Jeff Johnson talks with TJMS about mental illness using Jesse Jackson Jr. and the Jackson family as representations of the deep prevalance of mental illness in black families. Ending on a sidenote, urging everyone to become active in the Chavis Carter story. Click here to read the story about Chavis Carter

Jeff Johnson talks with TJMS about the five things we must know about the Olympics.

The 2012 London Olympics are well underway and if you have not had or taken the time to watch any of the hours of coverage being broadcast by all of NBC’s platforms, you have missed a lot. But if you missed the opening ceremony, in my opinion you didn’t miss an event with the abstractly […]

Jeff Johnson discusses the idea of an all black army.

I know that many of you heard that Michael Clarke Duncan, probably best known for his role as John Coffe, in "The Green Mile," suffered a heart attack in his home last week. If you did hear than you know that his girlfriend, Omarosa was credited with saving his life by administering CPR until the […]

Why is there no national outrage about what is taking place in Chicago? And I am not talking about national dialogue…talk. We retweet the murder numbers for weekends in Chicago like they are scores from the basketball game and then say "Damn, what a shame." When 15 people get killed in a weekend outside of […]

Why is there no national outrage about what is taking place in Chicago? And I am not talking about national dialogue…talk. We retweet the murder numbers for weekends in Chicago like they are scores from the basketball game and then say "Damn, what a shame." When 15 people get killed in a weekend outside of […]

Jeff Johnson discusses the latest in Immigration leglislature including the Arizona law.

Jeff Johnson talks with TJMS about Rodney King's death and his impact on civil rights.