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TJ Holmes Breaks N-Word Pledge
T.J. Holmes Breaks Pledge Not to Use N-Word CNN anchor-turned-BET host T.J. Holmes said Wednesday he had broken a pledge he made in an essay for the Grio in July: to stop using the N-Word. “As soon as I walk out of this room, I’m probably going to drop it 20 times before I get downstairs” Holmes, 35,…
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Fox, MSNBC Became More Extreme as Vote Neared
” . . . In the final week of the campaign, both Fox News and MSNBC became even more extreme in how they differed from the rest of the press in coverage of the two candidates, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism reported on Monday. “On Fox News, the amount of negative…
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8 Hot Causes for Black Philanthropists
According to a report by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, black donors give away a higher percentage of their income than their white counterparts do. In addition, nearly two-thirds of black households make charitable donations — a figure that adds up to about $11 billion per year. Beyond this individual giving, there…
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Did Gays Move the Needle for Obama?
Gays, Lesbians Latest to Be Credited for Obama’s Win Gay and lesbian voters are the latest group to be awarded credit for President Obama’s election victory. Defeated GOP candidate Mitt Romney, meanwhile, added the large number of primary debates to his post-election criticisms, and took a swipe at CNN and NBC as not among the “reasonable” networks…
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17 Top Black Charity Leaders
The mission of the Association of Black Foundation Executives, whose members include the staff, trustees and donors of other grantmaking institutions, is promoting “effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities.” Points of ABFE emphasis include boosting Racial Equity in Grantmaking, strengthening member leadership skills and coordinating a funding network to improve the lives of black…
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New Morehouse Pres a 'Trusted Voice' to Obama
The Morehouse College board of trustees today announced that John Silvanus Wilson Jr. has been named the college’s 11th president. His selection is the result of an extensive search, and even President Obama has endorsed the decision. “John has been a trusted voice, helping my administration follow through on our commitment to strengthen historically black…
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Does Steele Want to Be RNC Chair Again?
Unless he was kidding when he made this recent comment on C-SPAN, it sounds as if Michael Steele, the former — and first African-American — chairman of the Republican National Committee wouldn’t rule out running for the position again. Steele, who held the position even before every conversation about the GOP had to do with…
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Right-Wing Media 'Lied' During Campaign
Cozy Ties With GOP Raise Questions of Integrity “On Election Night, I tweeted that Republicans shocked about Mitt Romney’s loss Tuesday should be angry at a conservative media that misled them about the former [Massachusetts] governor’s chances,” Adam Serwer wrote Thursday for Mother Jones. “In the waning days of the race, much of this manifested…
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A Demographic Shellacking?
Results Point to Lesson on News Media Diversity More than an hour before the networks declared Tuesday night that President Obama had been reelected, Chuck Todd delivered a message on MSNBC that should resonate through the news media. “The story of this election is the story of demographics,” Todd said. Speaking of the Republicans, he…
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Black TV Watch: Kenya Talks Trash on 'Real Housewives'
(The Root) — This weekend we were reacquainted with the mean girls of the South and we lost a good guy. Thank goodness it’s just TV. The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Sunday, 9 p.m. ET; Bravo) “Babe, come on. Come on. Pay the mailman.” —Gregg Leakes “Is this strip-club Jet or regular Jet?” —Kenya Moore…