Saying that we are witnessing the resegregation of the American media, Farai Chideya delivers an incisive piece at the Nation about the face of journalism today. When I was a kid, my family loved watching science fiction films and television shows. Some of them, from Star Trek to Soylent Green, featured a multiracial band of…

(The Root) — Genealogical DNA testing can yield very surprising results, as The Root’s deputy editor just found out. “My mother, who is Creole from Louisiana and identifies as black, had her DNA tested recently. The test results came back as positive for a region in India. She was very shocked and confused, because she…

Contending that there is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the proud history of black farmers, on the Huffington Post NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous checks in on the debate raging around a court settlement. There is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the…

Shawn Taylor writes at Ebony.com that he is prepared to explain to his 6-year-old daughter about the social ills she will confront during her lifetime, arguing that he has taken a firm stance against teaching her from a deficit model. “When di pickney dem growed.” This was my grandmother’s (rest her soul) response to being…

Heavyweight Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival revealed an impressive slate of releases starring black actors, including Idris Elba, Forest Whitaker and Michael B. Jordan, according to New York magazine. Could Weinstein push all three men into the history-making best actor category? We haven’t had more than one black nominee for Best…

First lady Michelle Obama delivered an impassioned commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md., on Friday, encouraging more than 600 graduates to honor the school’s tradition and pass along their commitment to education to future generations, the Associated Press reports. Additionally, during her 15-minute address, she touched on the university’s founding in…

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck issued a scathing rebuke of the NAACP based on the comment of former chairman Julian Bond, who said that he believed the controversial actions of the Internal Revenue Service were “completely legitimate,” according to a report at the Huffington Post. “They are a joke, and an affront to everything that…

The Huffington Post is reporting a heartwarming story about a father and son who are slated to graduate from Morehouse College on Sunday, after spending three years together on campus. The younger Joyner and his father, Dorian Joyner Sr., will both be graduating from Morehouse College this Sunday after spending three years together on campus.…