Moyers: “Double Standard” on Wright
Robin Holland/PBS Bill Moyers, left, is comparing the reaction to comments by white preachers to those of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, right, saying, "It is...
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Native Journalists Missing from the Trail
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTnvsSX_Kw] Indian political activists say Native American vote could be crucial in several states. Indians Feel Lack of Press-Pool Diversity "Not a single known Native...
Obama Agrees to Late Unity Appearance
Democrat Penciled In for End of Convention Sen. Barack Obama will address the Unity convention on Sunday, July 27, after he returns from his trip...
“I’m Trying Not to Be Bitter”
Photographer Among 5 of Color Laid Off at Dallas Paper The Dallas Morning News gave pink slips to at least five journalists of color on...
5 of Color Out at L.A. Times
75 Leaving in Third Cutback of the Year Movie critic Carina Chocano, veteran black journalists John Mitchell and Lynell George and sportswriter Lonnie White, another...
Right Wingers: Powell Chose Race Over Party
"Meet the Press" Obama Endorsement Grabs Ratings Pat Buchanan labeled Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama "ingratitude." Colin L. Powell‘s declaration of support for Sen....
Black Networks Plan Election-Night Coverage
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg] Sen. Barack Obama makes light of himself, jabs at Fox News at the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria...
A “High-Class Thing” for Nancy Maynard
Diversity Pioneer Remembered Amid Current Anxieties As the combo played at the Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the Home of Jazz at...
Who Should Pay Cost of Internships?
Cash-Strapped Newspapers Ask Schools to Kick In The dean’s blog item read pretty definitively. And she was not happy. "I had a call from the...
Target of Limbaugh’s Rant Says “Bring It”
Columnist Mary Mitchell Not Taking Insult Lying Down Rush Limbaugh unleashed a rant against the news media on Thursday, saying, "You have long ago sacrificed...
Journalists of Color Hit in Tribune Layoffs
Paper "Is Where Minority Reporters Can Go to Die" The Chicago Tribune laid off more than 40 newsroom employees on Friday, including a disproportionate number...