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Co-Host of Fox’s The Five Fired Over Racist Remark
Beckel Couldn’t Get Employee to Pull Complaint Trump Reaping What He Sowed. Sad. Media Writers Called Out on Diversity Coverage Photographers to Conduct Racial Census ‘. . . Same Concerns Today as in the ’80s’ Black Journalists Not Creating Local Websites South Asians a Bigger Part of ‘Asian Americans’ Ron Thomas to Receive NABJ Legacy…
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Watch: The Notorious B.I.G. Quiz: How Well Does Brooklyn, NY, Know Biggie’s Music?
Things done changed in Bed-Stuy. It’s now one of the most gentrified areas in Brooklyn, N.Y., affecting everything from voting to schooling. Fancy coffee, avocado toast and almond croissants are on every corner. It’s an everyday struggle for longtime residents to pay the unbelievable rents. The Root hit the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant without warning to…
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Watch: I Made It to 21. Mike Brown Didn’t
Mike Brown was 18. Jordan Edwards was 15. Tamir Rice was 12. Aiyana Stanley-Jones was 7. Too many black children have not lived to celebrate the tender age of 21. Instead, their families are forced to live with memories of what was and dreams of what could have been. How many more black children have…
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Watch: Our World in Malcolm X’s Words
Very seldom does one encounter a leader as valiant, sharp and fearless as Malcolm X (aka el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz), born May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Neb., as Malcolm Little. He and his family were terrorized by white supremacists (who would eventually kill his father). During time in jail, Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam and…
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Lawyer: Roger Ailes’ Death Boosts Accusers’ Case
Fox CEO’s Apprentice Program Also Promoted Diversity Dixie Statues Fight More Racial Than Ever: La. Black Legislators Walk Out After Backlash Trump Suggests Locking Up Reporters Trump, Turkish Autocrat in Cozy Meeting Mexican Journalists Demonstrate After Slaying 50 Percent at Gizmodo Group Are of Color Cosby Disputes Old Show-Biz Saying Sides to African Culture Lost…
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Trump Enabling Jailers of Journalists
President Meets Trifecta of Free-Press Violators Washington Post Russia Scoop Sets Record Staff Slips ‘Fake News’ Into Trump’s Media Diet ‘Malicious, Unprecedented’ Effort Against Haitians Coverage of Trayvon Martin Still at Issue Rachel Swarns Leaving N.Y. Times for NYU Salinas to Address Harvard Latinx Graduation Grangenois In, Steiner Out at Morgan State Radio Mexican Journalist…
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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…