Van Jones is out from his position at Dream.org, but still has big plans for the $100M grant from Jeff Bezos. Will reputation ruin it though?
We hit up Central Park for the 2022 Global Citizen Fest in NYC, featuring queen Mariah Carey, iconic rockers Metallica & more!
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Some California lawmakers said they support a group of homeless women who have been illegally living in a vacant three-bedroom house since November, partly to protest real estate speculators who drive up housing costs in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area.’ SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER: Moms 4 Housing, a collective […]
Before Roland Martin left for the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage he sat down with Reverend Barber to discuss the 10, 20, 30 amendment. The amendment was introduced by Cory Booker and Jim Clyburn and what it does is cause 10% of all federal funds to be spent in counties where 20% or more of […]
It’s interesting that people try to make it seem as if, “all black people are inherently criminals, because of what’s going on in Chicago.” Yes there are black people in Chicago but most Black people do not live there. Chicago does have a high murder rate, but they also have a high unemployment rate and […]
The federal judge called it “ineffective” and “counterproductive” to take away licenses from cash-strapped drivers.
New study sheds light on race and class.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Too often, low-income, black, and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks, and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission said inequities are caused by the fact that schools are mostly funded with state and local tax dollars. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump‘s proposal to slash food stamps by a third will be a hard sell in Congress, even as Republicans have tried repeatedly to scale back the program’s $70 billion annual cost. Democrats will oppose any changes to the program, which is designed as a temporary safety net for Americans who […]
Over the years, we have all heard the stories of how many African-Americans and others are returning home to the South or moving there in search of a better life. The lure of sleepy neighborhoods, cheaper housing, safer schools, and an all-around better lifestyle that seems to elude larger cities, is what draws people to […]
August 2016 was Chicago’s deadliest month in nearly two decades, leaving the city’s streets riddled with shell casings and bloodshed from mostly African-American bodies. According to the Chicago Police Department’s crime statistics, an astonishing 474 people were victims of homicide in 2016. In August alone, there were 92 deaths, a number slightly lower than July 1993 […]
Since the recession hit, poverty has hit so many Americans, and is too close for comfort to many more. Click on the audio player to hear some of the recents stats about poverty in the United States in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Listen to the “The D.L. […]
