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The Best Black Non Fiction of 2022 [UPDATED]
2022 was a great year for Black books. Here are even more of our favorites.
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Yamiche Alcindor, April Ryan Discuss All Things Trump, Being Black in the White House on Jemele Hill Is Unbothered
If there’s one thing you can expect from Spotify’s Jemele Hill Is Unbothered, it’s a good-ass interview. Since its debut in 2019, she’s chatted with everyone from Spike Lee to Uncle Luke, treating her listeners to entertaining stories and enlightening conversations sprinkled with her signature charisma and wit. In her latest episode, Hill is joined…
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‘Fire Me Good Friday’: Veteran Journalist April Ryan Calls for Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Head on a Platter
It’s no secret that veteran White House correspondent April Ryan and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders don’t have the most collegial of relationships, and now Ryan has vociferously called for Huckabee Sanders’ resignation. “When there is a lack of credibility there, you have to start and start lopping the heads off. It’s ‘Fire…
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Black Is the New Black: Refinery29’s Annual For Us, By Us Feature Celebrates the Mutual Respect of Black Women
Black women singing the praises of other black women is truly a beautiful thing—and one we can’t get enough of here at The Glow Up. We love seeing it wherever we can find it, which is why we’re loving Refinery29’s second annual “Black Is the New Black” list of ten black female game-changers, from KiKi…
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Trump Calls Reporter April Ryan a ‘Loser’ and ‘Nasty’ as He Continues His Assault on Black Female Journalists
At this point, I’m just waiting for the breadline to prove that we are in fact living in communist Russia. Once again, the president of people who kiss their dogs in the mouth is proving that he is absolutely unfit for office as he recently went on an absolute tear against the press and, more…
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Phenomenal Women: On the Transformative Power of Black Women
Editor’s note: This story was written for an event where The Root was a media sponsor. On a rainy afternoon in August, Valerie Jarrett, April Ryan, Alicia Garza and the Rev. Dr. Renita Weems—truth-tellers, as I refer to them—descended on Lola’s in Martha’s Vineyard to discuss the intersections of race, gender and power in America.…
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'It's a Deliberate Attack on Black Women': April Ryan Gets Real About 'Post-Racial' America
“We are not post-racial—at all,” White House correspondent April Ryan told an Essence Festival audience during a panel last Saturday. “But when you dig into the weeds … it’s beyond race; it’s now going down to the black woman. It’s a deliberate attack on the black woman.” Ryan is no stranger to attacks. In April,…
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‘Is the President Aware That Taking the Knee Is About Police-Involved Shootings?’
April Ryan, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Clash Again Inquirer Rebukes Trump for Disinviting Eagles Pittsburgh Paper Spikes 6 of Staffer’s Cartoons Where Murder Is Common but Arrests Are Rare Does Video Reflect Cops’ True Character? On Puerto Rico: ‘Their Story Deserves to Be Told’ How Bobby Kennedy Got an Education on Race Earl Morgan, Jersey Journal…
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For Many Moms, ‘Life Ain’t Been No Crystal Stair’
Media Remind Us of Those Not on Holiday Cards Citizens See Journalists as Powerful in Own Right Critics Target April Ryan After Melania Comment Does ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Apply to Food Media? Philly Responds to Report on Housing Bias N.C. Paper Says Let Public Decide on R. Kelly Dallas to Memorialize 1910 Lynching Victim Congress…