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  • What Journalist Jimmy Breslin Taught Us, or Didn’t, About Diversity

    Jimmy Breslin, who died Sunday at 88, was described by the Associated Press as “the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker.” Others hailed his shoe-leather reporting from what seems like another era, and some used the adjective “white” before “working class”…

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  • Donna Brazile Flatly Denies Giving Questions to Hillary Clinton

    Donna Brazile, the veteran Democratic political strategist who parted ways with CNN last year amid WikiLeaks revelations appearing to show that she provided the Hillary Clinton campaign with questions she would be asked in a televised CNN town hall, flatly denied Saturday that she had done so. “At no time did I receive or participate…

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  • Iowa Papers Want ‘Racist’ Congressman Out

    Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, must go, two of his home-state newspapers say. King tweeted over the weekend, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies” and predicted Monday that blacks and Hispanics “will be fighting each other” before overtaking whites in the U.S. population. King’s “rampant racism is an opportunity for Iowa Republicans and…

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  • Editorial Boards Welcome ‘a Conversation About Our Nonwhite History’

    “For too long, the history of Dallas’ white majority has overpowered the stories of others who helped build the city’s culture,” the Dallas Morning News editorial board declared last week, launching a project inviting readers “to help tell the story of communities often overlooked here.” “We’ve had more than a dozen thoughtful submissions in the…

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  • St. Louis Mayoral Candidate Ran Against Editorial Board—and Surprised Everyone

    A St. Louis mayoral candidate who accused the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of being part of “the systemic racism that pervades almost every public and private institution” in the region placed a surprising second in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. The candidate, Tishaura Jones, the city treasurer, also noted the lack of African Americans on the five-member Post-Dispatch…

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  • Fox News Latino Founder Left Amid Scandal

    The website Fox News Latino abruptly stopped posting original content in December without explanation. In a story Wednesday in the New York Times, Emily Steel provided one possible reason: Fox News Latino founder Francisco Cortés, vice president of Fox News for the website, was terminated. A former Fox News contributor reported that Cortés sexually assaulted…

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  • ‘Women Have Skidded Down the Power Structure’ at the New York Times

    “The Swiss psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, acclaimed for his study of inkblots, might have enjoyed doing some field work at the most recent newsroom-wide meeting of The New York Times,” Liz Spayd, public editor at the Times, wrote on Saturday for its SundayReview section. “Many in the audience saw before them top editors representing a bold…

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  • Fired Ex-Journalist Held in Bomb Threats

    A discredited black former journalist fired last year for fabricating stories was arrested Friday and accused of conducting a months-long stalking campaign that culminated in emailed bomb threats to Jewish organizations, federal prosecutors said. They said the campaign was an effort to harass an ex-girlfriend. However, Juan M. Thompson is not believed to be the…

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  • Sessions-Russia Revelation Overshadows ‘Good Vibes’ From Trump Speech

    “So much for a belated honeymoon period. A day after gaining widespread praise in the media for his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump is facing a barrage of potentially damaging stories,” PR Week wrote in a Thursday morning headline. “The good vibes in the media from President Donald Trump’s address to…

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  • For Many, Hollywood Gets Closer to the Truth 

    “At last,” Derrick Clifton wrote Monday for NBCBLK. “When Viola Davis finally heard her name announced as an Academy Award winner, after three nominations, her mouth didn’t drop in shock, nor did the splendor of the moment seem to overwhelm her. “Davis was ready — to proudly claim the golden reward she’d earned and publicly…

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