Dear Tom, I am nominating my sister “Shulie” to be a Thursday Morning Mom. She is actually my legal guardian. She was 27 and living in a 2-bedroom apartment with one of my other sisters when my dad died of cancer. He left my two brothers and me in her care. All of a sudden, […]

Chris Paul blasts through a minute of Michael Vick getting a new dog, joking that he understands why people could be upset.Saying Vick getting a dog is the same as, "R. Kelly adopting a 16-year-old gear and Robert Blake owning an italian restautant" Plus,  he goes on to discuss Aretha Franklin shutting down Kathy Lee, […]

Jacque Reid discusses today's news headlines including Zimmerman's interview on Hannity, the missing Houston mother & daughter, and more on TJMS.

  There’s a new “Cheers” in town, or at least the new TBS sitcom “Sullivan and Son” hopes so. The brand new comedy has already drawn comparisons to the classic 80’s show, “Cheers,” the bar where everyone knew your name, which boosted the careers of Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer and Woody Harrelson.  But comparisons end […]

Roland MArtin talks with John Wesley Boyd Jr. about the drought and how it’s affecting black farmers.

Benjamin Rucker, a.k.a. “Black Herman” was a groundbreaking and prominent African-American magician in the early 1900’s. He got his start with a white magician that went by Prince Herman, and the two would peddle tonics and elixirs on the road along with performing magic hand tricks. Hence, Rucker was called Black Herman. Black Herman’s most […]

Campaigning in Florida this week, President Barack Obama shared his plan for creating jobs and told voters that Republican Mitt Romney does not have the compassion to lead the nation. Obama spoke to voters in Jacksonville and West Palm Beach on Thursday and plans to address residents in Fort Myers and Orlando on Friday. Florida […]

It was as if someone cracked open a six-pack of Hater-aid this week and shared it with the political world. Birther talk, 1950s-style Joe McCarthyism, and plain old anti-Obama old sour grapes were front and center this week on the campaign trail, on Capitol Hill and the power corridors of Washington. Former New Hampshire Republican […]

Tamia Hill was well-known even before her marriage to NBA star Grant Hill. The Canadian-born songstress was discovered by Quincy Jones and had some memorable hits with “You Put a Move On My Heart,” “Stranger In My House,” “So Into You,” which rapper Fabulous gave new life to and her duet with Eric Benet “Spend […]

William Raspberry was a Pulitzer-Prize winning Washington Post journalist for over 40 years. Among the first black journalists to receive a nationally syndicated column, Raspberry was called a man who, “had a way of telling you to go to hell and making you look forward to the trip.” He told the many stories of civil […]

Ledisi and Eric Benet and Frankie Beverly and Patti Labelle are the hot concert tickets this weekend. But for most of the movie-going public there’s only one choice this weekend; time to go see “The Dark Knight Rises,” the last of the rebooted “Batman” trilogy. If neither of those strikes your fancy, you can catch […]

Monday night President Obama was given a do-over. He and First Lady Michelle Obama were watching the USA Basketball exhibition game when the Verizon Center's "Kiss Cam” focused on them. The president put his arm around the first lady and the couple smiled, but no smooching. The crowd booed. The second time the camera focused […]