According to a new lawsuit, Morehouse College administrators failed to properly address sexual harassment allegations leveled against one of their associate professors.
The midterm elections are coming in November, and this vote comes at a critical point in our nationâs history. After all, we as Americans have the power to decide who will lead our country out of the despair of this Trumpian regime (barring no interference from Russiaâletâs be real). Regardless, we must do our partâŚ
On September 29, 1998, I was a sophomore at Morehouse College. I didnât live on-campus. I was living in the westside of Atlanta house on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd SW that my grandmother lived in for much of my youth. At some point, my cousin bought her a house in Adamsvilleâtwo miles west on MLKâand my two of myâŚ
Ainât no need for an intro, we in this and we are finally, finally (FINALLY!!!) getting somewhere! So letâs jump into this weekly discussion with Jouelzy and Panama on season 3 of Insecure.
Embattled pizza chain founder John âPapa Johnâ Schnatter says that he used the word âniggerâ on a company conference call because he was working with an agency that was âpromoting that vocabulary.â
Vice dropped a video on Wednesday about a white student named Tiago who just finished his freshman year at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black college in Atlanta which boasts alumni such as Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Panama Jackson, Robert E. Johnson, etc.
Rashaun Williams is a recovering investment banker and current venture capitalist. He worked at Goldman Sachs and other firms for 13 years before moving to the West Coast to get into the tech world. He is a general partner at Manhattan Venture Partnersâ All-Star Fund, a late-stage tech company focused on investing inâŚ
Queen BeyoncĂŠ does nothing in halves. As such, she followed up her second Beychella performanceâwhere she still managed to keep things fresher than fresh-pressed orange juice, demanding ransom for our edgesâwith yet another update on her scholarship for HBCUs.
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A few weeks back, I attended a talk at Howard University in which my fiancee was guest-teaching a class on public relations and integrated marketing. Before I got to the class, I went to the bookstore and bought a Howard University crewneck sweater. Iâm a huge advocate for and supporter of HBCUsâI make a monthlyâŚ
Hi, my name is Panama Jackson, and Iâm addicted to Target. I donât know how it happened. Lookâwalking into Target to buy some Mucinex and walking out with a blender, some new bedsheets, a hammer and a new backpack isnât unique. Nearly everybody who walks into Target leaves $100 lighter than expected.
(This piece originally appeared on VSB on Oct. 8, 2015.)
Dear College Choice,
Yesterday, April 11th, was Spelman Collegeâs Founderâs Day. On April 11th, 1881, the beginnings of what has become a shining star of Black America saw its inception. And I, for one, am thankful that the founders saw fit to create this institution of higher learning that has honestly done almost as much for me as myâŚ
Little more than a week after The Rootâs investigative piece âThe War at Morehouseâ revealed the yearslong tension at the famed historically black institution, Morehouse Collegeâs board of trustees announced that the chairman of the board, all of its officers and the collegeâs president will step down.
Last week The Root published an extensive investigative piece that revealed years of turmoil between the faculty, students and board of trustees at Morehouse College. Since these revelations were made public, the repercussions have echoed through the halls of the 150-year-old institution, resulting in what theâŚ
What started out as a trip to Morehouse College (and a chance to actually speak at my alma mater) to speak to a journalism class about finding their voice turned into a whirlwind busy as the dickens Sunday and Monday in the A. Lots of stuff happened. Letâs talk about it.
Black Voices In A New America: A Convo About Black Media Spaces featuring Panama Jackson and David Dennis, Jr.
In the summer of 1997, right after graduating from high school, I was offered the opportunity to participate in a pre-freshman summer program at Morehouse College (my eventual alma mater) directed at those of us entering the school as science, math, or engineering majors. It was called Center of Excellence in Science,âŚ
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