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  • Black Writers Telling Black Stories and Doing Black Journalism Are Important

    It cannot be said enough: Representation matters. It matters in our schools. It matters in our workplaces. It matters in the television shows and movies we watch as well as in the music we listen to. And it definitely matters in the media. Journalists are considered primary sources as far as history is concerned, and…

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    Monique Judge

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    Black Top-Ranking Editor at New York Daily News Investigated for Sexual Harassment

    NPR Prompts Questions About Robert Moore Dorothy Bland Stepping Down as Mayborn Dean  Robert (Rob) Moore, who as head of news is the highest-ranking African American at the Daily News in New York, “has been accused of sexual harassment and is now under investigation by the paper’s parent company after inquiries by NPR,” David Folkenflik…

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    Richard Prince

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  • More Than a #FatGirlRunning: Ultrarunner Mirna Valerio Shuts Down Naysayers and Promotes Self-Care

    Blossoming as one of the faces of body positivity, ultrarunner Mirna Valerio proves that she’s more than just a FatGirlRunning. The multidimensional author of A Beautiful Work in Progress has been making her way around the internet—and on the pavement. Recently, she was featured in a J.C. Penney campaign with yogi Jessamyn Stanley as well…

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    Latoya Shauntay Snell

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    Furor Over Pittsburgh Paper’s ‘Cover’ for Trump on Race

    ‘Everyone in Pittsburgh Is Equally Revolted’ HuffPost Ends Its Write-for-Free Contributor Pages Get ‘Out,’ Trump Tells CNN’s Acosta ‘Un-Presidential,’ ‘Un-American,’ Reporters Say Trump Falsely Claims Gains Among Blacks Figures Manipulated Against Muslims, Report Says El Salvador’s Mass Graves: S—holes Made-in-U.S.A. No Discipline for Suburban Chicago Cops Who Shoot Story of Serena’s Delivery Becomes Wake-Up Call…

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    Richard Prince

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  • Still in the Spirit: The Legendary Susan Taylor Wants Us to Love Ourselves Enough to Save Ourselves

    Susan Taylor is legend. But the term “legend” is nowhere near adequate enough for this woman, whose tenure as editor-in-chief of Essence magazine transformed both of their names into global powerhouse brands followed by 8 million readers. Living in the now, at 71-fighting-years strong, Taylor founded the nonprofit National Cares Mentoring Movement in 2005; to…

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    Veronica Webb

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    Black, Brown Nations Long Dissed by Media

    Trump’s Targets Strike Back, at Home and Abroad West’s Wealth Came From Places Trump Slandered. . . ‘Not Just Racist, but Inaccurate’ Haitian-American Anchor: It Was ‘Mean,’ ‘Racist’ Who’s Reporting the Thinking Behind the Racism? Press-Freedom Monitors Visiting U.S. Writer Sees ‘Five Decades of White Backlash’ Tale of Bad Date With Aziz Ansari Stirs Debate…

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    Richard Prince

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  • #RedCarpetRoundup: The Stars Came Out to Shine at the 2018 NAACP Awards

    Don’t you just love us? On Monday night, #BlackExcellence was out in full force at the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards, and our best and brightest stars did not come to play. They came to werk. We don’t know if you watched, but we do know that our Glow Up gang loves a good red-carpet…

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    Maiysha Kai

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    White Male Privilege a Problem? #MeToo, Say Women of Color

    Women of Color Want Links Between Movements Smiley, Suspended by PBS, Announces New Projects Imprisoned Sexual Abuse Victims Have No Voice Bezos Gives $33 Million for ‘Dreamer’ Scholarships Press Played Role in Rape Case Oprah Publicized Daily News Owns Up to Late Columnist’s Smear Harvard Crimson Latinos on ‘Micro-Aggressions’ Short Takes People of color and…

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    Richard Prince

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    What Was Oprah Really Saying?

    Writer Hears Speech as Call to the Rest of Us. . . Black Women Want Return on Their Investment Gilbert Cruz Named N.Y. Times Culture Editor ‘Latinas in Journalism’ Draws 1,400 Members MSNBC Wins Black Viewers in Primetime Cable Omarosa Gets Passing Reference in ‘Fire and Fury’ Anti-Trump Land Ignored by Mainstream Media Pot Crackdown…

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    Richard Prince

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  • A Closetful of Bad Decisions: Why H&M’s Misstep Is More Than a Poor Marketing Choice

    Maybe we should’ve added “racist marketing at the expense of African Americans” to our list of things to leave in 2017, because H&M kicked off the new year by inciting mass rage Sunday, when an image on its website featured an African-American child model in a sweatshirt labeled “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle.” You would…

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    Latoya Shauntay Snell

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