Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 622

ROCHELLE RILEY: Will The Real Herman Cain Please Stand Up — And Drop The Whole Lynching Charade?

By Rochelle Riley Columnist Detroit Free Press Who will Herman Cain be next week? The Morehouse math grad who has been lauded for his business acumen, most notably for turning around Godfather's Pizza, threw his hat into the presidential ring after a year spent talking to Tea Party rallies around the country. When he announced last [...]

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NBA To Pick Up Labor Talks Saturday (VIDEO)

Source: ESPN As the National Basketball Players Association's negotiating committee convenes Thursday to plot its next move in the labor talks, the union and representatives of the owners will meet Saturday afternoon in in New York, union official and Knicks guard Roger Mason Jr. told The Associated Press. The weekend meeting will be yet another [...]

Scott Walker's Chicago Speech Interrupted By 'Covert' Protesters: 'We Are The 99 Percent' (VIDEO)

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker heckled at Chicago's Union League Club from WBEZ on Vimeo. Source: The Huffington Post A group of "covert protesters" attended a breakfast at Chicago's Union League Club Thursday morning, where Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was giving a speech on budget reforms and the sometimes unpopular changes he has made in his [...]

Senate GOP Blocks Obama's $60B Stimulus-Style Infrastructure Plan

Source: AP / The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate Thursday dealt President Barack Obama the third in a string of defeats on his stimulus-style jobs agenda, blocking a $60 billion measure for building and repairing infrastructure like roads and rail lines. Supporters of the failed measure said it would have created tens [...]

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Herman Cain Gaffe Round-Up

Source: Danielle C. Belton / BlackSnob.com Herman Cain! He's still running for president! But with the number of crises breaking all around our representative from Godfather Pizza, it can be hard to keep track. Where did they all come from? And how did they happen? Well, The Snob is here to help you out with my handy Black Snob Cain Crisis Watch List! [...]

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TV One Sues BET Over 'Rogue' Essence Music Fest Footage

Source: EURweb TV One is accusing BET and MTV of violating its exclusive rights to the Essence Music Festival, featuring performances by Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and others, according to The Hollywood Reporter . The ambush is alleged to have happened this summer, and now TV One is taking its competitors to [...]

Nearly 15 Percent Of U.S. Receives Food Stamps

Source: Lyneka Little / ABC News The number of poor Americans seeking food stamps has risen sharply to nearly 15 percent, according to a  Wall Street Journal report produced with data from the Department of Agriculture. According to the Journal, the number of Americans seeking assistance through the program formerly known as the Supplemental Nutrition [...]

Bums Or Patriots? Roland Martin, Ben Stein & Joy Behar Discuss The Occupy Wall Street Movement (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and Ben Stein join Joy Behar on the Joy Behar Show to discuss the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

ROLAND MARTIN: Looks Like Republicans Are Doing Cain In (VIDEO)

Roland Martin appears on the Joy Behar Show with Ben Stein to discuss sexual harassment allegations made against GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain.

WATCH: Clarence Thomas's Wife Interviews Herman Cain, Says He Is 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent' (VIDEO)

Source: Beth Marlowe / Washington Post Ginni Thomas, the wife of Clarence Thomas whose 1991 U.S. Supreme Court nomination was nearly derailed by allegations of sexual harrassment, has an "exclusive interview" with Herman Cain in her column for the conservative Daily Caller. The video interview, filmed Wednesday evening, kicks off with Cain responding to the [...]

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