Dr. King’s Favorite Pastime and More Little Known Facts on the Anniversary of His Murder
Anti-Affirmative Action Groups are Now Coming for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Scholarships
Why an Ex-Syracuse Basketball Player Chose Deportation to Sudan
New Study: DNA Testing Could Be the Key to Saving Black Women With Breast Cancer
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Occupy Wall Street on the Move
The Occupy Wall Street movement met another obstacle as police moved into New York City’s Zuccotti Park overnight and evacuated the encampment. The Root was on the scene in Foley Square in Manhattan on November 15, and caught up with demonstrators hoping to return to the scene of protests and arrests.
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Black Voices From Occupy DC
As the Occupy Movement picks up steam from coast to coast, demonstrators in the nation’s capital have garnered attention, setting up a little more than two blocks away from the White House at downtown Washington’s McPherson Square. Here’s what some of the District’s resident Occupiers had to say about the movement when The Root visited…
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Romenesko Flap: A Non-Diverse Affair
The Poynter Institute’s dramatic reproach of its pioneering media blogger Jim Romenesko, followed within hours by his resignation Thursday night, sent tweets flying and computer keys clicking, with discussions of media ethics thrown in for good measure. But it was a discussion that largely took place in the absence of journalists of color. Given the…
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In Penn State Uproar, Pitfalls for Journalists
A day before the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal forced the retirement of legendary coach Joe Paterno, the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News devoted its entire front page to an editorial calling on Penn State University President Graham Spanier to step down. The university’s board of trustees did the paper one better. On Wednesday night, the board…
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A Sneak Peek: 'Pariah'
The independent film industry has been buzzing about Pariah since it premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Based on director Dee Rees’ 2007 award-winning short film, Pariah is the feature-length, coming-of-age story of a young woman living in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her parents, Audrey and Arthur (Kim Wayans and Charles Parnell), and younger sister,…
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When This Reporter Shows Up, Duck!
Raid Follows Mistaken Report That Store Sells Dog Meat “They were barking up the wrong tree,” Jennifer Bain and Chuck Bennett wrote Friday in the New York Post. “State inspectors raided a Chinatown meat market after a crusading Minneapolis TV newsman confused dogs and ducks and reported that Fido might wind up on somebody’s dinner…
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Partying With The Root 100
On Nov. 5, 2011, The Root hosted a celebration to toast the influential young African Americans on The Root 100 list. At the event, held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., we talked to a number of honorees — including NAACP President Ben Jealous and Black Girls Rock! founder Beverly Bond —…
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Keith Clinkscales Files Defamation Suit
Keith Clinkscales, who announced his departure as an ESPN senior vice president three weeks ago, filed a defamation suit Wednesday saying he was being slandered by a former colleague who is spreading a “flat-out lie” that he masturbated under an iPad while sitting in an airplane next to ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews. “Clinkscales, who…
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Audie Cornish Replaces Michele Norris on NPR
Year’s Posting Keeps Diversity Among Drive-Time Co-Hosts Audie Cornish, who began hosting NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday” just two months ago, will replace Michele Norris as co-host of “All Things Considered” while Norris takes a one-year leave from her hosting role, NPR announced on Wednesday. The move keeps an African American woman in the co-host slot.…
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Who Am I? What's Race Got to Do With It?
Richard Prince’s Book Notes: Journalists Explore Identity Identity issues dominate this continuation of our fall reading list of nonfiction books by journalists of color. (The first entries were listed Oct. 12.) Gary Younge, black British writer for the Guardian who covers the United States, points out that we all have identities we aren’t always aware…