Wise Words From Nelson Mandela That Hit Harder Than Ever, In Honor of His Death Anniversary
Meghan Markle’s Holiday Netflix Special is Just the Kind of Self-Care Black Folks Need Right Now
Why the Netflix Diddy Doc Has Everyone Furious at This Black Woman Juror From the Trial
Halle Berry Trashes the Idea of Gavin Newsom as President For One Crucial Reason
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New Yorkers Weigh In on Restaurant Tipping
Inspired by The Root’s recent survey on tipping habits at restaurants, we hit the streets of New York City to ask regular folks how and why they tip. Here’s what they had to say. Check out our survey results, and read a firsthand account about tipping from the viewpoint of a former waiter at Check,…
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Black Journalists vs. Sharpton?
Freelance journalist Jeff Winbush wants it known that he is not hatin’ on the Rev. Al Sharpton. Winbush is a blogger in Columbus, Ohio, a former editor of the black newspaper the Columbus Post and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. More to the point, he was the source of a quote…
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MSNBC Ready to Hire Sharpton
Activist Would Host at 6 p.m. on Cable Network “After giving a nearly six-month tryout for the Internet talk show host Cenk Uygur, the cable news channel MSNBC is preparing to instead hand its 6 p.m. time slot to the Rev. Al Sharpton,” Brian Stelter reported Thursday for the New York Times. Such a move…
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Great-Grandma's Pain
In an episode of African American Lives 2 that aired in 2008, the Olympic gold medalist talked about the hurt and pain the older women in her family carried with them. Plus: Learn how to trace your ancestry in our Roots section.
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Second NABJ Candidate Touts Boss' Backing
Charles Robinson III Monday became the second candidate in the race for president of the National Association of Black Journalists to tout an endorsement from his employer, but DeWayne Wickham, a founder and past president of the association, said such endorsements are “a cancer on our organization that eats away at a core value.” Gregory…
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New York Times CEO Endorses NABJ Presidential Candidate
In a highly unusual move, New York Times Co. CEO Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. has made an endorsement in the presidential contest of the National Association of Black Journalists. Sulzberger endorsed Gregory Lee Jr., senior assistant sports editor at the Boston Globe, a New York Times Co. property. Lee touted the endorsement Friday on his…
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Oprah Appoints Herself CEO of OWN
Move Indicates More Involvement With Daily Operations “Oprah Winfrey stood before cable company executives at an industry confab last month and admitted that the beginning of OWN, her cable channel, wasn’t going very well, in part because she had been focused on the end of her daytime talk show instead,” Brian Stelter reported Wednesday for…
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Maya Angelou Discovers Her African Ancestry
In this episode of African American Lives 2 that aired on PBS in 2008, the poet discovers where her ancestors are from and explains why she knew it all along. Plus: Learn more about tracing your ancestry in our Roots section.
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2 Black-Oriented Websites to Collaborate
NBC News’ theGrio.com and Interactive One’s NewsOne.com have decided to share news and resources in what the two companies are touting as “an expanded platform for African-American journalism.” Theoretically, each site will now have available the resources of NBC News, Radio One, TV One, Reach Media’s syndicated Tom Joyner radio show, theGrio.com, NewsOne.com, HelloBeautiful.com and theUrbanDaily.com.…
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Color of Change's Rashad Robinson on Black Politicians
Color of Change’s newly minted executive director, Rashad Robinson, caught up with The Root at the 2011 Blogging While Brown Conference in Los Angeles. His online activism group hosted a panel on “Black Political Accountability in the Age of Obama” on July 9. The discussion included Jack and Jill Politics co-founder Cheryl Contee, Democratic National…