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Labor Sec. Hilda Solis joined Roland Martin on the set of Washington Watch to discuss the new jobs numbers, what the White House is doing to get Americans back to work and the American Jobs Act.

It has been amazing listening to various critics of the Occupy Wall Street protests suggest that somehow what they’re doing is un-American. I’m the same person who said that the Tea Party had an absolute right to do what they were actually doing. In fact, I also said it was a welcome sight to see […]

After Herman Cain’s interview with MSNBCs Lawrence O’Donell, more attention has been paid to his time at Morehouse College in Atlanta during the apex of the civil rights movement. Cain had previously said he was a high school student during the civil rights movement and wasn’t old enough to participate, but records show he attended […]

After Herman Cain’s interview with MSNBCs Lawrence O’Donell, more attention has been paid to his time at Morehouse College in Atlanta during the apex of the civil rights movement. Cain had previously said he was a high school student during the civil rights movement and wasn’t old enough to participate, but records show he attended […]

A group of girls trying to beat paying for the train at a Harlem station resisted arrest by the NYPD when they were caught trying to do so, according to a video uploaded to YouTube. The four teens tried skipping out on the $2.25 fare before hopping onto a train at the 125th St. station […]

SEATTLE — Benjamin Francis, also known as Phoenix Jones, a self proclaimed superhero, was charged with assault for allegedly pepper spraying people while they were dancing. Francis claims that the people were fighting and he was trying to break it up. Seattle “Superhero” Gets Nose Broken After Breaking Up Fight Real Life Superhero “Phoenix Jones” […]

Rapper Kanye West and Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons made surprise appearances at the Occupy Wall Street protests, Monday afternoon. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons tweeted photos of himself and West, writing that the performer was “on his way to #occupywallstreet” moments before the rapper was spotted at Zuccotti Park. “I just walked @kanyewest thru the #occupywallstreet. I love […]

California correction officers are harshly retaliating against prisoners who are striking to protest inhumane prison policies, according to recent reports. Officers are allegedly denying visits from lawyers and family members, and are denying some inmates their medication. Families of inmates have been denied visits to Pelican Bay, according to Jay Donohue of the Prison Hunger […]

Isaiah Mustafa, famously known as the Old Spice guy, recently stirred up controversy when he said he doesn’t want his kids to have nappy hair. Appearing on E!, Mustafa said he has to make sure his future wife has “good hair” so that his kids are not born with nappy hair like him. Read more […]

After months of failing to live up to the success of her extraordinarily popular television talk show, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network is undergoing a makeover. According to Forbes, Winfrey and Discovery Communications is upping the network’s advertising push as well as featuring two of the network’s biggest stars, Winfrey herself and Rosie O’Donnell. Adding to a […]