Madison Gray

New York

Senior Editor at Black Entertainment Television (BET)

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Fathers of color myths: What you don't know about dads of color

1 week ago | url-media.com | Madison Gray

For some, Father’s Day is a time to celebrate the men who raised, protected, and guided them. Others have complicated or distant relationships with their fathers. Sadly, fathers of color are often stereotyped in ways meant to diminish and demean our communities, yet here we celebrate the powerful impact fathers of color have on family life. However, there are real facts about diverse dads that should change perceptions of fathers who are not Ward Cleaver or Mike Brady.
Ohio dad may face death penalty after alleged revenge killing of deputy

2 weeks ago | url-media.com | Madison Gray

Prosecutors in Ohio announced that they will seek the death penalty against Rodney Hinton Jr., in a trial set to begin January 12, 2026. The Cincinnati man, 38, allegedly drove his car into a Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy on May 2, killing him. The act was said to be in reaction to the fatal police shooting of his son, Ryan, 18, a day earlier. Although the case received a lot of attention in Black social media circles, it has mostly escaped mainstream attention.
'Year in Hate' report outlines dangers of far-right takeover

3 weeks ago | url-media.com | Madison Gray

If you’ve been paying attention, the federal government has been railing in every corner against DEI and has been voracious in trying to eliminate it in both the public and private sectors. But they’ve been quite silent when it comes to extremism from hate groups.
Trump Commutes Sentence of Chicago Gang Leader Larry Hoover, But it's Not What You Think at All...

1 month ago | theroot.com | Madison Gray

President Donald Trump seems to be fond of handing out pardons to people who apparently make nice to him or to people who seem to not deserve it. We see it with the current batch of crooks he’s letting loose, including 1,500 January 6 rioters; two Washington D.C. cops who killed a Black man; and most recently, reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley who flexed $30 million in fraud.
Trump Commutes Sentence of Chicago Gang Leader Larry Hoover, But it's Not What You Think at All...

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Madison Gray

President Donald Trump seems to be fond of handing out pardons to people who apparently make nice to him or to people who seem to not deserve it. We see it with the current batch of crooks he’s letting loose, including 1,500 January 6 rioters; two Washington D.C. cops who killed a Black man; and most recently, reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley who flexed $30 million in fraud.
Start local, think national: What to do 5 years after George Floyd

1 month ago | url-media.com | Madison Gray

Five years ago, on May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Minneapolis part-time security guard, died in a police encounter. An officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. The incident, caught by a teenager and posted on Facebook, set off months of massive protests across the country. But since then, justice seems to have taken a step backward, says Jami Hodge, Executive Director of Equal Justice USA, a nonprofit dedicated to addressing violence in the justice system.
A Pre-Juneteenth Barbecue: 5 Things You Should Know About the Now Torched Nottoway Plantation’s Horrid Legacy

1 month ago | theroot.com | Madison Gray

The Black social media-verse has been ablaze with reaction to the burning down of Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La. Officials believe the cause of the 160-year-old structure’s destruction may have been electrical. But it is a place of history, and what was lost despite what it represented was a window into the past that allows us to examine what the place really was.
5 Things You Should Know About the Nottoway Plantation’s Horrid Legacy

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Madison Gray

Madison J. GrayTue, May 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM UTC3 min readUSA, Deep South, Louisiana, Nottoway Plantation & Resort - Photo: Dukas/Christian Heeb/Universal Images Group (Getty Images)The Black social media-verse has been ablaze with reaction to the burning down of Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, La. Officials believe the cause of the 160-year-old structure’s destruction may have been electrical.
Prisons, profit and migrants: 5 things you should know

1 month ago | url-media.com | Madison Gray

According to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the agency she leads is following the law, giving people due process, and ridding the country of undesirables who have no business on U.S. soil. Many would disagree with her. Many feel that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has transformed from the DHS sub-agency started in 2003 to fight cross-border crime into a league of secret police.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Is she the next Democratic power player?

1 month ago | url-media.com | Madison Gray

If you’ve been following Congress over the past few months, there’s no way you missed Rep. Jasmine Crockett. Even if you weren’t paying attention, she caught the eye of America’s politics watchers as a vocal agitator against not only Donald Trump’s policies, but his whole administration and legislative loyalists.

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