100 SAN DIEGANS TAKE A KNEE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
Staff Writer As President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence ratchet up the pressure on NFL team owners to bench players who will not stand during the playing of the national anthem, the media...
View ArticleNorman Powell Rewarded by Toronto Raptors
By Keith D. King Former Lincoln High star Norman Powell was signed to a 4-year 42 million dollar contract extension this past week by the Toronto Raptors. Powell, entering his 3rd season, was drafted...
View ArticleColin Kaepernick files collusion grievance against NFL
by Mike Florio Colin Kaepernick has been waiting patiently for his next NFL opportunity. His patience has now expired. PFT has confirmed that Kaepernick has filed a grievance against the NFL under the...
View ArticleBomb Attack in Mogadishu Kills 276, Somali Minister Says
Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — A huge truck bomb blast in Somalia’s capital has killed 276 people and wounded roughly 300 more, the country’s information minister said Sunday. It is believed to...
View ArticleMeet the Millennial Transforming Black Wall Street for the Digital Era
by Kristi Eaton TULSA, Oklahoma — When Nehemiah Frank started a website and media company dedicated to telling the stories of the black residents in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the 33-year-old received some...
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Author Tia Williams on the Incredibly Fashionable World of Romantic Escapism
by Lesley-Ann Brown Best-selling novelist Tia Williams is a writer’s writer with a fashionista twist. An author of four books, including the coffee table book “The Beauty of Color” (2006) which she...
View ArticleVeteran Chef Roshara Sanders Mixes Food With Service
by Mashaun D. Simon Roshara Sanders is pairing her passion for food with her commitment for service through a new relationship with Habitat for Humanity. For Sanders, food is life. It was a...
View ArticleMississippi School Board Pulls ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ From Reading List
By Chandelis R. Duster, NBCBLK The school board in Biloxi, Mississippi, has pulled “To Kill a Mockingbird” from an eighth-grade reading list after receiving complaints about wording in the book. Last...
View ArticleSurf’s Up! A Look at Ghana’s Emerging Surfing Community
by Erica Ayisi Michael Bentum can do 360 surf turns with perfection. He rides the waves along the coast of Busua, Ghana, with height and speed. His surfboard soars beside the ocean swell, as crowds of...
View ArticleAnother Obama Decision Reversed? Now It’s About Food Safety
By Suzi Khimm WASHINGTON — Citing President Donald Trump’s calls for deregulation, Republican lawmakers and the chicken industry are aggressively lobbying to speed up poultry inspection lines — a...
View ArticleBET announces 2017 Soul Train Awards nominees and honorees
The Grio On Tuesday, BET announced the official list of nominees for the BET Presents: 2017 Soul Train Awards. Solange leads the pack of nominations with seven total, including Best R&B/Soul Female...
View ArticleYou don’t have to shed your Blackness in order to be enlightened
By Ernest Owens Everyone knows that one person in the crew who swears up and down that they have Native American ancestral roots. It’s almost common in Black households for family members to rep native...
View ArticleGI FILM FESTIVAL SAN DIEGO: CONNECTING THE DIVIDE
by Barbara Smith Telling good stories gets people talking. This simple axiom might be one of the most important goals—and outcomes—of the GI Film Festival San Diego, which runs from October 18 – 22....
View ArticleBlack, Latino Kids Less Likely to Get Early Help for Developmental Delays,...
by Dr. Tyeese L. Gaines Black and Latino children with developmental delays are much less likely — 78 percent less — than white children to receive the early intervention services they need, according...
View ArticleNFL Players Huddle With Owners Over National Anthem Protests
by Chandelis R. Duster and Corky Siemaszko No deal was reached Tuesday after 11 NFL team owners and representatives of the league’s players huddled for more than three hours to try to defuse the...
View ArticleMychael Knight, ‘Project Runway’ Fashion Designer, Dies at 39
Associated Press Georgia fashion designer Mychael Knight, who was a finalist on the popular TV competition show “Project Runway,” died Tuesday at age 39. Knight died outside Atlanta surrounded by...
View ArticleDavid A. Thomas couldn’t afford to attend Morehouse, now he’s president
The Grio On Sunday, David A. Thomas was voted in as the new president of Morehouse College, the only historically Black college for African-American men. Thomas was rightfully humbled by the vote and...
View ArticlePee Wee’s Soul Food Closes after 63 years of Service
By Edward Henderson On Friday, October 6th, Sister Pee Wee’s Soul Food, a staple of the Southeast community for 63 years, closed its doors for good. Barbara ‘Sister Pee Wee’ Harris, 84, was cautioned...
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Boise State ruins Aztecs shot at Undefeated Season
By Keith D. King In an upset, San Diego State lost at home Saturday to Boise St. 31-14. The then ranked #19 Aztecs came into the game as the favorites while having the city feeling like this could be...
View ArticleStacey Abrams Wants to be America’s First Black Female Governor
The GOP has held a tight grip on the governor’s mansion in Georgia since 2002, when Sonny Perdue, promising to restore the Confederate battle cross to the state flag, defeated Democratic incumbent Roy...
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