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Judge of Characters: How to Hate on Beyoncé, a Guide
Here’s the thing about Beyoncé: She is legit one of the greatest entertainers of our time, if not the greatest. Fight me. Since Queen Bey’s epic, unapologetically black Coachella performance, the whole world has been talking. Black folks have their chests puffed out in pride over it, yet there are others out there who saw…
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Watch: Zuck Reveals How White Facebook Is
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress to testify about Facebook’s privacy policies. During the 10-hour testimony, Zuckerberg was also grilled on Facebook’s lack of diversity. That confrontation was a reminder of an ongoing racial and gender divide across major tech industries. Check out the video above to see what’s going on.
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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…