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A dramatic new chapter in the legal fight over Proposition 8 opens today, with debate over the purpose of marriage, the power of social convention and the rights of gay individuals televised live from federal court for the first time.
From TheGrio Miami — Willard Wigan’s art gallery is not one of your typical galleries — you have to look through a microscope to see the arts he creates. Artist Willard Wigan says “when they come in here, they get the shock of their life, everybody walks through doors, see work, they’re blown away.” Wigan’s […]
Congressman Charles Rangel joined Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to discuss the ethics committee trial, verdict and subsequent ruling to censure him.
Smokey Fontaine joins Roland Martin from News One’s New York headquarters via the HP SkyRoom with this week’s edition of Web Watch. If there’s one thing we know for sure about African-American women is that when it comes to their hair, it can be a touchy matter. Recently, a Florida news reporter decided enough was […]
Republicans cannot stand when people call them “racist” or being “bigoted,” but as long as people like Cong. Steve King of Iowa are in their party, it will continue. This week, we saw Cong. King stand on the floor of the House of Representatives and talk about a very, very, very urban Sen. Barack Obama […]
Washington — Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that he has authorized “significant” actions related to the criminal investigation of WikiLeaks as the website faces increasing pressure worldwide for publishing sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables. “National security of the United States has been put at risk,” Holder said. “The lives of people who work for the […]
Washington — 42 years ago, the Kenner report, issued by President, Lyndon B. Johnson claimed that our nation was “moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” Today,the Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke told “60 Minutes” that income inequality in America is creating “two societies” primarily based on education. The Huffington Post reports: […]
Washington — A minority media group is taking its opposition to the Comcast-NBC Universal merger directly to President Obama, citing his promises to foster diversity and fight corruption. The National Coalition of African American Owned Media (NCAAOM) bought a full page ad in the Washington Post on Monday panning the deal, which is under review […]
WASHINGTON — Iyauta Moore may be many things — a single mother raised by a single mother in the South Bronx, a 34-year-old woman with a master’s degree in public administration from American University, a top-level government employee who makes a little over $100,000 a year — but she bristles at the notion that she […]
Washington – Sounding more and more like a presidential contender, Newt Gingrich came out swinging Sunday against the Obama administration’s foreign policy.