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Zimbabwe Diamond Scandal Overlooked
N.Y. Times Public Editor Says Paper Misses the Boat Perhaps understandably, a court ruling that a Zimbabwean mining executive must pay U.S. $10 million in defamation damages because of comments published by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks did not get much Western news coverage. Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources, allegedly told U.S. diplomats that…
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Jet Features 1st Gay Male Wedding
Jet magazine has been around just about forever, but the weekly African-American publication, with a circulation of more than 700,000, is proving that it has what it takes to keep up with changing times, according to Clutch magazine. Jet’s Dec. 10 issue features the Worchester, Mass., nuptials of Ravi Perry, an assistant political science professor,…
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3 Dead in College Campus Murder-Suicide
In Casper, Wyo., on Friday, a mysterious murder-suicide occurred at Casper College when a man killed a teacher and himself in front of students at the school. Another dead body was discovered two miles away, reports the Daily News. The suspect, now deceased, has yet to be identified. Local Wyoming NBC affiliate KCWY reports that the…
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A Pioneer Activist on World AIDS Day
(The Root) — This year marks the 25th celebration of World AIDS Day, and according to activists like National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS founder and current OraSure Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Debra Fraser-Howze, it’s been a tumultuous but rewarding journey. In the early 1980s, Fraser-Howze was working with the Urban League to…
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NAACP Releases Diversity Report Card
NAACP releases diversity report card: In a move meant to signal the organization’s re-entry into the work of advocating for greater corporate diversity and inclusion, the NAACP announced the findings from its “Opportunity & Diversity Report Card: Hotel & Lodging Industry” today. The report card grades the largest companies on their representation of African Americans…
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NBC News to Pay Its College Interns
Move, Planned for Spring, Expected to Boost Diversity NBC News is planning to pay its interns starting in the spring of 2013, according to a well-placed source at the network, addressing a long-held contention that requiring interns to work only for the experience or for college credit amounts to favoring students with well-to-do parents. The…
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Few Kids of Color at NYC Top Schools
Some of New York’s public middle schools are stellar, but few children of color are able to take advantage of those educational opportunities. For example, according to the Daily News, only 17 percent of the 569 students at Manhattan’s Anderson School for gifted children are of color. The revelation comes on the heels of an…
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Did White Gender Gap Really Help Obama?
(The Root) — White women were so turned off by the GOP’s stance on rape and their corporeal rights that they voted to re-elect the first African-American president, according to a popular myth emerging about the recent elections. Smelling the roses of this fresh liberation, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd declared “white male patriarchy”…
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This Director Takes Cartoons Seriously
(The Root) — Ever wonder what Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman and Jack Frost do in their off hours when they’re not spreading joy and merriment? Well, in the beautifully rendered, animated 3-D film Rise of the Guardians, which opens in theaters on Wednesday, all five join forces and become superheroes…