' audtions…
June 9, 2020
The viral video 'About To Lose Yo Job' was seen by millions but has changed the lives of both the…
June 8, 2020
A GoFundMe for a Birmingham business is stopped after the business owner and Candace Owens make comments about George Floyd.
June 8, 2020
For the first time in his Twitter career, Donald Trump liked a tweet, and it was suprisingy about the hit…
June 8, 2020
Raymond Santana of the Exonerated Five and the former Flavor of Love Star Deelishis are now married he announced on…
June 8, 2020
NASCAR drivers and its CEO made and unequivocal statement about racism in a video and in a moment of silence…
June 5, 2020
The NFL makes a suprising admission that they need to embrace peaceful protests and allow their players to speak on…
Police Assault on Senior in Buffalo theGrio.com
June 5, 2020
The entire Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team, 57 officers, has resigned from the team in support of two suspended…
June 5, 2020
Unemployment may be declining for most Americans but those figures might not show the complete picture for those who are…
June 5, 2020
Former baseball player Carl Crawford, who has a son with reality star Evelyn Lozada, has been arrested and charged with…
June 5, 2020
NYPD commissioner Dermot Shea is asking protestors to stop the attacks on police while apologzing for any acts of aggression…