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Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks hopes her new docu-series will ‘redefine the definition of beauty’

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In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Police shooting of Black man poses Pete Buttigieg’s biggest 2020 challenge yet

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LaVar Ball thegrio.com

ESPN cancels LaVar Ball after suggestive comments to female hosts

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents at Clinton Community College, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Clinton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Joe Biden refuses to apologize after segregationist comments and blasts Cory Booker for calling him out ‘He knows better’

[griojw id=”JVXOjiI0″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Joe Biden is under fire for making comments that seemed like he was stomping for segregationist
/ June 20, 2019
Dan Gasby and B. Smith thegrio.com

B. Smith’s husband Dan Gasby continues to claim wife approves of his side chick while she battles Alzheimer’s

While the world continues to give B. Smith’s husband the side-eye for moving on with a girlfriend while the famed…
/ June 20, 2019
Tiffany Haddish arrives at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Saturday, June 15, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

Tiffany Haddish explains why she won’t perform in Georgia

Tiffany Haddish says she chose to join a boycott of Georgia after she read the state's new anti-abortion legislation.Haddish announced…
/ June 20, 2019
Musician R. Kelly departs the Leighton Criminal Court building after pleading not guilty to 11 additional sex-related charges, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky)

Judge says R. Kelly’s lawyers have week to answer sex abuse lawsuit

Attorneys for R. Kelly have one week to respond to a lawsuit alleging sex abuse or face losing the case.Kelly's…
/ June 20, 2019
Actor Danny Glover, right, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Why not now?’ Ta-Nehisi Coates and Danny Glover join lawmakers to debate slavery reparations

The debate over reparations catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers heard impassioned testimony for and…
/ June 20, 2019
Byron Allen thegrio.com

Byron Allen bringing The Weather Channel to Verizon Fios TV

The Weather Channel, owned by Entertainemt Studios CEO, Byron Allen, will be available on Verizon Fios TV starting June 24.
/ June 19, 2019

Lawmakers debate reparations for slavery: ‘We elected an African-American president’

The heated debate over reparations came to a head this week as lawmakers listened to passionate testimonies both for and…
/ June 19, 2019

(WATCH) How ‘Grits & Biscuits’ Built A Brand That Stood the Test of Time

[griojw id=”DpWC5HLj” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] When it comes to building a brand in the world of nightlife, you can’t be just a
/ June 19, 2019
Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)

Phoenix Police Dept. releases surveillance video before officers pulled guns on Black family

Phoenix police release surveillance videos of a Black family in a local Family Dollar store had guns pointed at them…
/ June 19, 2019
Nipsey Hussle thegrio.com

Nipsey Hussle’s sister tattoos image of slain rapper on arm, still mourning with everyone

The months that have passed since his death have weight heavily on all affected and sister, Samantha Smith, is expressing…
/ June 19, 2019

South L.A. police shooting of unarmed Black man prompts angry response from rapper The Game

The Game asks what Ryan Twyman could have done to have police fire 37 bullets at him in the fatal…
/ June 19, 2019

‘When They See Us’ star Blair Underwood reps new anti-bullying program and offers warning to naysayers like Linda Fairstein

Actor and humanitarian Blair Underwood spoke to theGrio about his support of the Dignity for All curriculum and being a…
/ June 19, 2019