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Roland Martin appears in the CNN Newsroom with John Avlon, Will Cain and host Kyra Phillips to discuss Speaker Boehner trying to get his caucus in line to vote on his debt plan.
Roland Martin talks with Secretary of Housing and Development, Shaun Donovan about the housing crisis, home foreclosures and the White House’s plan to confront the problem. TJMS: Sec. Shaun Donovan Discusses Home Foreclosure Crisis & White House Plans To Help Homeowners by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud
NEW YORK — Two female African American police officers have made history by becoming the first top cops to command a city precinct. Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes and Capt. Vanessa Kight are now the top cops at Brooklyn’s 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvestant. Women comprise 17.2% of uniformed officers in the NYPD. African-Americans make up 16.5% […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — A good samaritan who distributed meals to the homeless and less fortunate was killed in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday. Paris Powell, 29, was shot in the head while delivering food from his family’s van on the 1000 block of 47th Avenue in Oakland. Powell’s wife and 3-year-old step daughter were also struck, but […]
When will he learn? Former NBA star Jalen Rose, who was sentenced to 20 days in jail this past Tuesday for a DUI, was cited for speeding a day after his sentencing. Rose was clocked going 46 m.p.h. in a 25-m.p.h. zone shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday night, Clawson Police Chief Harry Anderson said. He […]
As the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case continues to unfold, his accuser Nafissatou Diallo is caught in an old, deplorable game of demonizing the woman — and Black women in particular — as sexual aggressors and prostitutes. The media’s continued assault on her character practically forced her to come forward, defend her character and profess her truth. […]
WASHINGTON — The recent terrorist attack in Norway has U.S. officials concerned about right wing extremism in the U.S. The Huffington Post reports: “As it stands today, we have been much more focused than at any time in the last 10 years on threat posed by homegrown terrorism,” a senior DHS counterterrorism official told The […]
With the recent bombing and shootings in Oslo committed by madman Anders Breivik, we decided to take a look back and find the 10 most notorious white terrorists of all-time. When you hear the word terrorist in our national media conversation, you usually hear the words Islamic and Muslim right before it. But rarely ever […]
While Detroit was once a shining emblem of American ingenuity and industry, the Motor City is now facing a $155 million deficit, a declining population and struggling to survive the nations economic downturn. At the same time, America is facing similar peril _ joblessness, deficit, and national sense that things are not getting better. The […]
While America’s economic turmoil has impacted the entire nation, Black businesses seem to be some of the most severely affected. Today, in the U.S., there are half as many Black-owned car dealerships than there were three years ago. Automotive News details the industrywide decline. Black dealers have taken a disproportionate hit — “drastic” in the […]