3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (211+ words) The comedian describes his terms for coming back to the Academy stage after the controversial Will Smith slapping incident. Chris Rock got candid about his willingness to return to the Oscars after being slapped by Will Smith during the 2022 ceremony....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (347+ words) Federal officials allege the law school illegally considered race in admissions, a claim UC Berkeley strongly denies. The Trump administration is accusing the University of California, Berkeley School of Law of favoring Black applicants while discriminating against white and Asian…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (331+ words) Scott raised his voice and mimed pulling his heart from his chest while warning Republicans about Democratic candidates. Sen. Tim Scott’s high-energy appearance at the Republican Party’s first national midterm convention has become a talking point beyond the political attacks…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (389+ words) The proposed overhaul could reshape political representation, federal funding and how racial disparities are measured. The Trump administration is proposing a major rewrite of the 2030 census that would exclude undocumented immigrants, leave out some people who are legally in the…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (339+ words) Ethics experts are raising legal questions after financial disclosures revealed cash payments from the president to White House staffers. After financial disclosures revealed that President Donald Trump gifted three White House aides $45,000 in cash, critics say the likely ethical and…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (333+ words) The ruling upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit from residents who alleged officials allowed lead to contaminate the majority-Black city’s drinking water. After a federal court ruled that the residents of the majority-Black city of Jackson, Mississippi, do not have…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (319+ words) The Supreme Court rejected Missouri's request to use a Republican-drawn congressional map in November, a rare setback in the GOP's redistricting push. Republicans lost a round in the redistricting war Tuesday, and then the picture immediately got murkier. According to…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (234+ words) Black Air Force veteran tells theGrio “whitewashing is an understatement” as critics accuse the Trump administration of sanitizing slavery and erasing Black history. President Donald Trump is being slammed after removing language criticizing a Confederate monument and its depiction of…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (236+ words) The historian made history as the institution’s first Black secretary and will depart as the Smithsonian faces a political battle over its presentation of U.S. history. Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian Institution’s first Black secretary, is retiring at the…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (350+ words) The Grammy winner opened up about her legal battle, industry frustrations and taking control of her career on Scott Evans’ “House Guest.” Jill Scott says taking control of her music career meant fighting her former record label in a multimillion-dollar…...