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An off-duty McDonald’s manager has been arrested after she allegedly punched a woman in a Georgia McDonald’s for bringing her autistic kids in the restaurant with their guide dog. The woman, Tiffany Denise Allen, has been charged with battery, assault and disorderly conduct for attacking Jennifer Schwenker. According to authorities, Allen was infuriated when she […]
As congress still works to agree on a debt limit plan that can satisfy both Democrats and Republicans, many Americans are wondering just how all these plans will affect their everyday lives. House Speaker John Boehner’s Budget Control Act of 2011 is the current plan that congress will soon vote on. It is estimated to […]
Roland Martin talks with Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama about the latest developments in the debt ceiling debate. TJMS: Will President Obama Invoke The 14th Amendment And Raise The Debt Ceiling? by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud
Roland Martin appears in the CNN Newsroom with John Avlon, Will Cain and host Kyra Phillips to discuss Speaker Boehner trying to get his caucus in line to vote on his debt plan.
Roland Martin talks with Secretary of Housing and Development, Shaun Donovan about the housing crisis, home foreclosures and the White House’s plan to confront the problem. TJMS: Sec. Shaun Donovan Discusses Home Foreclosure Crisis & White House Plans To Help Homeowners by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud
NEW YORK — Two female African American police officers have made history by becoming the first top cops to command a city precinct. Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes and Capt. Vanessa Kight are now the top cops at Brooklyn’s 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvestant. Women comprise 17.2% of uniformed officers in the NYPD. African-Americans make up 16.5% […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — A good samaritan who distributed meals to the homeless and less fortunate was killed in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday. Paris Powell, 29, was shot in the head while delivering food from his family’s van on the 1000 block of 47th Avenue in Oakland. Powell’s wife and 3-year-old step daughter were also struck, but […]
When will he learn? Former NBA star Jalen Rose, who was sentenced to 20 days in jail this past Tuesday for a DUI, was cited for speeding a day after his sentencing. Rose was clocked going 46 m.p.h. in a 25-m.p.h. zone shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday night, Clawson Police Chief Harry Anderson said. He […]
As the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case continues to unfold, his accuser Nafissatou Diallo is caught in an old, deplorable game of demonizing the woman — and Black women in particular — as sexual aggressors and prostitutes. The media’s continued assault on her character practically forced her to come forward, defend her character and profess her truth. […]
WASHINGTON — The recent terrorist attack in Norway has U.S. officials concerned about right wing extremism in the U.S. The Huffington Post reports: “As it stands today, we have been much more focused than at any time in the last 10 years on threat posed by homegrown terrorism,” a senior DHS counterterrorism official told The […]