(The Root) — The Labor Department released its July jobs report today, showing that the economy added 162,000 jobs last month, and the overall unemployment rate fell to 7.4 percent from 7.6 percent in June, according to the U.S. Labor Department. More good news: The overall unemployment rate for African Americans edged down to 12.6…

(The Root) — Keith Clinkscales, a former ESPN executive, has been tapped to lead Revolt TV. Sean “Diddy” Combs named Clinkscales chief executive officer of his music-oriented channel, Revolt TV, according to a news release. Combs also announced that industry veteran Andy Schuon will serve as president, and Val Boreland as executive vice president of programming…

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is engaging in more crazy talk. During an appearance Tuesday on Fox News’ On the Record With Greta Van Susteren, he attributed Detroit’s decline to the city’s first black mayor, Coleman Young, according to Think Progress. He accused Young of starting riots in 1967, which forced whites to flee to…

The Rev. Jesse Jackson apparently struck a nerve among some members of the Grand Old Party during a recent visit to Florida, when he spoke with the Dream Defenders, a group of young activists and professionals, at the state Capitol. While discussing efforts to repeal Florida’s “Stand your ground” laws, he used the phrase “Selma…

In a Q and A with Parade magazine that also features director Lee Daniels and actor Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey reveals her thoughts on the n-word and racism and discusses her role in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which will be in theaters Aug. 16. The film, which raises questions about race in America, stars Whitaker…

Optimism among minorities in the U.S. about their economic future now outpaces that of whites by the widest margin since at least 1987, the Associated Press reports. The findings come after the AP reported that four out of five adults have struggled with joblessness, near-poverty or dependence on welfare for at least part of their lives,…

The Associated Press is reporting that O.J. Simpson has been granted parole on some of his 2008 convictions for the kidnapping and armed robbery of two sports-memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. But the former football great won’t be released anytime soon. He still has to serve at least four more years on…

George Zimmerman was stopped for speeding at an undisclosed rate on Sunday in Forney, Texas, TMZ reports. During the five-minute stop, he informed officers that he had a firearm in his glove compartment, according to the report. A description of the weapon was not disclosed. Zimmerman was speeding in Forney, Texas on Sunday, just after…

New York City’s attempt to limit the sale of large soft drinks is on hold after a midlevel appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority, the Associated Press reports. Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged to appeal the decision in an effort to fight obesity. In a unanimous opinion,…

“Another day in Florida” is how the Daily News put it in recounting the shooting of 60-year-old Roy Howard Middleton, a black man who was shot in the leg by police last weekend outside his home in Warrington, Fla., as he went to collect a pack of cigarettes from his mother’s car. Two Escambia County…