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Billionaire super-investor Warren Buffett called for more taxes on the rich in an editorial written for the NYTimes. The Chairman and Chief Executive of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, revealed his own tax rate in the piece — the amount of income that he pays —and how it is far below his co-workers, thanks to how investment […]

Community leaders from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and local businesses in Fort Worth, Texas are unhappy with the name of a local food-mart titled “Da Hood Food Mart.” “The name is insulting to our African-American heritage and the over-saturation of these types of establishments within the economically disadvantaged communities is simply a continuation of […]

DECORAH, Iowa-President Barack Obama had a heated exchange with a Tea Party supporter while on a Midwestern tour promoting rural economic policies. The Tea Party activist took offense to Vice President Joe Biden’s statement that Republicans were holding the economy hostage, which many Republicans have misquoted as him calling Tea Party Republicans, terrorists. The Huffington […]

Cornel West’s repeated attacks on President Barack Obama are creating a divide within the Black community. Several African American activists who support Obama fear that his attacks will lead to apathy in the Black community and low voter turnout. West is currently on a “Poverty Tour” with fellow Obama critic, radio and TV personality, Tavis […]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry took blows at both President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the Iowa State Fair on Monday. “Mr. President, you need to free up the employers of this country to create jobs.” Perry called on Obama to “free up this country” from “stifling regulation.” “I’m a pro-business governor, I […]

  Roland Martin talks with Attorney Winston Thompson about the racially motivated murder of 49-year-old James Craig Anderson in Jackson, Mississippi. TJMS: White Teens Beat, Run Over And Kill African-American Man In Jackson, Mississippi by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud

San Francisco’s mass transit system, BART, closed all four of its stations in downtown San Francisco on Monday evening due to protests. Groups protested yesterday against the BART’s decision to cut underground cellular service for three hours last Thursday night in an effort to stop a possible protest over the  July 3 slaying of a […]

A white powdery substance believed to be narcotics was discovered on the body of a megachurch pastor who was discovered dead in a Times Square hotel room, police said Monday. Pastor Zachery Tims of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida, 42, was found dead at the W Hotel in Times Square Saturday. His cause […]

More than 500 people gathered in Jackson, Mississippi Sunday to denounce the racially motivated killing of an African-American man. James Craig Anderson, 49, was beaten by a group of white teens, then fatally mowed over with an attacker’s truck in early July. Surveillance video released this month brought the story to the nation’s attention, and […]

President Obama received some bad news this week: A recent Gallup Poll found that the approval rating for the president has dropped below 40 percent for the first time ever. A full 54 percent of Americans disapprove of the job the president is doing. This revelation puts President Obama into George Bush territory. Bush’s approval […]