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Did Black Journalists Get Played by Inviting Trump to Its NABJ Convention in Chicago?
Trump's treatment of Black America and journalists raises questions on 'both-siderism' in news
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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.…