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
The Root’s Ultimate Guide to Holiday Dos and Don’ts
How to Show Up For Someone Who Is Grieving This Holiday Season
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Disasters Raise Visibility of Latino Journalists
Spanish Speakers Cover Mexico Quake, Maria Shaun King, Formerly of Daily News, Joins Intercept Program Aims to Put 1,000 in Newsrooms Commentator Sues Fox News, Claiming Rape El Paso Editor Resigns Rather Than Make Cuts Facebook Pledges to Curb Abuse by Anti-Semites St. Louis Police Denounced for ‘Our Streets’ Chant $2 Million in Grants to…
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Judge of Characters: Rooting For All the Black People
This week, Issa Rae said what we all thought and what we all do at any award ceremony: root for all the black people. And of course, after she said that, many non-black people lost their ever-loving minds, claiming Issa was perpetuating the same racism that proclaims that #BlackLivesMatter. *sigh* That’s not how racism works.…
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Watch: Afro Pick Pops Up Near Philly’s Frank Rizzo Statue
For years, activists have pushed to remove Philadelphia’s Frank Rizzo statue. Now the Rizzo statue in Philly’s Center City section shares the floor with an 800-pound Afro pick, a new sculpture by black artist Hank Willis Thomas. The sculpture is part of a series hosted by Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Monument Lab, and it’s sparking a…
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It’s All Right to Say ‘White Supremacy’
Panelists Ask What ‘Racially Tinged’ Really Means Gregory’s 4 p.m. Service Called Too Late to Cover Clinton an Astute Media Critic in New Book Tribe Faulted for Indian Country Today Failures Chideya Named to J-Post at Ford Foundation Belton Officially Named Editor-in-Chief of The Root ‘Root 100’ Singles Out Black Journalists Short Takes A panel…
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ESPN Public Editor Says Jemele Hill Violated Policy
Tweeting Employees Must Play by Company’s Rules Why Were U.S. Media Slow on Caribbean Disaster? St. Louis Paper: Outrage at Verdict Understandable NBC Names Team to Cover Media; Scant Diversity Study: Asian Americans Still Marginalized on TV Women’s TV Progress ‘Continues to Be Incremental’ Threatened Mexican Journalist Denied U.S. Entry Blind Media Worker Reggie Anglen…
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Watch: We Built This
There are some people out there who get upset whenever we say, “Black labor built this country.” But these are, indeed, #facts. Here’s a quick history lesson. The first slaves were brought to the United States in 1619. Their job was simple: make white settlers money. Fast-forward to the late 18th century. Cotton was king…
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Netflix to Premiere Tragic Documentary The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
On Oct. 6, Netflix will globally premiere The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, directed by Oscar-nominated documentarian David France. The documentary courses through the untimely death and unsolved murder of the transgender trailblazer Marsha P. Johnson, all the while shedding light on the impact she had as a leader of the gay-rights movement.…
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Judge of Characters: The Bodega App and Tyrese Make the World Ask, ‘Why?’
This week, the biggest question that’s being asked all over the internet is … why? Why are people trying to reinvent, aka gentrify, bodegas? And why is Tyrese pleading for the Rock not to shoot the Fast and the Furious spinoff? I don’t have the answers to these questions, but I do have some hilarious…
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Exclusive: Pastor Jamal Bryant Spills on Dropped Stalking Case, ‘Being Messy’ and Redemption
Pastor Jamal Bryant told The Root in an exclusive interview that a Bronx, N.Y., judge dismissed a case Thursday in which a New York City woman accused him of online stalking. Media outlet Rolling Out reported this summer that Jennifer Wright filed a restraining order against Bryant after alleging that he stalked her online. Wright…
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Jemele Hill’s Regret on ‘Supremacist’ Tweet
Trump Spokeswoman: ESPN Host Should Be Fired 800 Invited Guests Pay Tribute to Jim Vance Omarosa Reportedly Isolated in White House Photographers of Color Let Editors Know They Exist Nina Garcia Named Editor of Elle Magazine Columnist Says ‘NFL Doesn’t Respect Humanity’ Mike Hodge Dies, Activist on TV, in Newsroom Lowery Book on Police Relations…