By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com It says a lot about our ridiculous state of politics when we say that voters desire an American president who isn’t exceptional, elite, smart, extraordinary and the best of the best. Instead, we get these silly narratives that say we desire a president who is regular, ordinary and a [...]
Gary L. Flowers Executive Director & CEO Black Leadership Forum, Inc. Last week, emboldened educators in Chicago who are members of the American Federation of Teachers finally euphemistically said enough is enough and put their collective feet down on the streets by striking against the city of Chicago, and the so-called “reform” of national education [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When Michael Jordan talked to the press after a Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards game, fans never got to see the superstar with sweat dripping from his brow or a towel wrapped around his waist after emerging from the shower. Consciously aware of his image, Jordan would dress in a side [...]
Source: Rahiel Tesfamariam / The Washington Post During Barack Obama’s first run for presidency one question followed him almost everywhere he went: What is your plan and timeline for ending the war in Iraq? It was arguably his response to that question that won the votes of millions of Americans who were tired of seeing flag-draped [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com The campaigns of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are engaged in a fierce battle in Ohio, knowing full well that it is one of the critical battleground states that could determine who wins in November. This battle is being waged on television, radio, on the ground, and now [...]
By Jacquie Hood Martin www.jacquiehood.com Determining what is the proper balance between your life at work and away from the office is a matter of perspective and perception. This issue has been widely discussed in the wake of Marissa Mayer being hired this week as the new CEO of Yahoo, and revealing that she is [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Yahoo this week announced that they nabbed top Google exec Marissa Mayer as their new CEO. But it’s not her qualifications for the job that produced all the buzz. Instead, it was her announcement that she was pregnant and will continue to work as CEO. Social media, radio airwaves [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com After years and years of over-the-top stories attesting to the character, honor, integrity and moral fiber of the late Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, we now know, after reading the 267-page Penn State internal report on child predator Jerry Sandusky, that the legendary coach was nothing more [...]
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist As anyone who has followed me knows, I have been extremely critical of President Obama’s non-engagement with the Black community. Obama has deliberately ignored the plight of the Black community while giving preferential treatment to the homosexual and Hispanic communities. But I can’t in good conscious criticize Obama and then give [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com It’s a safe bet to say that GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will not garner many votes from African Americans in November. Not only is he running against the first Black president, Barack Obama, but the GOP has also done such a lousy job of cultivating Black voters over [...]
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