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Featured Lightfoot Limits One-on-One Interviews to People of Color

richardMay 19, 2021May 20, 2021

by richardMay 19, 2021May 20, 202104735

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is granting one-on-one interviews only to journalists of color, making a statement about news media diversity...

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Featured Don Lemon Tease Resolved: New Show Name

richardMay 15, 2021May 20, 2021

by richardMay 15, 2021May 20, 202104299

Don Lemon is getting his name above the title on his late-night program on CNN, an announcement that ended a guessing game Lemon launched....

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Don Lemon Says CNN Show Is Ending, But . . .

richardMay 15, 2021May 20, 2021

by richardMay 15, 2021May 20, 202103349

Don Lemon surprised viewers when he announced that he is stepping down as the host of 'CNN Tonight,' effective immediately,...

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Featured Mostly Black Beach Crowd Attacks Black Crew

richardMay 14, 2021May 20, 2021

by richardMay 14, 2021May 20, 202105028

A news crew of two Black journalists is attacked in Miami Beach by a mostly Black crowd . . . ....

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Is Washington Post’s Choice Good for Diversity?

richardMay 11, 2021May 13, 2021

by richardMay 11, 2021May 13, 202103628

Is Sally Buzbee the right choice for The Washington Post's diversity issues?...

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Featured 1619’s Gift to McConnell’s Ancestors

richardMay 9, 2021May 11, 2021

by richardMay 9, 2021May 11, 202105095

They went there -- about Mitch McConnell's slaveholder family background....

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Featured Cautious Optimism After Kevin Merida Pick

richardMay 3, 2021May 9, 2021

by richardMay 3, 2021May 9, 202104897

L.A. Times newsroom "cautiously optimistic" about the arrival of Kevin Merida; boost for Yamiche Alcindor...

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Who Was Bernadette? Who Was Mrs. Jones?

richardMay 3, 2021May 18, 2021

by richardMay 3, 2021May 18, 202118828

Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who created the "Philly Sound," and Robin R. Terry and Iris Gordy of the Motown Museum in an exchange with...

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Featured Santorum Insult Inflames Native Americans

richardApril 30, 2021May 3, 2021

by richardApril 30, 2021May 3, 202108224

The Native American Journalists Association is strongly cautioning Native American reporters from working with CNN or applying for jobs there....

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Featured Klan Revelation Was Too Hot — Until Now

richardApril 26, 2021April 30, 2021

by richardApril 26, 2021April 30, 202105427

In 1920s Denver, close to 30,000 of the 107,000 white men in Denver were registered members of the KKK, the public now knows....

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Featured Chauvin Verdict Could Be Watershed Moment

richardApril 24, 2021April 27, 2021

by richardApril 24, 2021April 27, 202104253

For the media, the Derek Chauvin verdict could be a watershed moment, like the murder of George Floyd itself....

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Featured Journalists in Minn. Beaten, Thrown to Ground

richardApril 19, 2021April 25, 2021

by richardApril 19, 2021April 25, 2021026921

"Journalists covering protests in Minnesota say they have been assaulted, pepper-sprayed and detained despite showing their credentials and a Friday court order....