Draymond Green Claps Back At ‘Angry Black Man’ Title, But Fans Say ‘C’mon, Bruh’
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Could the New Pope Be Black?
Paul Pierce Completes This Painful, Embarrassing Task After Betting Against The Knicks…and Losing
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AOL Cuts 900 Jobs, Says Black Voices Spared
Ken Strickland, a veteran producer in NBC News’ Washington bureau, was named deputy bureau chief Friday by Antoine Sanfuentes, the recently named Washington bureau chief.The appointment means a Hispanic journalist and a black one will remain in the top two spots in the bureau. “He will work with me to manage the day-to-day operation of…
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Aretha Franklin Debuts New Song for Tavis Smiley
To mark her 50 years in the entertainment business, Columbia Records is releasing an album of Aretha Franklin’s hits from 1960 to 1965. She also has a new single coming out — a remake of Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were” — which she played an exclusive preview of on this weekend’s The Tavis Smiley…
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NPR CEO Resigns After Second Major Embarrassment
Departure Follows Second Major Embarrassment Vivian Schiller resigned as president and CEO of NPR, its board of directors announced Wednesday, a day after news broke of a sting by conservative provocateur James O’Keefe in which a surreptitiously recorded video showed the head of NPR’s fundraising arm saying that members of the tea party movement are…
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Does Black or Latino Ownership Matter?
Question Raised as Huffington Takes Over AOL Sites “Now that AOL’s acquisition of Huffington Post has closed, Arianna Huffington will take control of AOL Latino, AOL Black Voices and other AOL sites as part of the $315 million deal that puts the Huffington Post under the AOL umbrella,” Richard Prince wrote Monday for the Poynter…
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The Vine: Harvard's Linda Hill Shatters Myths About Leadership
The first black woman professor at Harvard Business School has some unusual views about leadership. She believes leaders are self-made. “Leadership is a self-development process,” she insists. “You have to teach yourself.” And that old cliché about finding a mentor? “Why would someone do that who’s already paying you?” professor Linda Hill asks. Instead, she…
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Ebony Pins Hopes on Redesign
Ebony magazine, sustaining circulation and advertising losses despite injections of new blood and a new look launched in 2009, unveiled what it called a “cover-to-cover, page by page” redesign for its April issue and promised to meet the circulation figure it has guaranteed advertisers by the June issue. Rodrigo A. Sierra, senior vice president and…
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Fashion Veteran Constance White Named Essence Editor
Constance C.R. White, a veteran journalist who is style director, brand consultant and spokeswoman for eBay, the online company, has been named editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, Time Inc. announced on Thursday. “White was previously the founding Fashion Editor for Talk magazine, a celebrated Style Reporter for The New York Times and the Executive Fashion Editor…
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Eric Holder Criticized for Calling Blacks 'My People'
Some Object to Holder Calling Blacks “My People” “Attorney General Eric Holder finally got fed up Tuesday with claims that the Justice Department went easy in a voting rights case against members of the New Black Panther Party because they are African American,” Politico reported on Tuesday under the headline, “Eric Holder: Black Panther case…
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Young, Fabulous and Female: Atlanta (VIDEO)
The latest stop on The Root’s Young, Fabulous and Female tour was Atlanta, where, along with Target, we hosted a lively networking session and panel discussion for hundreds of attendees. Moderated by Jacque Reid, the panel included Terri J. Vaughn, Beverly Bond, Tracey Ferguson and Taj George. Watch our video recap.
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Beyond Fame With Radio Host Bev Smith
Syndicated radio host Bev Smith, recently won the prestigious Max Robinson Award for her work to combat HIV/AIDS. In an audio interview, the talk radio queen goes Beyond Fame with The Root’s Anji Corley, discussing modern courtship rituals, whether the NAACP is still relevant in 2011 and how to use what you have to get…