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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How Stalking Sheryl Lee Ralph on Social Media Got These Men 2 Musicals
Who knew that stalking Sheryl Lee Ralph on social media would spawn two much-needed musicals: Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical and An Evening With Phyllis Hyman? The shows’ creators, Kendrell Bowman and Anthony Wayne, sure didn’t! But when they thought of the concepts behind the stage shows, they knew they had something special, and…
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Watching These Kids Interview Their Moms Will Be the Highlight of Your Mother’s Day
There’s no denying how special Mother’s Day is. It’s a holiday set aside for us to show our mothers just how much they mean to us. These are the women who carried us, nurtured us, taught us and continue to love us unconditionally. Showing these women gratitude is the least we can do. We asked…
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Praise for Lester Holt, the ‘Rude Negro’
‘The Media-Political Complex Bowed Down’ Trump Suggests Ending Daily Briefings Trump Voting Panel to Push ‘Myth of Fraud’ Readers Imagine Successors to Confederates ‘Cultural Anxiety’ Drove Many to Trump Too Many U.S. Moms Dying in Childbirth NABJ Names Four More Award Winners Honoring Mom Amid ‘Incarceration Epidemic’ Short Takes “Lester Holt conquered the news on…
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Words of Comfort for the Motherless on Mother’s Day
While many of us celebrate Mother’s Day by honoring our mom with gifts, breakfast in bed, movie dates and all-around pampering, there are many people in the world who no longer have their mothers. This tragedy makes acknowledging this holiday difficult. Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey has released her debut book, Things I Wish…
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Trump Tells Lester Holt He Asked Comey if He Was Under Investigation
‘I Was Going to Fire Regardless of Recommendation’ Two Latinas Added to Fox News Lawsuit ASNE Leader: Scant Diversity Progress ‘Palpable’ Editor & Publisher Explains Pale List of Achievers ‘Maverick’ Black Site Boasts ‘Superstar Team’ Parties Disagree on Role of News Media Puerto Rico, Colonial Relationship Both Bankrupt BET Leaving D.C. for N.Y. After 37…
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Conservative Outlets, White House Pushed Hispanic-Teen Rape Allegations—Which Were Then Discredited
‘Dozens and Dozens of Segments on FOX News’ Sinclair Buys Tribune Media in Epic Merger Grambling J-Program Denied Re-Accreditation Medill Not Applying for Re-Accreditation Comedian Goes Where Many of Us Fear to Tread Chinese Exclusion Act Commemorated ‘America’s Growing News Deserts’ South Sudan Suspends Al Jazeera Bureau Short Takes The White House was questioned sharply…
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Whoa, Baby! Kelly Rowland Really, Really, Really Loved Giving Birth
Having a baby is more than having a baby (even though the act of having a baby seems like a process no one would willingly call upon her body to do). But having a baby means making. a. human. Babies are adorable, but that only lasts but so long, and then that kid grows up…
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The Root to Redefine Success With the Young, Fabulous and Female and manCODE Panel and Networking in Chicago
If there’s one thing The Root loves, it’s an event! Clearly, there are a ton more things we love here at The Root, like watching The Five Heartbeats, Issa Rae’s very existence, dreams about former President Barack Obama being president again that feel real … and the list goes on! But there’s just something so special…
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Ebony’s Owner Michael Gibson: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
The owner of Ebony magazine sought to reasssure doubters Sunday that despite recent upheaval, “We are absolutely going to survive. This is a profitable business. We’re 100 percent committed.” “We really want to expand our brand,” Michael Gibson, co-founder and chairman of CVG Group, owner of Ebony and Jet, told Journal-isms by telephone, calling plans…
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Desiree Rogers to Leave Johnson Publishing Co. Along With Most of Ebony’s Masthead
Jet Editor To Lead Both Publications Black Writer Loses Column Over NRA Ties Disrupter Chooses Activism Over Column Was That Trump in the Stands at Fenway Park? In Spanish, the News Priority Is Immigration Gannett Layoffs Hit Small Papers Hardest The Story of Two Who Ran From Police Short Takes “Desiree Rogers, CEO of Johnson…