Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 312

Deepwater Horizon Well Seeping Again?

Source: Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News CBS News has learned that BP is set to embark Thursday on the fifth day of a little-known subsea mission under Coast Guard supervision to look for any new oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The BP oil rig exploded in 2010, killing 11 workers and sending more [...]

Attorney General Eric Holder Says Automatically Register Every Voter (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, John Avlon and Ashleigh Banfield discuss comments made by Attorney General Eric Holder regarding automatically registering every eligible voter in America and enabling their registration to move when they do.

Rhonda Lee Fired: TV Station Responds To Meteorologist’s Claim She Was Fired For Facebook Comments About Her Natural Hair

Source:  Julee Wilson / The Huffington Post he news that Louisiana television station KTBS fired meteorologist Rhonda Lee is getting a lot of folks … well, fired up. Twitter is ablaze with outraged comments like “KTBS owes Rhonda Lee an apology & shld [sic] give her back her job!” and “sistah just can’t win!!! Meteorologist fired for responding to [...]

Luminaries Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Billion Dollar Black-Owned Company

Source: Audrey J. Bernard / New York Beacon  On Friday, November 30, 2012, luminaries representing the economic and political arenas —from Washington to Wall Street — attended a very exclusive dining experience to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the birth of the billion-dollar business empire founded by beloved Black business icon Reginald F. Lewis at The Harvard Club [...]

Fed To Keep Rates Near Zero Until Unemployment Drops Below 6.5 Percent

Source: AP / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will spend $45 billion a month to sustain an aggressive drive to keep long-term interest rates low. And it says it plans to keep a key short-term rate near zero until unemployment drops below 6.5 percent. The policies are intended to help an economy [...]

PolitiFact Awards ‘Lie Of The Year’ To Romney Jeep Ad

Source: Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact.com It was a lie told in the critical state of Ohio in the final days of a close campaign — that Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China. It originated with a conservative blogger, who twisted an accurate news story into a falsehood. Then it picked up steam when the [...]

theGrio: University Of Texas Professor Blames Poor Black Academic Performance On Single Moms

Source: Kunbi Tinuoye / theGrio A professor at the University of Texas has sparked controversy following remarks that black students are failing academically because so many are raised in single parent households. In an interview with BBC’s Radio 4, law professor Lino Graglia said “I can hardly imagine a less beneficial or more deleterious experience than to be [...]

Alfre Woodard, Denzel Washington Receive SAG Award Nominations

Source:  Marquise Francis /  theGrio The Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given annually by the Screen Actors Guild, or SAG, to recognize outstanding performances by its members. This year actors Alfre Woodard and Denzel Washington received nominations for their acclaimed performances on film and television. Woodard received a nomination for her role in the TV movie Steel Magnolias, in which she [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Lucia McBath The Mother Of Florida Teen Jordan Davis Who Was Shot Over Loud Music

Roland Martin talks with Lucia McBath, the mother of Florida teenager Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed outside of a gas station after a man named Michael Dunn complained that the car where Jordan was sitting, had the music playing too loud.

Motive Unclear In Shooting At Busy Oregon Mall That Left Three Dead, One Badly Hurt

Source: AP / CBS News PORTLAND, Ore. A masked gunman wearing camouflage opened fire Tuesday in a busy Portland mall, leaving the gunman and two others dead and one person injured, and forcing the mall’s Santa Claus and hundreds of Christmas shoppers and employees to flee or hide among store displays. Austin Patty, 20, who [...]