The 2012 election is in full swing, and so is the fundraising. President Barack Obama was in Los Angeles this week, raising some serious cash from his Hollywood supporters. Black Hollywood supported Obama in 2008 with money, support, endorsements, and hitting the campaign trail. Will the same be true in 2012? Louis Gossett, Jr., Academy [...]
There’s a growing conflict between rich and poor in America. A poll this month from the Pew Research Center finds that about two thirds of the public — that’s 66 percent — believe there are very strong or strong conflicts between the rich and the poor. That’s up 19 points since 2009. When you break [...]
At the top of our agenda this week, Mitt Romney wins New Hampshire and says, “We resent the wealthy”? Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry attack Mitt for being a – wait for it – a capitalist! And the First Lady says, “I am not an angry Black woman.” Our “Washington Watch” newsmaker, Patrick Gaspard, [...]
By John Avlon Senior columnist for Newsweek and The Daily Beast The Daily Beast This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day finds our nation rightly united in honoring the man who challenged America to live up to the promise that all men are created equal. But it’s also worth remembering that it was not always this way. King was widely reviled [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Very few things will make my skin crawl more than listening to someone totally misrepresent the famous “I Have A Dream” speech the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave on Aug. 28, 1963. It’s clear that far too many people haven’t bothered to actually read or listen to [...]
At the top of our agenda this week, it’s looking like Newt Gingrich versus Pres. Barack Obama in 2012 – that is until the voters actually vote. The President throws Osama bin Laden in Mitt Romney’s face. Has the Occupy Wall Street movement gone south for the winter? Our “Washington Watch” newsmaker, mega church pastor [...]
The latest epic from producer George Lucas has just been cast giving it the green light to start filming later in the year The movie is a world war II action adventure. Red Tails film is a fictional tale inspired by the true story of America’s first all black aerial combat unit. The film’s title [...]
It has been a long time coming, but the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during World War II is finally being told in a major, Hollywood motion picture, on the big screen. Roland Martin had a chance to talk with two of the stars of “Red Tails,” Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and [...]
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