President Barack Obama talked with TJMS this week about the ongoing economic struggles America is currently experiencing, along with job industries that were hardest hit and how he plans to get the ball rolling. He also touched lightly on the criticism he has been receiving from African American leaders like Tavis Smiley and Cornell West. […]

    Hazel W.Johnson achieved the rank of Brigadier General (U.S. Army) on September 1,1979,becoming the first Black woman General in U.S. history.   TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

NEW YORK — A 17-year-old girl from Harlem who attended the prestigious Deerfield Academy in Connecticut has been released from Riker’s Island. Afrika Owes was arrested and accused of transporting guns for her boyfriend, Jaquan “Jay Cash” Layne, in February and was incarcerated in Riker’s Island since then. The New York Daily News reports: Owes, […]

With a report recently released claiming that Wall Street CEOs paid less in taxes than their whole corporations earned last year, the attention has turned to President Obama and his relationships with these bigwigs in campaign raising season. Out of the 25 CEOs mentioned in the Institute for Policy Studies report, ten have relationships with […]

With a report recently released claiming that Wall Street CEOs paid less in taxes than their whole corporations earned last year, the attention has turned to President Obama and his relationships with these bigwigs in campaign raising season. Out of the 25 CEOs mentioned in the Institute for Policy Studies report, ten have relationships with […]

The Tea Party is calling for the resignation of Indiana Democratic congressman Andre Carson after he said the party wanted to see Black people hanging from trees. Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots described Rep. Andre Carson’s remarks as “disgusting” and “hateful” in a statement to the Daily News. “Rep. […]

An NYPD police sergeant has sued the head officer of the World Trade Center command, claiming that he ordered him to give negative performance evaluations to two well-regarded Black sergeants, ordered cops to meet ticket quotas, and forced his subordinates to make unwarranted traffic stops. The suit, filed by Sgt. Christopher Groben, who is white, […]

When President Barack Obama last headlined a Labor Day event in Detroit (2008), he wowed the crowd by humming a few bars of Aretha Franklin’s hit “Chain of Fools,” while the Queen of Soul looked on. This year, the President will be the one who is serenaded when Aretha Franklin performs at the Labor Day Rally […]

Former New York governor David Patterson is hitting the airwaves with his own prime-time morning talk radio show covering politics and other issues on WOR. The legally blind first Black governor of New York, Patterson grew up with the radio because of his visual impairment. In addition to the radio gig, Patterson will also continue […]

Florida Congressman Alan West says he’s contemplating leaving the Congressional Black Caucus after fellow caucus member Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind) told attendees at a recent CBC town hall metting that the Tea Party would love to see Black people hanging from trees. See also: Black Congressman: “Tea Party Would Love To See Us Hanging From […]