Brad Terrence Jordan, better known as Scarface to his fans, welcomed the Tom Joyner Morning Show to his beloved city, Houston, on the first stop of the 2015 #TJMSTour. He didn’t quite make it to the broadcast studio, but he did call in.
LaTavia Roberson was one of the quartet along with Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett and Beyonce Knowles, who formed Destiny’s Child until the group blew up due to problems with Knowles’s father and the group’s manager, Mathew. While Beyonce’s destiny was to become a global superstar, the rest of the group struggled to maintain their relevancy. […]
Gil-Scott Heron is a groundbreaking musician/poet whose work was sampled by many hip-hop artists. His song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is one of the most iconic protest songs of all time. Unfortunately, his career – and his genius – was curtailed by drug addiction. Marcus Baram is the author of Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces […]
Mellody Hobson is President of Ariel investments; a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and separate accounts. Additionally, she is a regular financial contributor and analyst for CBS News. Tom: Today, we are talking housing. Mellody: We are, Tom. The American housing market […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Leading black members of Congress took to a church pulpit in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday to trace a direct link from Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy to the fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings across the U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. spoke to parishioners at Wellspring […]