by Jesse Jackson, Sr. www.rainbowpush.org Christmas decorations light the streets. Malls are full. Christmas music fills the air. But this year, there is a somber undercurrent to the celebration. We will all hug our children a little harder. Our hearts will be in our throats as they go out to play. After the horror of [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com “One of these mothers from Connecticut should do an Emmett Till moment; show the picture of their child dead in the classroom.” That’s a text I received earlier this week from my TV One show producer. When I got it, a chill immediately went through my body just thinking [...]
Source: Clarence B. Jones / The Huffington Post Every time a horrific national tragedy occurs involving the killing of school children or adults by the use of guns, the National Rifle Association immediately becomes the national whipping boy and the source for causation blame. Repeated finger pointing of responsibility at the NRA for its fierce defense of individual [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Enough! Enough with putting off tomorrow what we should be talking about today. Enough with being afraid to step on someone’s delicate sensibilities when it comes to the Second Amendment. Enough with elected leaders who are too cowardly to confront the National Rifle Association and their ardent supporters. Enough [...]
by Jason Whitlock Columnist for FoxSports.com It wasn’t that long ago, in the aftermath of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor’s tragic death in 2007, that I was the toast of right-wing America. Before there were any arrests, before we knew the gruesome circumstances that precipitated his murder, I analogized Taylor’s assailants to the Black KKK in a [...]
by Jason Whitlock Columnist for FoxSports.com Football is embarrassingly tone deaf. Jovan Belcher, a starting linebacker for the Chiefs, murdered the mother of his child shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday. He hopped in his car, drove to the Kansas City Chiefs practice facility, thanked Romeo Crennel and Scott Pioli — and shot himself in the head in [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte really want us to believe that their shameful behavior towards United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice is all about getting to the truth about what happened in Libya. The truth is that this is the first salvo in a GOP ward against [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com There are some sports figures who, no matter who else is playing, make you simply want to turn on the television to see what kind of excitement they will bring to the game. Barry Sanders. Deion Sanders. Michael Jordan. Reggie Jackson. Wayne Gretzky. Pele. They make up some of [...]
by Gary L. Flowers Executive Director & CEO Black Leadership Forum, Inc. Now that the 18-month, nearly 2 billion dollar, 2012 election for president of the United States of America is over the political question is settled as President Obama is set to begin his second term in January 2013. However, the question of policy [...]
By Sil Lai Abrams EBONY.COM Relationship Expert About a week ago, a video surfaced on WorldStarHipHop.com that showed a largely unknown Chicago rapper named “Lil’ Reese” unleash a barrage of blows on a young woman who took exception with he and a group of friends coming into her home. That the young Def Jam-signee use of [...]
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