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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Touré: There's No One Way to Be Black
Defining blackness in a post-civil rights era is more complex than it was decades before, according to Touré, author of Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now. The Root’s editor-in-chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr., sat down with Touré to talk about racial authenticity, being black during Obama’s presidency and why…
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Harrowing Sexual Assaults in Cairo
“Two female foreign journalists on Thursday described harrowing sexual assaults carried out by crowds or police as they tried to cover demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square,” Agence France-Presse reported. The situation alarmed other journalists. Hannah Allam, Cairo bureau chief of the McClatchy Co., tweeted Friday, “Saddens me that in 9yrs of war reporting, most personal…
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Publisher Told to Oust Occupy From His Lawn
Raymond H. Boone Scoffs at Citation From Richmond, Va. “A newspaper publisher who is allowing Occupy Richmond protesters to camp in his yard next door to the mayor’s house was slapped Tuesday with a zoning-violation notice,” Reed Williams reported Tuesday for the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch. But Raymond H. Boone, editor and publisher of the Richmond…
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Black, Latino 'Push-Out' at Washington Post
“The Washington Post has pushed out — or is trying to push out — at least thirteen people through layoffs, coerced buyouts or outright dismissal on dubious charges,” Fredrick Kunkle, co-chair of the Newspaper Guild unit at the Post, wrote in a memo posted on the Guild website Monday. “What’s more troubling is that more…
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Notables Share Their Holiday Memories
Members of The Root 100 for 2011 gathered in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 5, 2011, for The Root’s gala held in their honor. Several attendees chatted with us about their favorite Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions and shared what they were most looking forward to this holiday season. “Rest” was a popular answer! Read more about…
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Jewish Group Flies Latino Journos to Israel
Seventeen Latino journalists from the United States and Latin America returned this week from an eight-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, which is concerned about what it considers an unacceptable level of anti-Semitism among Latinos, particularly new arrivals. Fernando DiazAmong the participants were Rick Sanchez, former CNN anchor; Henrik Rehbinder, opinion…
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Anchor Tells Viewers Staff Is 'Out of a Job'
In Tucson, Station Turns Over News Shows to Competitor Viewers of KMSB-TV in Tucson, Ariz., heard a stunning announcement from anchor Lou Raguse on Tuesday: Belo Corp., parent company of the Fox affiliate, Channel 11, had entered into a “shared services agreement” with Raycom Media, the owner of rival KOLD, Channel 13. “Raycom will produce…
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Occupy Wall Street on the Move
The Occupy Wall Street movement met another obstacle as police moved into New York City’s Zuccotti Park overnight and evacuated the encampment. The Root was on the scene in Foley Square in Manhattan on November 15, and caught up with demonstrators hoping to return to the scene of protests and arrests.
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Black Voices From Occupy DC
As the Occupy Movement picks up steam from coast to coast, demonstrators in the nation’s capital have garnered attention, setting up a little more than two blocks away from the White House at downtown Washington’s McPherson Square. Here’s what some of the District’s resident Occupiers had to say about the movement when The Root visited…
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Romenesko Flap: A Non-Diverse Affair
The Poynter Institute’s dramatic reproach of its pioneering media blogger Jim Romenesko, followed within hours by his resignation Thursday night, sent tweets flying and computer keys clicking, with discussions of media ethics thrown in for good measure. But it was a discussion that largely took place in the absence of journalists of color. Given the…