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Derek Chauvin guilty verdict brought a shared sigh of relief across TV news
Every major broadcast and cable news network broke into regular programming Tuesday afternoon to cover the former Minneapolis police officer's...
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Posted Tuesday 4/20/21 at 2:03PM EDT
NBC calls for expulsion of former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president who called Black Lives Matter a "racist hate movement"
The network responded to the revelation that Philip Berk, an eight-term past president and current member of the HFPA, sent an...
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Posted Tuesday 4/20/21 at 12:24AM EDT
Former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president sends email to members calling Black Lives Matter a “racist hate movement”
As the organization behind the Golden Globes is dealing with a lack of Black representation, former HFPA president Phil Berk...
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Posted Friday 4/16/21 at 11:42PM EDT
Amber Ruffin debuts a "How Did We Get Here?" segment in reaction to recent police brutality cases
"It seems like every other week, a new video surfaces of police killing, kicking, choking, tasing, or pepper-spraying an unarmed...
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Posted Thursday 4/15/21 at 3:22PM EDT
Trevor Noah calls out the "bad apple" policing excuse
“We’re told time and time again that these incidents that Black Americans are experiencing are because of bad apples, right?”...
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Justified's glorification of a lawman who breaks the law hasn't aged well
Amid a rumor that Timothy Olyphant may reprise his famous Elmore Leonard role from the 2010-2015 FX series, it's worth...
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Posted Tuesday 4/13/21 at 2:50AM EDT
CNN reporter Sara Sidner confronted on live TV over Daunte Wright protest coverage
In a remarkable exchange Monday night, a local demonstrator angrily told the CNN correspondent that the media’s presence in the...
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Posted Tuesday 3/23/21 at 9:04PM EDT
Sesame Street introduces two Black muppets as the children's show tackles racial justice
Wesley Walker, age 5, and his father, Elijah, are part of the show's "Explaining Race" initiative to help parents talk...
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Posted Saturday 3/20/21 at 3:49AM EDT
The Real World Homecoming: New York's conversation on race is striking in how much has flipped since Real World Season 1
"At one point, Rebecca says she feels like she’s being attacked by Kevin, which is more or less the same...
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Posted Tuesday 2/23/21 at 9:06PM EST
Even though City on a Hill is set in the 1990s, last year's Black Lives Matter protests had an impact on Season 2
“We went back to the scripts and did another draft of every script with the input of all the actors...
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Posted Wednesday 2/17/21 at 4:30AM EST
Ava DuVernay felt a responsibility to make Queen Sugar Season 5 "a time capsule of this time for Black Americans"
DuVernay had six of 14 episodes to go when the coronavirus shutdown happened last year.
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Marian Anderson’s Story Is Made Whole in a Powerful PBS Film
As a history nerd I’m all for the underappreciated heroes of the past, but I simply had no idea about...
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Posted Wednesday 2/10/21 at 12:38PM EST
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist decided to tackle systemic racism in tech amid the George Floyd protests
“We started the writers’ room in late June, about three weeks after the global protests sparked by the death of...
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Posted Saturday 2/06/21 at 5:06AM EST
Grown-ish tackles the prison industrial complex
The story arc involving prison divestment and the over-policing of Black and brown people was filmed before George Floyd's death.
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Posted Saturday 1/16/21 at 5:56AM EST
Walker creator is glad the Black Lives Matter movement forced her writing team to re-examine their approach to law enforcement
“I actually feel very fortunate that we are being forced to have these conversations and it’s been an educational year,”...