By Tracie Powell When it comes to the news industry, clicks are increasingly the coin of the realm. This is especially true for local television news. Take, for example, Washington, D.C.’s CBS affiliate WUSA 9 News, which aired a segment…
Throughout its 168 year history, Scientific American is known as much for its writers as it is for its exploration of science and technology. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein, have written for the magazine. Danielle Lee is another one of its…
Since African Americans aredisproportionately represented in public sector jobs — in other words they disproportionately work for the government —allDigitocracy took a cursory check around the Web to see how black news organizations are covering the U.S. government shutdown. Unfortunately, we…
“What is there to be done? The first and most important thing is to recognize how we came to this pass. Both sides did not do this. Both sides are not to blame. There is no compromise to be had…
Fixers — fictional ones at least — are hard at work helping citizens navigate the new health care law at the center of the current government shutdown. In the parody video, Scandalous, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson parodies the hugely popular ABC prime time…
I wonder if black Democrats consider Herman Cain a blessing or an embarrassment. No, really. Think about it. Conservative Republicans are counting on Cain to siphon off enough black votes – they estimate 20 to 30 percent — to crush…
Yeah, I realize the irony of the headline over this blog post, but let’s get real serious for a minute. This may be Troy Davis’ last chance to live. Davis was convicted and sentenced to death in 1991 for the…
By TMPunplugged Once upon a time, the mere mention of Oprah Winfrey’s name conjured up eyeballs and dollar signs. My how times have changed. Winfrey ruled daytime television for decades before she decided to move her successful formula of chatty…