Biz/Media, Entertainment

This is what happens when a major news publication doesn’t hire a Black writer to write about us. New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley wrote a piece that was supposed to be about how Shonda Rhimes has changed the landscape for Black women on TV, but ended up being an under-researched piece that called Rhimes […]

I was in the middle of my Sunday ritual of reading the tech sections of various publications when I came across a story on the New York Times website that discussed the level of effectiveness of classroom software as a means to improve leaning opportunities for youth across the company. I agree that this topic […]

A new book about the life of Barack Obama’s mother is casting doubt on statements shared by the president during his 2008 election campaign and push for health care reform, The New York Times reports. According to A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother, a biography written by Times reporter Janny Scott, […]

Journalist Paul Delaney wrote a column on why he feels the NY Times’ appointment of the first woman and Black man to lead the 160-year old paper, deserves more public recognition. The paper recently appointed Jill Abramson as the first woman to be appointed editor-in-chief, and Dean Baquet as the first African American managing editor. […]