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  11/9/16- Rev. Al Sharpton talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the results of Decision 2016. “We’re going to have to fight. Like we did when Reagan came in after Carter. WE need leadership. Black radio and black church weren’t engaged. There’s a lot of blame to go around but the question is, ‘what […]

  11/9/16- Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the National Lawyer’s Committee For Civil Rights Under Law and Roland Martin talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the results of the 2016 election. “My job was to make sure people who turned out got their voices heard. It’s really important that we reflect on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential election. (All times EST): 7:15 a.m. President Barack Obama has invited President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him at the White House on Thursday. The president plans to address Trump’s victory in a statement from the White House on Wednesday. The White House says Obama called […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California and Massachusetts voters approved measures allowing recreational marijuana Tuesday, handing the legalization movement a huge victory in the nation’s most populous state and giving it a toehold in the densely populated Northeast. Voters in seven other states also considered proposals to expand legal access to the drug, which is still […]

ZUSA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman with an assault rifle killed a man and critically wounded two women Tuesday in a California neighborhood near two polling sites that were shut down before the attacker was found dead inside a nearby home, authorities said. One polling place was reopened hours after a gunbattle involving the gunman […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ path to retaking the Senate majority narrowed Tuesday as Republicans held onto key seats in North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. Democrats grabbed a Republican-held seat in Illinois, but as Republicans defended a slim 54-46 majority in an unpredictable election year, key races in Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Nevada remained too […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton was ensconced in a luxury Manhattan hotel suite Tuesday night, watching the returns with a close group of family members and campaign aides as she awaited word on whether she would become the first woman to serve as president. As polls closed in many eastern states, Clinton and her […]

A Brooklyn Assemblywoman was arrested this weekend after her 12-year-old son told authorities she hit him with a broomstick.

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Seeking to become the nation’s first female president, Hillary Clinton cast her ballot Tuesday and settled down to wait for the country to make its choice. The Democratic nominee and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, voted at an elementary school near their home in suburban New York before greeting supporters […]

  1-866-Our-Vote is the hotline that will track voting irregularities in real-time. Both Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Hill Harper, the organization’s national spokesperson talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about what to do if you experience any voting issues at the polls. […]

  Georgia Representative John Lewis talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about how important voting is and why on Election Day, it’s necessary to honor President Obama’s legacy. “We need to go out and vote like we’ve never voted before. It’s the most powerful non-violent tool that we have on the democratic society. We […]