Commentary
I have a few important updates that I’d like to give you this morning and we’ll start with the jail right here in Brooklyn, New York that went 7 days without heat or electricity in the dead of winter. By the time the general public learned about the problem on this past Friday, the men […]
It’s the last day of January. It’s as cold as ever here in New York. It’s 4 degrees, with the windchill being at about 14 below zero, yet somehow, it is actually colder than this for huge chunks of the country. Be safe out there. Bundle up your children if they still have to go […]
I am in Durham, North Carolina this morning, on my way back to New York, after speaking last night at Duke University – and I even had a chance to meet a few of our listeners in North Carolina as well. I know some of the morning show crew have been doing this for long […]
I had a chance to meet so many of our listeners yesterday in San Antonio and always love seeing you all face to face. Listen, I was absolutely blown away by the King Day March there in San Antonio. Over 300,000 showed up and it was literally the largest King Day March in the nation. […]
Fifty-one years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the United States remains divided by issues of race and racism, economic inequality as well as unequal access to justice. These issues are stopping the country from developing into the kind of society that Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for during his years as a civil rights activist. As […]
I try not to do this, but this morning I need to spend a few minutes addressing some very personal attacks and lies that were lobbed against me online. I was literally a top trending topic for most of the day yesterday over this yesterday and just want to address it all head on, because […]
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, a half century ago, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip away at discrimination in education, jobs and public facilities. Black voters had only obtained legal protections two years earlier, and […]
(THE CONVERSATION) With the U.S. federal government shutdown now the longest in history, it’s important to understand what a shutdown means for the health and safety of Americans. The good news is that in the short run, the consequences are relatively few. But, as a researcher who studies natural disaster planning, I believe that Americans […]
This morning I wanted to take a few minutes to weigh in on the 2020 presidential elections. Now I know it’s January of 2019, and the elections are not until November of 2020, so it seems like we are a long way away, but the Democratic debates begin in just 6 months. That’s nothing. I […]
This morning I have to address the disturbing fact that our federal government has now been shut down for an astounding 19 days. Starting on Friday, hundreds of thousands of federal employees, including many of our listeners right here on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, are going to miss their first paycheck and many of […]
The last time I was on air, we were searching for the killer of 7 year old Jazmine Barnes, who was shot and killed on New Year’s Eve in Houston, Texas. I wanted to take a few minutes to give you all a detailed update on where the case stands, how we got there, and […]
Before I started this morning I want to wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year. I have some serious and heavy news to share with you already, but I want you to hear something loud and clear from this morning. I truly believe 2019 is going to be a good year […]
