Everything to Know About Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat on His 65th Birthday
Navy SEALs Who Harassed Black Teammate With Racist ‘Slave’ and ‘Monkey’ Memes Finally ‘Disciplined’
Michelle Obama On How That Famous 2008 New Yorker ‘Fist Bump’ Magazine Cover Changed Everything
Atlanta Nightlife Insiders Respond to 21 Savage’s Claim That the City’s Club Scene ‘Grooms’ Children
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Calling the Police Could Have Been Deadly at Starbucks. It Was for This Unarmed Black Man
In 2014 a Starbucks employee in Milwaukee made a phone call to police that resulted in the fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton. Hamilton, 31, was sleeping outside near the Starbucks when the employee called law enforcement. After what an officer said became a physical confrontation, he fired 14 shots at Hamilton, killing him. For Hamilton’s…
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One Black Woman’s Journey to Becoming One of California’s Newest Cannabis Dispensary Owners
Editor’s note: This story—part of the Journey to Licensure series, which chronicles the experiences of female “ganjapreneurs” as they travel the complex terrain of California’s new recreational regulations—was previously published on EstroHaze, a multimedia company highlighting the business and lifestyles of multicultural women in the cannabis industry. This installment of our Journey to Licensure series…
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The Night MLK Was Assassinated, as Told by Two White Reporters
Valentine: ‘Sending Black-White Teams to Blowouts Was an Important Journalistic Policy.’ Levey: ‘I Couldn’t Have Looked More White, or More Establishment, if I Had Tried.’ Smothers: ‘I Was Shocked’ When the FBI Showed a Photo They Took of Me Short Take Two weeks ago, this column presented accounts from three African American reporters who covered…
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Essence Drops Its Editor-in-Chief
Longtime Staffer Patrik Henry Bass Also Out Clyburn to Step Down from FCC after 8 Years Chow Leaving Asian American Journalists Group Short Take Editor-in-Chief Vanessa DeLuca and Editorial Projects Director Patrik Henry Bass of Essence magazine have been let go in a restructuring, sources told Journal-isms on Thursday. DeLuca, who became editor-in-chief in 2013,…
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C.E. Hutton: Meet the Firm That’s Investing in Minority-Owned Cannabis Companies
Editor’s note: This story was previously published on EstroHaze, a multimedia company highlighting the business and lifestyles of multicultural women in the cannabis industry. Calling all ganjapreneurs! A new minority-focused investment firm has entered the cannabis space to aid you in your entrepreneurial success. C.E. Hutton was formed in June 2017 by Hutton himself, Khadijah…
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Watch: Philly District Attorney Wants to Grant Meek Mill a New Trial but Judge Keeps Him in Jail
This week, news broke that the district attorney of Philadelphia wants to grant Meek Mill, née Robert Rihmeek Williams, a new trial, but Judge Genece E. Brinkley put his status on ice until the next hearing in June. One of Mill’s attorneys, Joe Tacopina, spoke out on The Breakfast Club to discuss the unfair treatment…
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How the Pulitzer Board Chose Kendrick Lamar
First Hip-Hop Artist Picked Over Classical, Jazz Acts . . . ‘As a Black Woman,’ Figuring Out Dylann Roof” Lisa Wilson on Ladder to Lead Sports Editors Group Getty, Ava DuVernay Team to Aid Visual Journalists Nominate a J-Educator Who Promotes Diversity The most surprising Pulitzer Prize Monday came at the very end: The last…
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There’s Nothing Wrong With Having Dating Preferences
I recently went on the world’s longest first date. It was in Vegas, it lasted 48 hours and it was magnificent. He treated me like a queen and never said no to anything I asked. I’ll tell you about the date in a separate column, because it warrants its own space, but the significance of…
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Watch: Terry Larrier Is Walking by Faith, Not Sight
It takes more than a dream to get to the NBA. Former University of Connecticut small forward Terry Larrier learned that lesson early in life. “Some kids come to college with a career goal. Some want to be a doctor or a lawyer. I want to be a professional basketball player,” Larrier told The Root.…
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Los Angeles Times Union Finds Long-Standing Racial Pay Gap
Newspaper Underpaid Women, People of Color NAACP Sees Blacks’ Future in State, Local Races Responding to Critics, Sinclair Lashes Out at CNN Local TV News Employs More Than Newspapers Shaun King, Activist Journalist, Detained at Customs Exposure to Gun Violence Can Lead to PTSD Jim Avila to Receive Transplant From His Brother How Ruby Bridges…