Source: Kevin Carter / Getty “I WON!” And she did. Earlier this week, Karen Attiah announced her nearly yearlong victory against The Washington Post with those two emphatic words followed by a pair of brown-skinned flexed-biceps emojis. Her singular declaration was entirely appropriate because that hard-earned ruling restored her job, full back pay, and professional […]
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Source: ISABEL INFANTES / Getty The Washington Post has been ordered to rehire Black woman opinion columnist Karen Attiah, whom the outlet fired last September for, well, essentially telling the truth about Charlie Kirk. According to the New York Times, Sarah Miller Espinosa, the arbitrator who oversaw Attiah’s legal challenge against The Post, said the […]
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Source: Fox News / Screenshot Welp, Stephen A. Smith has made good on his promise to respond to the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) giving him its 2026 Thumbs Down Award during its annual conference in Atlanta last week. NABJ said that Smith earned this award because he “has established a recurring public pattern of […]
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NABJ criticized Smith for a ‘recurring pattern of disparaging commentary’ toward prominent Black women. Smith warned NABJ that he plans to turn the attention back towards the organization itself. Source: Dave Kotinsky / Getty Stephen A. Smith found himself facing a new wave of criticism this weekend after the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) […]
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Source: Dave Kotinsky / Getty Stephen A. Smith, sir, my brother in hair lines that died on the cross, I’m going to hold your hands when I say this — you should sit this one out. The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) had its annual four-day convention in Atlanta last week, and on Saturday, […]
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Source: Jason Mendez / Getty There is something almost hilarious about Stephen A. Smith being angry that the National Association of Black Journalists gave him a “Thumbs Down” award. Not because the award is funny. Not because NABJ is beyond criticism. And certainly not because Stephen A. Smith doesn’t have the right to disagree with […]
Read MoreNot a single day goes by without President Donald Trump proving throughout the day that, for him, we have greatly lowered the bar for what’s considered acceptable behavior for a commander in chief, or any elected official, for that matter. (Or any well-adjusted adult, for that matter.) But we should be particularly concerned about the […]
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Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty The debate about the future of Black journalism is already happening in newsrooms, press freedom panels, and professional organizations, but the next generation of Black journalists still in training has largely been missing from the conversation. Across the country, media organizations and press freedom advocates have raised alarms about what […]
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