soledad o’brien
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BET and National Urban League Launch Black Voter Day to Ensure Black Voices Are Heard at the Ballot Box
The diversity and political potency of Black voters is no secret, especially during a presidential election many regard as the most consequential of our lifetimes. Recognizing this, BET and the National Urban League on Friday launched the first Black Voter Day, aimed at encouraging Black Americans to vote and circulating important resources to help them…
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Soledad O’Brien Explores Race, Class and Injustice In New True Crime Podcast Murder on the Towpath
If you’re a fan of true crime podcasts, it can be a real challenge finding a well-produced show anchored by a Black host. Thankfully, award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien is more than equipped to accomplish such a feat and has blessed us all with her latest endeavor, Murder on the Towpath. Produced by the fine folks…
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Tamron Hall Just Gave Soledad O’Brien an Award. Now, Can We Give Them Megyn Kelly’s Hour on the Today Show?
On Wednesday night, some of our favorite media stars gathered at Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library for Harlem United’s “Boulevard Bash,” its ’80s-themed 30th-anniversary gala hosted by Page Six TV’s Bevy Smith and featuring a performance by hip-hop pioneer Doug E. Fresh. This year, the nationally recognized organization, which provides community-focused health care, housing and…
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Soledad O'Brien Wants Journalists to Stop Playing Games and Call a Racist a Racist
There’s a lot of people out here, namely, journalists who refuse to call out Donald Trump as a racist. One seasoned newsperson, Soledad O’Brien, ain’t having it! O’Brien has built her career as a storyteller and also as a truth-teller. “I often on Twitter talk to journalists because I feel like they dropped the ball at…
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‘The Most Bizarre Interview I Have Ever Been a Part of’: Soledad O’Brien Discusses O.J.’s ‘Lost Confession’
It’s impossible to count the hours we’ve devoted to O.J. Simpson. The national obsession with him began in the late ’60s, when he was one of the top football players in the country at the University of Southern California. Americans followed his career first as a record-breaking running back with the Buffalo Bills, then as…
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‘Trenchant Views’ From Media Women of Color
Report Cites Micro-Aggressions, Low Numbers Public Favors Greater Diversity Among Journalists Short Take “Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized the news media for not sufficiently covering race issues, a new special report shows that women of color continue to be underrepresented in U.S. newsrooms and face multiple challenges in achieving equality in hiring and…
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Are You Listening to the Atlanta Monster Podcast? You Should Be
For many of us with ties to the city of Atlanta, the name Wayne Williams evokes memories. While I was too young and too far away at the time to be directly affected by the Atlanta Child Murders—a name given to the rash of murders of black children from many of Atlanta’s impoverished communities from…