Category : Maynard Institute archives

U.S. Military Turned Bilal Hussein Over to Iraqis “An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him...

Choice of Models Flips Pattern in Fashion Magazines For the July issue of Italian Vogue, Steven Meisel has photographed only black models. “In a reverse...

Final Stories, Pies and Tears in Albuquerque In the newsroom of the Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune on Friday, the staff put out the second of three...

Media, Racism Remain Challenges for Obama The results of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries on Tuesday spelled the end of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for...

Tough Times Not Seen as Barrier to Broadening Pool Amid alarms that economic troubles are putting newsroom diversity on the back burner, Marcus Brauchli, the...

Black Commentators Say Critics Miss the Point Black journalists and commentators rallied around the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and by extension the black church, as Sen....

Candidate Leaves After Latest Remarks from Pulpit Sen. Barack Obama resigned on Friday from Trinity United Church of Christ after 20 years, in light of...

Sun-Times Lays Off 2 Journalists of Color, Saves 1 Two journalists of color were laid off at the Chicago Sun-Times and a third was promoted...

Activist Said to Be Hurt by “Hate” Over Obama Issue After nearly 12 years as a fixture on radio’s syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” activist,...

Black Entertainment Television has not aired its tamed-down version of NYOIL’s “Y’all Should All Get Lynched,” but its animated video, which accuses current rappers of...

Clinton Asks, “Why Is Anybody Concerned . . .?” A photo of Barack Obama in garb suggestive of Islam showed up on the Drudge Report...

Mainstream Media Downplay Hillary Clinton Comment A day after many observers declared it nearly impossible for Sen. Hillary Clinton to overtake Sen. Barack Obama to...