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Journalists Cite Debt to John Lewis

richardJuly 18, 2020July 18, 2020

by richardJuly 18, 2020July 18, 202046 7679

Journalists marked the death of civil rights hero John Lewis by citing his impact on their own lives as well as that of the nation....

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Now Is the Time to Strike

richardJuly 16, 2020July 17, 2020

by richardJuly 16, 2020July 17, 202013549

The racial reckoning and the coronavirus crisis have contributed to a perfect storm for advocates of diversity in network TV entertainment....

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Featured A Monthly Ebony Unlikely to Return

richardJuly 13, 2020July 16, 2020

by richardJuly 13, 2020July 16, 202014 7707

The new chair of the company that owns Ebony magazine says "print, in all likelihood, will not come back,...

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Featured Ebony’s Parent Company Ousts CEO

richardJuly 5, 2020July 13, 2020

by richardJuly 5, 2020July 13, 2020010420

The board of directors of the company that owns Ebony magazine ousts its CEO,...

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Featured Why This Journalist’s Death Shouldn’t Be in Vain

richardJuly 2, 2020July 6, 2020

by richardJuly 2, 2020July 6, 202031 8744

When Journal-isms reported the autopsy results in the death of Washington Post reporter Darran Simon, it was never imagined ohat that would be the only...

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Essence to Ask ‘Experts’ to Examine Charges

richardJuly 1, 2020July 2, 2020

by richardJuly 1, 2020July 2, 202015 3815

Essence Communications responds to scathing allegations of corporate misconduct and sexual misbehavior...

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N.Y. Times to Capitalize ‘B’ in ‘Black’

richardJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020

by richardJune 30, 2020June 30, 202035 8271

The New York Times announced that it will join the growing list of news organizations capitalizing the "B" in "black"...

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Featured A Racist President Swept Up in the Reckoning

richardJune 28, 2020June 30, 2020

by richardJune 28, 2020June 30, 2020121 9319

Princeton University trustees voted to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school, a fitting coda to one of the most explosive...

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Suicide Ruled in Death of Darran Simon

richardJune 25, 2020June 26, 2020

by richardJune 25, 2020June 26, 202015 8868

Darran Simon, whose death at 43 in April stunned his Washington Post colleagues and those at his previous workplaces, died of suicide by hanging,...

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Featured AP Catches Wave Capitalizing ‘Black’

richardJune 21, 2020June 28, 2020

by richardJune 21, 2020June 28, 202070 9721

The news media's racial reckoning took an intense and extraordinary turn this week....

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Featured A Late-Night Ride in a D.C. Police Van

richardJune 19, 2020December 31, 2020

by richardJune 19, 2020December 31, 202061 9443

The consequences of driving while your license is still at home....

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Featured Racial Reckoning Here, Ready or Not

richardJune 12, 2020June 19, 2020

by richardJune 12, 2020June 19, 202019 8615

The national reckoning that is following the police killing of George Floyd is having an unprecedented effect on the news media...