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NEW REPUBLIC: Get Rich Or Deny Trying – How To Make Millions Off Obama

Source: Noam Scheiber / New Republic One of the stars of Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address was Jackie Bray, a single mother who was laid off in 2011 and struggled for months to find a good-paying job. Bray’s luck finally turned, the president explained, when German industrial giant Siemens hired her at a turbine factory [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH ROUNDTABLE: The Political Activism Of American Revolutionary Angela Davis (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the political activism of ’60′s revolutionary’ Angela Davis. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Rahiel Tesfamariam, with UrbanCusp.com; Zerlina Maxwell, political analyst; Angela Rye with IMPACT, a principal there, a political action firm writer Michaela Angela Davis. MR. MARTIN:  Right now, we’re joined by Rahiel Tesfamariam, of [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Rev. Al Sharpton Discusses His Weight Loss & Reinvention (VIDEO)

Roland Martin sat down with Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss his weight loss and reinvention. MR. MARTIN (VOICEOVER):  People have been asking me, “What’s up with Reverend Al Sharpton and his weight?” So, I asked him. [INTERVIEW WITH REV. AL SHARPTON.] MR. MARTIN:  “Newsweek” did a piece on you, “The Reinvention of [the] Reverend Al” [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Businessman Dick Parsons Discusses The State Of the Economy; Banks Being Too Big To Fail (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talked with Dick Parsons former chairman of Citigroup and the former Chairman and CEO of Time Warner about the state of the economy, are things getting better and the rate of economic growth. Parsons also discusses the notion of banks being too big to fail. MR. MARTIN:  Welcome to “Washington Watch.”  We’re coming [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Dick Parsons On Raising Expectations In School; Finding Qualified Minorities For Jobs; Mentorship (VIDEO)

Businessman Dick Parsons talks with Roland Martin about raising the level of expectations in education and finding qualified minority candidates for jobs while at Time Warner. Plus Parsons discusses his mentor Nelson Rockefeller. MR. MARTIN:  You gave a speech in Chicago, and it was for the Executive Club.  I was actually in the audience there, [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Prof. Dorian Warren On The Role Of Unions In Building The Black Middle Class (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talked with Professor Dorian Warren about the role of unions in building the black middle class. MR. MARTIN (VOICEOVER):  Professor Dorian Warren studies the role of unions in building the black middle class.  We started our conversation in his office at Columbia University in New York, on education. DR. DORIAN WARREN:  That’s right.  [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Pastor A. R. Bernard On His Meeting With RNC Chair Reince Priebus; GOP Attempts To Attract Minorities (VIDEO)

Roland Martin sat down with Pastor A. R. Bernard to discuss his recent visit with Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, as well as Republican attempts to be more inclusive of minorities. MR. MARTIN (VOICEOVER):  “Washington Watch” from New York continues with my conversation with Pastor A.R. Bernard of the 33,000-member Christian Cultural Center in [...]

NC A&T Lockdown Lifted After Report Of Armed Man

Source: AP / ABC News North Carolina A&T State University has lifted a lockdown imposed after reports of a man with a rifle on campus. The university updated its website Friday afternoon to advise students and staff that the lockdown was no longer in effect. Prior to the lockdown being lifted, A&T spokeswoman Nettie Rowland said [...]

Witness: Gosnell Fled Out Back Door When Abortion Clinic Was Raided

Source: WLWT.com An unlicensed doctor fled out the back the night the FBI raided a Philadelphia medical clinic in 2010, a witness testified Thursday as a murder trial centered on the unorthodox facility. Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged with killing a woman patient and seven babies allegedly born alive, and with performing illegal, [...]

New Urban League ‘State of Black America’ Report Puts Focus Back On Jobs

Source: James Braxton Peterson / theGrio This week the National Urban League released its 2013 State of Black America report, a comprehensive, data-driven assessment of where black and Latino Americans stand in relation to their white counterparts in the US. The report documents extraordinary gains in education even as it underscores inequities in employment that continue to [...]