Commentary

Good Morning Everybody! As you know, Senator Kamala Harris, who was the only Black woman running for the Democratic nomination for President, dropped out earlier this week. And I just want to have a moment of truth about her campaign.  First off, I hate the idea that white billionaires like Michael Bloomberg, are just parachuting […]

Good Morning Everybody! I have a few things that I wanna cover this morning so I’ll jump right in.  Yesterday, Trump’s attorneys announced that they are not going to participate in this week’s new impeachment hearings. Now, on some level, that’s not surprising, because they’ve refused to participate in almost all of the aspects of […]

Good Morning Everybody! First and foremost, I wanted to thank thousands of our listeners for signing our petition at FreeRodneyReed.com and taking all of our action steps by making phone calls, sending emails, hosting events and so much more. As you all know, on this past Friday, we had two major developments in the case. […]

In just a few minutes I’ll give us an update on our efforts to stop the execution of Rodney Reed, but first I want to bring you all some great news from San Francisco. Several times over this past year I told the story of a young man who was running for District Attorney there […]

On this past Tuesday I told you about a man named Rodney Reed who is on death row in Texas for a crime he did not commit. We are now just 12 short days away from Rodney being executed and we’re doing anything and everything we can do to help save this man’s life. Just […]

Good Morning Everybody! In just 14 days, the State of Texas is scheduled to execute a man that I believe is factually innocent. His name is Rodney Reed and he has been framed for a rape and murder that he did not commit. All the way back in 1996, now 23 years ago, a white […]

I have a few news stories I wanna break down, but first I just wanted to take a quick moment to acknowledge the life and legacy of comedian John Witherspoon. I love comedians. It’s such a gift to be able to make people laugh and John Witherspoon had been cracking jokes for generations and had […]

What You Need To Know: Today is the final day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But for some, breast cancer awareness is every day of the year. Why We Need To Know: Thirty-five years ago today, my mother underwent a mastectomy. And for almost eight years afterward, I lived with the constant fear of the […]

All over social media I’ve seen several different videos of police brutality over this past week – sometimes it was fatal, other times not, but each and every time, like clockwork, the victims were Black or Latino, and the violence was completely unnecessary. Here in New York, on our subways this past week, we’ve had […]

  This morning I need us to have a tough conversation about Facebook.  I use Facebook. I’ve been on Facebook for nearly 15 years. I use it for my businesses, for many of the charities and campaigns that I manage. I also use Instagram – which is owned by Facebook – and many of you […]

Good Morning Everybody! I have a few things I wanna cover so I’ll just jump right in.  This weekend, HBO premiered a brand new television show that’s based on a comic book called The Watchmen. I love the comic and loved the movie based on it as well. But something deeply fascinating happened on the […]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the last time I got a speeding ticket. It was nearly a decade ago and it’s a pretty unremarkable story: I was on my way back to Columbus, Ohio, from a friend’s wedding and was going something like 15 mph over the speed limit. An officer pulled me […]