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Roland Martin Unfiltered: Everybody Ain’t My Brother’s Keeper

Roland Martin delivered the word at the New Olivet Baptist Church of Memphis, TN.

Ohio Rep. Alicia Reece Talks Voter Intimidation Billboards & Voter Bill Of Rights

  Roland Martin talks to Ohio Democratic House of Representative, Alicia Reece about voter intimidation billboards in Ohio, Voter Bill of Rights and the 385,000 valid signatures needed by July for the amendment to appear on the November ballot.

Dallas Man Shot Dead After Trying To Break Up Domestic Violence Spat

Source: MyFoxDFW.com A Dallas man was shot and killed overnight. His family said it happened minutes after he tried to intervene in a case of domestic violence. Rubin Brown, 27, was rushed to Baylor Medical Center, but died a short time later. Quenetha Bell, Brown’s fiancee, said they heard a commotion at about 1:40 a.m. […]

Rep. John Lewis Grooves To Pharrell’s “Happy”

Source: LINDSEY BOERMA Lindsey Boerma / CBS News “Happy” probably isn’t a word most Americans would associate with Capitol Hill these days. But it looks like Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., wants to change that. In two separate videos posted on Facebook by Rachelle O’Neil – reportedly a staffer of the veteran congressman – the 74-year-old […]

4 More Dead Found In Rubble Overnight, Death Toll At 7 After NYC Explosion

Source: Andrew Siff and Melissa Russo / NBC New York Four more bodies were found overnight in the smoldering rubble of two upper Manhattan buildings leveled by a gas explosion that injured more than 70 people and spewed debris for blocks, bringing the death toll to seven. Rescue crews brought in a backhoe and bulldozer […]

Paul Ryan Laments Inner-City Culture Of Not Working

Source: Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — Some inner city men suffer from a culture that does not value hard work, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Wednesday. “We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about […]

Cash Abroad Rises $206 Billion As Apple To IBM Avoid Tax

Source: Richard Rubin / Bloomberg.com The largest U.S.-based companies added $206 billion to their stockpiles of offshore profits last year, parking earnings in low-tax countries until Congress gives them a reason not to. The multinational companies have accumulated $1.95 trillion outside the U.S., up 11.8 percent from a year earlier, according to securities filings from 307 corporations reviewed […]

Joaquin Castro To Boycott Buc-ee’s After Owners Back Dan Patrick

Source: Kolten Parker / Houston Chronicle  SAN ANTONIO — Texas roadside megastore Buc-ee’s found itself in between two political powerhouses Tuesday after the chain’s owners offered their support to state Sen. Dan Patrick. Following a photo and announcement of the owners’ support on Facebook Monday, Congressman Joaquin Castro said he would no longer shop at Buc-ee’s “since they […]

Lawyer: NJ Dad Doesn’t Deny Tossing Toddler In Creek

Source: AP / CBS News FREEHOLD, N.J. - The lawyer for a man charged with killing his 2-year-old daughter by tossing her into a creek while still strapped into her car seat said Wednesday the real question for the jury is not whether he did it, but whether he was thinking clearly that night. Arthur Morgan III of […]

Target Apologizes For ‘Thigh Gap’ Photoshop Fail

Source: ABC News It appears that Target went a little too far with Photoshop in an ad for a girl’s bathing suit. The model in the ad has a thigh gap, the gaping space between her legs and a worrying body trend among teenage girls. But the gap actually extends into her pelvis (and the […]