New Study: DNA Testing Could Be the Key to Saving Black Women With Breast Cancer
Why the Internet is Obsessed With This Black Woman’s Disability-Friendly Recipes That Don’t Require Stoves, Knives or Standing
As War in Iran Rages, How Much Higher Can Gas Prices Really Get?
10 Years After Tulsa Police Killed Unarmed Black Man, His Family Is 1 Step Closer to Justice
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Kermit Gosnell: Crime, Class and Race
Two years ago, a headline writer wrote this over a story by Lynette Holloway for The Root: “Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been charged with eight counts of murder. Both sides of the abortion debate are having a field day with this case. But what happens to poor women of color facing unwanted pregnancies?” Holloway…
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On the Scene at the '42' Premiere
(The Root) — The stars of 42 mixed it up with baseball Hall of Famers and other celebrities at Tuesday night’s premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. Many of the attendees reflected on the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, the Hall of Fame baseball player who wore the No. 42 for…
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How Ebert Championed Diversity in Film
Among the tributes to the likability, insight and journalistic skill of America’s most well-known film critic, Roger Ebert, was praise for the way Ebert expressed his appreciation for diversity in his professional and personal lives. Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times critic who became more broadly well-known as half of the television team of Siskel and Ebert, died…
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Layoffs Sting More for Blacks, Latinos
The contraction of the news industry and the recent recession hit black and Latino journalists harder than whites, the American Society of News Editors has established, and a new study suggests that those journalists might have been less financially equipped to withstand the layoffs than their white counterparts. The Pew Charitable Trusts’ “Hard Choices: Navigating…
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ABC News Poaches Black Anchor From CBS
ABC News officially named CBS correspondent Byron Pitts as an anchor and its chief national correspondent Monday, moving Pitts to a network where “diversity is as important as it is to me” and leaving one, he told Journal-isms, that has lost half the number of black correspondents it had when he arrived 16 years ago.…
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Hayes Goes Prime Time as O'Brien, Martin Exit
In an era in which “quotas” is regarded as a dirty word, Chris Hayes, whose new MSNBC show, “All In with Chris Hayes,” debuts Monday at 8 p.m. Eastern, has no problem with the concept. “Earlier this month, after MSNBC announced it was giving Chris Hayes his own daily primetime news show, Media Matters published…
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Roland Martin: Black Journo of the Year
The National Association of Black Journalists has named Roland Martin its Journalist of the Year for 2013, the organization announced Wednesday, lining up behind the journalist and commentator after CNN refused to renew Martin’s contract. In another development, Soledad O’Brien, another journalist of color whose role at CNN is being diminished, included Martin on her…
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CNN Forbids Roland Martin Bookings
Producers Told Not to Book Pundit as Contract Winds Down “The TV world can be so cold. When you’re out, you’re out. And sometimes sooner than you might expect,” Betsy Rothstein wrote Thursday for FishbowlDC. “There are 17 days left on Roland Martin’s CNN contract. But the powers that be appear to be shutting it…
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Why Is CNN's 'Face' Invariably White?
The day before Roland Martin disclosed that his contract as a CNN commentator wasn’t being renewed, CNN President Jeff Zucker excitedly proclaimed his new hire Jake Tapper “the face of the new CNN.” “I can tell you from the position that I was in, the prospect of Jake Tapper being the face of the new…
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Roland Martin Out at CNN
Roland Martin told his Twitter followers Tuesday that his last day as a CNN commentator will be April 6, ending speculation about his fate under new CNN President Jeff Zucker. “Roland I am really missing not hearing your view point on @CNN,” a Twitter follower wrote. Martin replied, “Sorry. Can’t book myself. My last day…