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Local Media Miss a Mother’s Death in Jail
The young single mother of a 3-year-old died in police custody last week near Houston, but news of Symone Nicole Marshall’s death did not surface in the news media until a column Tuesday by Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King in the Daily News in New York.” A beautiful 22-year-old mother of a 3-year-old-daughter died…
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Comedians Call Out Politicians on Refugees
Want to see the best coverage of the global refugee crisis? The worst displacement, according to a top State Department official, since World War II? Check out late-night comedian John Oliver’s take on the subject. Oliver skewers dishonest reporting by Fox News Channel, Eastern European countries that are shutting the door on the displaced and…
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Are You Young, Fabulous and Female in the NYC Area?
Attention, all the young, black and fabulous women in the New York City area: The Root is bringing it home with an event you won’t want to miss. Young, Fabulous and Female: New York City will be held Wednesday, May 25, and include a powerhouse panel featuring actress MaameYaa Boafo; Tricia Clarke-Stone, co-founder and CEO…
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Houston Paper Sorry After Quoting Dominican Player’s Broken English
Houston Chronicle Editor Nancy Barnes told Journal-isms on Friday, “We sincerely apologize for any offense that was taken” when a Chronicle sports columnist quoted a Latino ballplayer speaking in broken English, angering the ballplayer and prompting other journalists to come to the player’s defense. Barnes cited what she called “less than adequate” Associated Press guidelines…
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Ferguson, Mo., Settles With 4 Reporters After Charges of Abuse
“Four journalists who alleged abuse during the 2014 Ferguson protests have reached a confidential settlement with the St. Louis County police, lawyers said Wednesday,” Robert Patrick reported for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “The department agreed to ‘adopt policy changes that will address the issues raised this lawsuit,’ lawyers for both sides said in a joint…
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Media Glare Claims Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Dream House
Ta-Nehisi Coates has given up his dream of moving back to his old Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood, he wrote on Monday, after the celebrated writer’s purchase of a $2.1 million townhouse drew such media attention that he feared for his family’s safety should he move in. “. . . No one keep secrets in Brooklyn,” Coates…
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Where Are the Teachers of Color?
The U.S. Department of Education Friday reported “a lack of racial diversity among teachers at public elementary and secondary schools across the nation. Less than one in five U.S. public school teachers — 18 percent — are individuals of color, while approximately half —49 percent — of public elementary and secondary school students are individuals…
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Reporter Captures Footage Both ‘Graphic and Frightening’ on Camera
“A WWL-TV reporter witnessed firsthand how quickly violence can escalate during an interview with several rappers on crime and gun violence in New Orleans,” the New Orleans Advocate reported on Tuesday. David L. Harris, Boston Business Journal: Boston Globe employees brace for another round of layoffs “Easy Money and one of his friends confronted the…
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President Obama Surprised by Larry Wilmore’s N-Word
The White House was blindsided by comedian Larry Wilmore’s decision to use the N-word at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night, but White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday that the president “appreciated the spirit of the sentiments that Mr. Wilmore expressed.” “The Comedy Central host ended his speech Saturday night…
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Professor’s Op-Ed Is Final Blow for Confederate Statue
A 121-year-old Confederate monument at the University of Louisville is coming down, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and university President James Ramsey announced Friday. The editor of the Courier-Journal, the city’s daily newspaper, credits an op-ed piece in his paper. On Twitter, Ricky L. Jones, chair of Pan-African Studies at the school who wrote the op-ed,…