Al Jazeera America Executive Sues for Racial Discrimination, Bias

Al Jazeera America does not (did not) seem like a great place to work—not by any account.

Al Jazeera America does not (did not) seem like a great place to work—not by any account.

On the morning of May 6, two manholes near Penn Station in Manhattan exploded in succession, spooking pedestrians and temporarily snarling traffic on 8th Avenue as investigators scratched their heads. Less than a block away, Al Jazeera America employees felt their building shake. “Just what we need,” one told another…
This week, Al Jazeera America is running Sex Crimes in Sports, a multi-part series that’s just as uplifting as you might expect. Last night, the series looked at a number of recent high-profile sexual assault allegations featuring student athletes. The punishments for big-deal student athletes found responsible for…
When creating a list of cities in which you would someday like to live, Fresno, Calif. may not make your top ten; actually it may not even break your top 20. You may have never even heard of it. I've lived in California almost all of my life (shoutout to Moldova, though) and I didn't hear about Fresno until I was in…
Fox News announced Tuesday afternoon that Megyn Kelly, current anchor of America Live and current holder of her third child in her womb, will get her own primetime show once she returns from maternity leave. Coincidentally, Soledad O'Brien, formerly of CNN, announced yesterday that she's joining Al Jazeera America.…