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TheGrio.Com’s Janelle Richards is reporting that a former gay employee of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition has filed a discrimination complaint against Jackson and numerous staff members. The lawsuit was filed in early 2010 with the Chicago Commission on Human Rights by Tommy R. Bennett. The 55-year-old Bennett is an openly gay man who […]
CAMBRIDGE-Defense lawyer John A. Amabile suggested that a mistrial might be possible yesterday after it was revealed that his client, Jabrai Copney, who is on trial for murdering Justin Cosby, was placed in the same transport van with Blayn Jiggetts, his former friend and co-defendant who had just testified against him and allegedly had a […]
ALASKA-Professor Bradford Scharlott of Northern Kentucky University has a paper claiming that Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin pulled off one of the greatest hoaxes in political history, passing off teenage Bristol’s baby, Trig, off as Sarah’s to avoid a political scandal. Gawker reports: Scharlott’s article walks through all the evidence supporting the theory, including the […]
TheGrio’s David A. Love wrote an article today focusing on the birther claims levied against President Obama since he launched his campaign for the presidency in 2007. Recently, the man on the attack, has been wannabe presidential hopeful Donald Trump whose appeared on every network TV show trying to discredit the president from his policies […]
Sacramento Kings fans will likely bid farewell to their beloved underdog basketball team as it heads to new digs in Anaheim. In what many speculate would be the team’s final game, the Kings refused to lay down quietly for the Los Angeles Lakers as the matchup went into overtime. Though the Kings fell eight points […]
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From TheUrbanDaily Documents recently released by the FBI name late rappers Eazy-E and 2Pac as targets of extortion. The pair were allegedly targeted by the Jewish Defense League. Click here to view Pac’s FBI file “On September 11, 1996 [redacted] reported that JDL, and others yet unidentified have been extorting money from various rap music […]
Roland Martin talks to Don Hernandez author of a new study released by The Annie E. Casey Foundation reveals that the level of reading skills developed by third grade may indicate a child’s likelihood of graduating from high school. CLICK HERE to read the full report. LISTEN:
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the budget battle on Capitol Hill. Are the proposed GOP budget cuts about helping the economy, lowering the deficit or is it simply ideology? Will the Republican budget cuts ultimately hurt the economy? WATCH:
Roland Martin talks with Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray about being arrested on Capitol Hill while protesting budget cuts that are being imposed on the District of Columbia. LISTEN: