Why Black Folks Should Participant in the Black Census Project
New Study Links ‘Everywhere Chemicals’ Found in Plastics to 2 Million Premature Births
NBA Player Fired Over Anti-LGBTQ Pride Month Comments Sparks Free Speech Debate
Black Virginia Family Finds Army Discharge Papers That Unlock a Mother’s Secret WWII Legacy
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Can White Debate Questioners 'Represent'?
Commission Rejects Adding Latino Journalists Reacting to complaints that only white journalists were chosen to moderate this year’s presidential and vice presidential debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that ” . . . we strongly believe that the four journalists we have named see their assignment as representing all Americans in their choice…
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Study Reveals Small Fraud Rate in Elections
“Despite the push for strict voter ID laws in a charged partisan and racial debate, the most exhaustive study ever of American election fraud reveals the rate is infinitesimal,” according to News21, a national investigative reporting project at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. “Since 2000, a time…
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Zakaria Suspended From Time, CNN Over Plagiarism
“I Made a Terrible Mistake,” Commentator Says “Time editor-at-large and CNN host Fareed Zakaria was suspended from both places for a month on Friday after admitting to lifting parts of a story from the New Yorker,” Jack Mirkinson and Rebecca Shapiro reported for the Huffington Post. “The Washington Post, which publishes a separate column by…
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Celebrating Black Art in Martha's Vineyard
(The Root) — The Root is a proud sponsor of this year’s Harlem Fine Arts Show, being held in the historic Oak Bluffs section of Martha’s Vineyard. Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. addressed black-art lovers at the show’s opening remarks. Of the significance of a black-focused art show premiering on the island, Gates said that…
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NBC News, TV One Join to Cover Election
Ties to Comcast Unite the Two Networks NBC News and TV One are partnering to provide joint coverage on the final nights of the Republican and Democratic conventions, as well as on election night, the two networks announced on Wednesday. “As part of the partnership, TV One will air a four-hour broadcast on the final…
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Diversity Aids Coverage of Sikh Killings
A diverse newsroom leadership team helped deepen the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of Sunday’s killings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Martin Kaiser, senior vice president and editor, told Journal-isms on Monday. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran with white supremacist ties, opened fire before worship services in nearby Oak Creek, Wis., and killed…
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TJ Holmes: 'I'm No Arsenio or Letterman'
(The Root) — With a soothing baritone that sounds more like an R&B singer than a news anchor, it’s rather appropriate — especially for some women — that T.J. Holmes’ voice is the last thing they might hear before falling asleep. Holmes, who bolted from CNN to BET earlier this year to host Don’t Sleep…
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New NAHJ Board Kills No-Tweet Policy
Vote in Tied Secretary’s Race Extended Two Weeks On their first day on the job, the new leaders of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists voted 6-5 Saturday to reverse the previous board’s much-criticized policy barring tweeting during NAHJ board meetings. Rebecca Aguilar of Dallas, the newly elected vice president for online, made the motion…
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T.I. Talks Business About 'Boss'
(The Root) — Clifford “T.I.” Harris‘ new reality show is a scripted drama on Starz. Harris, best known as one of the architects of Dirty South hip-hop, has been cast as a reformed gangbanger in Kelsey Grammer’s gritty political drama, Boss. “I’m just really blessed to work with all of these accomplished actors,” Harris said…
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Faith Evans on 'R&B Divas,' Whitney Houston
(The Root) — TV One’s R&B Divas won’t exactly make you cringe as do some other reality shows do, but it probably will be as addictive. Starring Faith Evans, Brownstone’s Nicci Gilbert, Monifah Carter, Syleena Johnson and KeKe Wyatt, Divas chronicles the personal and professional lives of these R&B singers who at one time were…