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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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on His Love for Genealogy
The Root was on location at a screening of an episode of the new PBS series Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Before the screening, Gates told us the story of how he was bitten by the genealogy…
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Voices From the Million Hoodie March
At the Million Hoodie March, a protest to end racial profiling, thousands flooded New York City’s Union Square Wednesday evening wearing hooded sweatshirts in honor of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teen who was unarmed and wearing a hoodie when he was fatally shot on Feb. 26. Rallygoers expressed their concerns and anger about the horrors…
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Hear Trayvon's Mom: 'Our Son Is Your Son'
The parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin addressed hundreds of protesters gathered in New York City’s Union Square on Wednesday evening. We made an audio recording of their brief remarks to those gathered for what organizers called a “Million Hoodie March.” “George Zimmerman took Trayvon’s life profiling him. My son did not deserve to…
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NABJ Protests Layoffs of 19 in Philly
The parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and philly.com is laying off 19 unionized workers, the company announced on Thursday. The National Association of Black Journalists promptly protested the departures of Sarah J. Glover, president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, and sportswriter John Mitchell. “I am not entirely sure of the…
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GLAAD Serves Up Details on 'Experts'
Project Says Website Will Give Journalists Rest of the Story The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, known as GLAAD, launched a project on Wednesday designed “to educate the media about the extreme rhetoric of over three dozen activists who are often given a platform to speak in opposition to LGBT people and the issues…
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CNN Lifts Roland Martin's Suspension
Monthlong Absence From Network About to End CNN has lifted its monthlong suspension of contributing political analyst Roland Martin, a CNN spokeswoman confirmed Monday night. Betsy Rothstein, editor of the media news website FishbowlDC, had posted late Monday afternoon that “CNN staff was alerted today on the 10 am conference call that Roland Martin’s suspension…
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Sue Simmons Story a Battle of Sources
Tipsheet Says WNBC Colleagues Upset by N.Y. Post Piece A TV insider tipsheet Friday posted a rebuttal to a New York Post story that began, “There were 5 million reasons to oust Sue Simmons — and they were all in her paycheck.” The Post “exclusive” by Don Kaplan, published Thursday, asserted, “WNBC/Channel 4 refused to…
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NABJ and Unity End Year Solidly in Black
Other Journalism Groups Report Modest Surpluses, Red Ink Two years after the journalism associations hit a financial rough patch caused by the recession and cutbacks in the news industry, the National Association of Black Journalists and Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc. emerged from 2011 solidly in the black, leaders of those groups said on Wednesday.…