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Gary L. Flowers: Chicago Teachers Have the Right Answer

Gary L. Flowers Executive Director & CEO Black Leadership Forum, Inc. Last week, emboldened educators in Chicago who are members of the American Federation of Teachers finally euphemistically said enough is enough and put their collective feet down on the streets by striking against the city of Chicago, and the so-called “reform” of national education [...]

CBS NEWS: Federal Authorities Question Man Who May Be Anti-Muslim Filmmaker (VIDEO)

Source: CBS News LOS ANGELES – The filmmaker who may be behind the anti-Islamic movie that sparked widespread protests in the Muslim world against the U.S., some of which turned violent, was escorted from his Cerritos, Calif., home shortly after midnight local time Saturday by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies. CBS station KCBS video showed [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Dear Kate, Keep Your Privates Private

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When Michael Jordan talked to the press after a Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards game, fans never got to see the superstar with sweat dripping from his brow or a towel wrapped around his waist after emerging from the shower. Consciously aware of his image, Jordan would dress in a side [...]

Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Now In Hands Of State’s Partisan High Court

Source: Dan Froomkin / The Huffington Post The legal team fighting Pennsylvania’s restrictive new voter identification law asked the state’s Supreme Court on Thursday to at least postpone until after November the measure that could disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters, many of them minorities. “There’s too little time, there’s too many people affected and [...]

State Sen. Vincent Hughes, Sheryl Lee Ralph Discuss Politics, The 2012 Election And More (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes and actress/AIDS activist Sheryl Lee Ralph about politics, the 2012 presidential election and so much more.

Bullies At The Ballot Box: Making The Experience Of Voting Like Driving & Seeing The Police Following You

Roland Martin talks with Stephen Spaulding about the article “Bullies at the Ballot Box.” Overzealous volunteers are being trained to intimidate voters in an attempt to prevent eligible voters from voting. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes. 

QE3: Fed To Spend $40B A Month On Bond Purchases To Boost Economy

Source: AP / CBS News WASHINGON – The Federal Reserve says it will spend $40 billion a month to purchase mortgage-backed securities because the economy is too weak to reduce high unemployment. The Fed says it will keep buying more bonds until the job market shows substantial improvement. The Fed also extended a plan to keep short-term [...]

theGrio: Drum Major’s Parents Condemn FAMU Response To Suit

Source: AP / theGrio ATLANTA — The parents of a Florida A&M drum major who died during a hazing ritual say the school’s response to their lawsuit shows officials are not taking responsibility for the safety of students. Pam and Robert Champion Sr. said Thursday at a news conference in Atlanta that they were disappointed [...]

Florida’s Voter Roll Purge Yields Few Results

Source: AP / CBS News The Florida Department of State announced Wednesday that it used a federal immigration database to verify 207 voters are not citizens. Earlier this year, state officials under Republican Gov. Rock Scott had said they suspected more than 2,600 voters were ineligible and had asked election supervisors to purge those on [...]

Romney Asked VP Shortlisters For Ten Years Of Tax Returns

Source: Daniel Klaidman / The Daily Beast Should the American people be entitled to as full an account of Paul Ryan’s taxes as the Romney campaign? New information about the vice-presidential selection process may revive interest in the issue as a flashpoint in the presidential campaign. As part of its vetting, the Romney campaign required [...]