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Monday’s “The Kelly File” segment on Fox News turned into a war of words between the host, Megyn Kelly and Dr. Cornel West. The three-minute debate centered on the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the various cases of Black-on-Black crime as Kelly kicked things off with discussing Peggy Hubbard, a St. Louis area grandmother who – as […]
MONETA, Va. (AP) — The latest on the fatal on-air shooting of two TV station employees in central Virginia (all times local): 2:25 p.m. Officials say they don’t yet know a motive in the fatal on-air shooting of a reporter and a cameraman from a TV station in Virginia. Authorities say they know the suspect, […]
Dick Gregory will be at the Sydney Marcus Auditorium in Atlanta for an unforgettable evening with the legendary speaker. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about his thoughts on Hurricane Katrina, the massacre at the historic black church in South Carolina and much more. Hurricane Katrina – accident or on purpose? “As […]
Rev. Al Sharpton reminds people that Hurricane Katrina was a man made disaster in light of the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that hit the city of New Orleans in 2005. “We’ve seen the black businesses not restored. The black banks not restored. In many ways we ought to commit to restoring and rebuilding what […]
Roland Martin talks to Stacy Martin, the Louisiana Director of Black Alliance for Education Options about the state of education in New Orleans, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina. “The concept of charter schools were circulating in New Orleans before Katrina. We’re now seeing the positive outlook of charter schools. All schools should be “A” schools, but what […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland moved the last inmates out of the dangerously decrepit men’s section of the Baltimore City Detention Center on Tuesday, state officials said, completing the closure of the notorious facility. The jail pre-dates modern penal facility standards, with some of its walls dating to the 19th century. It has been known […]
Residents of a predominantly Black suburb in Detroit are up in arms after discovering racist political flyers sprinkled on their lawns
Peggy Hubbard, a St. Louis mother now living in Rockford, Ill., posted a Facebook video rant railing against the #BlackLivesMatter movement last Thursday. The video…
An order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued in Ferguson, Missouri before December 31, 2014 was announced today. CNN reports: Municipal Court Judge Donald McCullin, who was appointed in June, also changed the conditions for pretrial release. According to a press release put out by Ferguson, all defendants will be given new court dates with alternative penalties like […]
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle woman is accused of making up a lie about being kidnapped so she wouldn’t have to return to her job as a night shift nursing assistant. In a news release, the Panama City Police Department said its officers and other agencies spent several hours Monday morning looking […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — So what do you do when a trip on a high-speed train in Europe suddenly turns you and your buddies into international heroes? Sign a book deal? Take meetings with Hollywood executives? Pose for magazine features? Perhaps yes to all three, eventually, but not just yet for the three American men […]
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Sharon Farris left South Carolina’s annual “Faith & Freedom BBQ” Monday night with her blouse and purse covered with campaign stickers from at least a half-dozen Republican presidential hopefuls. “I’m open-minded, but I’m looking for somebody with Bible-based principles,” she said, explaining that means “the more conservative, the better,” and not […]
