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Chicago Teachers To Go On Strike; Rahm Emanuel Says It’s Unnecessary ‘Strike Of Choice’

Source: Rosalind Rossi and Lauren Fitzpatrick / Chicago Sun-Times For the first time in 25 years, Chicago teachers are going on strike after talks failed to yield a new contract, the head of the union announced late Sunday. Mayor Rahm Emanuel immediately blasted it as a “strike of choice” and urged both sides to “finish [...]

Rep. Jesse Jackson Out Of Clinic For Bipolar Depression Treatment

Source: Deirdre Walsh / CNN Washington – Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has checked out of the Mayo Clinic, where he was being treated for bipolar depression, and is now back in Washington with his family, his chief of staff said Friday. The 47-year-old Jackson had not been on Capitol Hill since late May. His office said in [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: Impact Of The Aug. Jobs Report; Revelations From The DEM Convention; Growing Divide Between Race & Class; A Look At Job Creation Plans From Pres. Obama & Mitt Romney

LABOR SECRETARY HILDA SOLIS AMONG NEWSMAKER GUESTS ON WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 –Topics to include; the impact the latest jobs report may have on the Dems bounce factor, new segment The Choice looks at President Obama and Mitt Romney’s competing visions on job creation; the continuing controversy of voter suppression; the growing [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: ‘Walk Into Your Season’

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com The following is a list of tweets I fired off last night as I thought about changes in facets of our lives. We call them seasons, and I just wanted to share with my Facebook and Twitter family what the Holy Spirit had shared with me. Enjoy!   The [...]

Drew Peterson Verdict: Peterson Guilty Of First-Degree Murder

Source: ABC 7 Chicago JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) – Drew Peterson has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third-wife, Kathleen Savio. The jurors reached the verdict after 13 hours and 52 minutes of deliberations. They only got the case Wednesday- and have had four questions for the judge. On Thursday, they [...]

USA TODAY: Former Ravens Owner Art Modell Dies At Age 87

Source: Kevin Manahan / USA Today It was 2003, and Art Modell  was joking about his health: “Ten hospitalizations, two heart attacks, a stroke, internal bleeding … and every one of those she was at my side,” he said, turning to his wife. With Modell, there was almost always a punchline. “You know what?” he told her, “I think [...]

Democrats’ Efforts To Reinsert ‘God’ And ‘Jerusalem’ Into Platform Met With Loud Opposition (VIDEO)

Source: Jon Ward and Joshua Hersh / The Huffington Post CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A rare unscripted moment at the Democratic National Convention here Wednesday resulted in an embarrassing moment for the party that is certain to be used in Republican television ads over the next two months. After they took heat for omitting any reference to [...]

Clinton: GOP Attack ‘Takes A Lot Of Brass’ (VIDEO)

In a rousing speech before the DNC that was vintage Bill Clinton, the former president criticized President Barack Obama’s Republican challengers saying he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at some of their attacks. (Sept. 5)

Alex Castellanos, GOP Strategist: Clinton Speech Was ‘Moment That Probably Reelected Obama’ (VIDEO)

Source: Sam Stein / The Huffington Post CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Bill Clinton’s speech on Wednesday night was a tour de force that exhibited his best qualities as an easily relatable communicator and effective yet likeable attack dog. And in a telling nod toward its effectiveness, the one aspect that Republicans felt comfortable attacking was [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Bill Clinton’s Speech Was 50 Minutes Of The GOP Getting Their Butts Kicked (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Will Cain and CNN’s Carol Costello discuss former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention.