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Lt. Michael Byrd on Shooting Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt: It Was a ‘Last Resort’
'I know that day I saved countless lives,' Byrd told NBC's Lester Holt during his first interview since the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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7 Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Allies, and Members of Pro-Trump Extremist Groups for Jan. 6 Insurrection
The lawsuit alleges that Trump, Roger Stone, Ali Alexander and certain right-wing extremists violated the Ku Klux Klan Act.
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Role Call: Lester Holt Is the ‘Anchor for America’ for the Tokyo Olympics, a New Series on Malcolm X and More
NBC promotes the Tokyo Olympics with Lester Holt at its helm; Carmelo Anthony has a new podcast; Dr. Dre's son is stepping into his first role
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Lester Holt Tried It, Presses Vice President Kamala Harris on Why She Hasn’t Visited the Border
The NBC news anchor was insistent on getting Harris to explain why she hasn't visited the Southern border, and Republicans everywhere rejoiced.
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14 Most Important Books, Podcasts and TV Shows About the Tulsa Race Massacre
For the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the New York Times has released an interactive experience, What the Tulsa Massacre Destroyed, that takes viewers through the streets of a digitally created and historically accurate Greenwood neighborhood, demonstrating the destruction the massacre created. Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma was considered the “Black Wall Street” in the…
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Sounds Like David Duke Is Afraid BlacKkKlansman Will Make Him Look Like a Dumb Fool Instead of Just a Racist One
The man who inspired Spike Lee’s new movie, BlacKkKlansman, says that the man he conned forty years ago—none other than the KKK’s Grandwizard David Duke—is concerned that the critically acclaimed new film might make him look stupid. The film, already considered to be one of Lee’s best in recent years, follows the journey of Ron…
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Lester Holt Says Meek Mill Is a ‘Mature, Thoughtful Young Man’
Veteran newsman and NBC’s Nightly News anchor Lester Holt has seen a lot in over 30 years of journalism. He moderated the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and then-candidate Donald Trump, and his MSNBC colleague Lawrence O’Donnell called Holt’s May 2017 interview of Trump as president “possibly the most important televised presidential interview ever…
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Les Payne, Journalist Who ‘Took No Prisoners,’ Dies at 76
Fourth NABJ President Spent 38 Years at Newsday Lester Holt Drops GOP Registration: NBC Anchor Talks Race in Advance of News Special Les Payne, a thought leader for journalists of all colors in a career that saw him share a Pulitzer Prize, become a co-founder and fourth president of the National Association of Black Journalists…
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New York Times Gets 1,400 Ideas for ‘Overlooked’ Obits
Newspaper Admits Shortchanging Women of Color Chilling Consequences for Covering Women’s Rights 4 Sessions to Train Newsroom Leaders of Color Boston Globe Finds Latinos Feel Invisible in Mass. Lester Holt Didn’t ‘Want to Be Defined by My Color’ Smith Joins Hill in Leaving ‘SportsCenter’ Experts Advise on Covering White Nationalists Revived ‘Indian Country’ to Hire;…
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Praise for Lester Holt, the ‘Rude Negro’
‘The Media-Political Complex Bowed Down’ Trump Suggests Ending Daily Briefings Trump Voting Panel to Push ‘Myth of Fraud’ Readers Imagine Successors to Confederates ‘Cultural Anxiety’ Drove Many to Trump Too Many U.S. Moms Dying in Childbirth NABJ Names Four More Award Winners Honoring Mom Amid ‘Incarceration Epidemic’ Short Takes “Lester Holt conquered the news on…