by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When you win the White House, you get to pick the team you want. Sure, that sounds simple and doesn’t need any clarification, but it’s clear that simplicity and clarity is lacking in Washington, D.C. A Republican wins the White House and Democrats do all they can to muck up [...]
by Roland S. Martin via Twitter Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Do y’all remember those #CompanyMen tweets I sent out last year? They came to mind when I saw today’s job layoffs at @espn. Life lesson #1: Never live above your means. Tomorrow’s paycheck isn’t promised #companymen Life lesson #2: You are a line item on a corporate balance sheet. [...]
Source: Tim Wise / TimWise.org Sometimes, white privilege isn’t about stuff. It’s not always about better opportunities, or more money, or even greater access to those things than people of color. Sometimes, white privilege is as simple as knowing that, generally speaking, if you’re white, you’ll be perceived as competent and hard-working until proven otherwise, [...]
by Shirley Franklin BloggingWhileBlue Neighbor Charles Ramsey asked the screaming woman, “Can I help?” The actions of neighbor Charles Ramsey helped police discover three Ohio women who vanished as teenagers about a decade ago. Police have arrested the homeowner Ariel Castro, 52, a former school bus driver and his brothers in connection with the abductions. In another [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When President Barack Obama speaks Sunday at the 129th commencement of Morehouse College, the president of the school, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., will be beaming with pride as the nation’s first Black president addresses the nation’s only college dedicated to educating primarily Black men. But when the speech is done and the [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When it came to championing media diversity as the right thing to do, Al Neuharth was one of the few white male media executives who “got it.” No, he isn’t like many of the guys today who make broad pronouncements, organize special panels and commissions to tout business-related reasons for [...]
by Roland S. Martin Special to TheShadowLeague.com I used to love baseball. No, not “like,” really, really love it. As a kid I was a star pitcher and first baseman for a Little League team called the Padres. My brother played in the older division for the Pirates. We used to play countless games of catch in [...]
by Roxanne Jones Co-author of “Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete,” (Random House) and CEO of Push Media Strategies. I’m not mad at Tiger Woods, or Nike. Those people who are up-in-arms that Woods has climbed back to his standing as the world’s No. 1 golfer and that he is no longer asking for our forgiveness [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com It is always important to look back on historical moments in history and remember how it was and reflect on those who made it possible. But it is also vital to continue having a forward-looking vision that connects the past with the present. When veterans of the civil rights [...]
by Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com If you listen to the groupthink echo-chamber know-it-alls in Washington, the Republican Party has been decimated, destroyed, discombobulated and utterly distressed to the point of putting a “going out of business” sign out front and closing up shop for good. Reality says that’s ridiculous. On the national level, the [...]
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