Dear Tom, My sister Pamela is the devoted mom of two and – as of last month – a grandmother to a beautiful baby boy. She works as a Psychiatric Therapist at Drexel University and she is always helping people. One time, she took in my niece’s family of 4 after they lost her home. […]

Huggy Lowdown greets the "self proclaimed store-front preacher" before he jokes about wanting to see big heads and big butts in the platform events. Joking, Kim Kardashian and Tyra Banks would be impressive platform feats, listen to hear his take here,

It was big day for African-Americans representing in the Olympics yesterday. Listen to hear Sybil's Olympic update and more on TJMS.

Chris Paul blasts through 60 seconds of Stacey Dash collapsing, the woman with the padlocked vagina, and more on TJMS.

Gabby Douglas' hair has been a hot topic for over a week now. Stephanie Robinson joins TJMS to discuss why people are obsessed with Douglas' hair and what it represents in the black community.

Roland Martin Talks with Ron Lester about the dissolution of majority black congressional districts.

Dr. James Thomas Still of Medford, NJ was a well-known African-American Doctor in the mid-19th century. He was the son of James Still Sr., who many called “The black doctor,” even though he had no medical training. In 1871, James Still Jr. graduated from Harvard Medical School with honors. He took his talent to the […]

Tamela Mann has a powerful testimony. She and her husband, David, who starred with her on the Tyler Perry sitcom “Meet the Browns” came from impoverished childhoods in Texas to triumph in the entertainment industry. The couple, who has now been married for 24 years and have four children are now  spokespersons for the American […]

When rappers become dads, it’s hopefully a time of celebration. But when a rap star has a daughter, it can get complicated. They might think twice about the music they put out or become overly protective of even resistant to daughters who seek to follow in their father’s musical footsteps. And there are those painful […]

Late night comedy has a new name. Comedian Kamau Bell has gone from standup to TV thanks to Chris Rock. The veteran comic who had his own Emmy-winning HBO show in 1997, is backing Bell and his new show “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” which debuts on FX tonight at 11 p.m. Rock attended […]

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MIAMI (AP) — A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre assault alongside a busy South Florida highway told police that his attacker "just ripped me to ribbons." In a recorded interview with investigators, Ronald Poppo said the man who approached him initially seemed friendly. Then the man, Rudy Eugene, seemed […]

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Fearing the impact of new voting access laws approved by several states, congressional Democrats Thursday fired off a letter to presidents of the nation’s colleges and universities imploring them to do all they can to ensure that their students are able to register and vote. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Rep. John Conyers of […]