Exclusive: ACLU Animator Dishes on New Series That Educates Kids on Their Constitutional Rights
The Gut-Wrenching Crisis of Deed Theft in New York, Snatching Black Families from the Homes They’ve Owned for Generations
This 82-Year-Old Black Fitness Influencer’s Workout Routine Will Shock You
Black Woman Changes Her Race on Hinge and the Results Reveal a Startling Truth
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‘Trump to Pittsburgh: Drop Dead’
Line in Climate-Change Speech Turned on Its Head Ebony Pledges to Pay Writers in 30 Days ‘Mission Accomplished’ as NABJ Touts Turnaround Jefferson Named CBS News V.P. of Operations Nooses, Painted ‘N-Word’ Add to Hateful Week $150,000 to Train Investigative Journalists Dallas Paper Wants Details in Ambush of Police N.Y. Times Public Editor Departs With…
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Watch: Judge of Characters, The Root’s New Digital Show About the Best (and Messiest) of Black Twitter
At this point, we know the power of black Twitter. We set trends, we get folks fired and we are side-crampingly hilarious. So we figured, why don’t we dig into the black Twitter crates each week and serve up the best and messiest 140 characters we can find? Bonus: These tweets are usually about the…
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Watch: 3 Myths About Gun Violence
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for black men and boys ages 15 to 34 in the United States. Community activists have been organizing against gun violence for decades, and there is still so much to be done. But there are a lot of misconceptions about how gun violence really affects black communities…
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#EbonyStillOwes: Writers Union Intervenes
Magazine ‘Treats Folks Like Sharecroppers’ Fewer Cries of Alarm Over Far-Right U.S. Terrorists N.Y. Times Eliminates Public Editor Position Scott Pelley Out at ‘CBS Evening News’ Memes Make Fun of Tiger Woods’ Misfortune How to Tell Who’s Serious About Diversity Hispanic Caucus Members to Visit Deported Vets Leaked Papers Reveal Surveillance at Standing Rock Nominate…
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Watch: Star of Broadway’s Aladdin Keeps Getting His Wishes Granted With New Roles in Hamilton
James Monroe Iglehart won the Tony in 2014 for his role as the Genie in Broadway’s Aladdin. Earlier this year, he moved on to join the cast of Hamilton, where he plays both the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, roles that earned original cast member Daveed Diggs both a Tony and a Grammy. Iglehart…
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The Carmichael Show Is Back, and Jerrod Carmichael Says It Will Continue Confronting Black Conversations You Don’t See on TV
The Carmichael Show is easily one of the best black shows on television right now. It stars its namesake and creator, Jerrod Carmichael, as a son, brother and fiance who is not only opinionated but often finds himself in the crossfire of the even stronger opinions of his family. In the first two seasons, we…
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Sportswriter Fired After Anti-Japanese Tweet
Terry Frei ‘Uncomfortable’ With Indy 500 Winner Woods Arrest a Gift for New Sports Columnist Lantigua-Williams Leaving NPR ‘Code Switch’ Europeans Say They Find Trump Unstable Trump Budget Would Gut Civil Rights Programs In Monuments Debate, What About the Indians? At ESPN, ‘Role Was Changing Seemingly Every Year’ Reporter’s Scary Ride Nets a Million Views…
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Suddenly, Mitch Landrieu Is America’s Mayor
Speech on New Orleans Statues Goes Viral D.C.’s WAMU Boosts Black, Latino Listeners Trump Budget Panned for Effect on Latinos Jerry Perenchio Dies at 86, Built Univision Being Biracial Teaches Activist Not to Generalize Nominate a J-Educator Who Promotes Diversity Donald Franklin, St. Louis Journalist, Dies at 79 Short Takes A speech by New Orleans…
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Tupac’s Godfather, Jamal Joseph, on His Journey From Panther to Political Prisoner to Film Director
Writer, director and activist Jamal Joseph was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. At 16 years old, he was arrested in the Panther 21 case along with Afeni Shakur, the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur. The Panther 21 case was designed to wipe out the New York Black Panther…
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Tenants Call Trump’s Son-in-Law a Slumlord
Reporter Examines Kushner’s Md. Properties Trump Budget a ‘Crackdown on the Neediest’ . . . Public Broadcasting Funds Would Be Slashed Hannity, Pushing Conspiracy, Loses Advertisers David Louie Still Chases Stories After 45 Years Coates’ ‘Black Panther’ Comic Spinoff Canceled Univision, Telemundo Accused of Defamation Journal-isms Inc. Gains Tax-Exempt Status Chicago Radio Raises Funds for…