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More Companies Pull Ads From Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor
Sexual Harassment Allegations Are ‘Disturbing’ Angelo Henderson Family Sues Doctors Over Death Over 15 Years, 1,687 Fewer Newspaper Companies Last Black Female Newspaper Sports Editor Laid Off Signed: April Ryan by CNN, Ed O’Keefe by CBS L.A. Times 4-Part Series: ‘The Problem With Trump’ Jenni Monet Honored for Standing Rock Coverage Wagner Is Rare Spanish-Speaking…
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Started From the Blog, Now We’re Here: When Shonda Rhimes Wants to Turn Your Book Into a TV Show, Let Her
We’re living in a DIY culture, and there’s no one more do-it-yourself than bloggers. Blogging is a means of communication, self-expression, culture, news and so much more. And the people who create blogs are typically ridiculously talented and effortlessly wear the responsibility of being a voice for their culture. Bloggers are inspiring, to say the…
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On Maya Angelou’s Birthday, Black Girls Breathe Life Into Her Words
“If I had my druthers, I’d rather be born black, American, female and in the 20th century. And I was. What luck I have,” said Maya Angelou in 2010. With these words, Angelou spoke with the White House on the cusp of receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States,…
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BET Said to Fire Exec With Breast Cancer
Longtime President Stephen Hill Also Out Anecdotally, Lewis Led Way for Black Journalists Tang Leaving N.Y. Times Editorial Board for ACLU Journalists Weigh What to Say About Missing Girls Polgreen Wants ‘Empathy Journalism’ at HuffPost Almost 50 Years Ago, the News Industry Was Called Out on Race. How Should That Be Commemorated? “BET announced the…
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Let’s Talk About Black Women’s Daily ‘Indignities’
Spicer, O’Reilly Spawn #BlackWomenAtWork 2 Black Employees File Complaint Against Fox News Omarosa Manigault Walks Out on Black Press Almost 50 Years Ago, the News Industry Was Called Out on Race. How Should That Be Commemorated? Wall St. Journal Staffers Want Diverse Management Univision Says GOP Is Shunning Network Gannett Cuts Newsrooms at 3 Tennessee…
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Watch: Artist Lina Iris Viktor on the Misconceptions of Blackness in Art, and Painting With Pure Gold
Artist Lina Iris Viktor is known for creating works using a palette of black, majorelle blue and pure 24-karat gold, but she refuses to be tied down to any particular aesthetic. She has a background in film, photography and performance art, so her work is expressed across multiple media. When we spoke, she was intensely…
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‘Blue Chip’ Activist Roger Wilkins Dies
Insider; Editorialist at N.Y. Times, Washington Post . . . I Said, ‘They Don’t Know What to Make of You’ Escobar Rises, Days Moves in Philly Shakeup Journalists Assaulted by Pro-Trump Supporters L.A. Times Ventures ‘On Edge in Trump’s America’ Could Obama Sue Trump for Defamation? NAHJ, Gay Journalists Publish Spanish Stylebook Racial Words That…
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Watch: Women at Work: This First Lady Redefines the Role
Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, The Root is celebrating women from a wide range of professional industries in our video series Women at Work. “People expect women to be a certain way. They expect black women to be a certain way,” says Chirlane McCray, the wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “You…