Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 629

The Black Room: CBC Fighting For $4 Billion To Help African-Americans Is Not Enough For Some People

Roland Martin talks with the Washington Watch roundtable about African-Americans being upset with the CBC as a result of them pushing back against the White House and securing $4 billion to help the Black community.

The Black Room: Conservatives Want Anybody But Pres. Obama, But WIll Dems Support Him In 2012?

Joseph Williams and Cornel Belcher discuss the GOP presidential candidates and if Conservative Republicans are motivated to go to the polls and vote for one of the Republican presidential candidates in 2012. They also discuss if Democrats will support President Obama in 2012.

The Black Room: Washington Watch Fashion Police Go After The Unmatched Pocket Square

Roland Martin, Sophia Nelson, Crystal Wright and Cornel Belcher critique Joseph Williams' pocket square.

The Black Room: Waters Aint Backing Down, She Likes To Fight (VIDEO)

Roland Martin talks with Joseph Williams about President Obama opening up a line of communication with Maxine Waters and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

TJMS: Major Companies Looted Employee Pensions To Pay Executives, Took Insurance Policies Out On Workers

Roland Martin talks with Ellen Schultz about major companies lying to their employees about their pensions. According to Schultz many companies have looted employee pensions to pay executives, downsizing and restructuring. For more information about Ellen Schultz and her book The Retirement Heist visit Amazon.com.

Why Banks Want To Wean You Off Debit Cards

Source: Herb Weisbaum / MSNBC Debit cards are no longer the darling of the banking industry. That's because new federal rules limit the "swipe fee" big banks are paid when you use their card. This could lower industrywide revenue from debit cards by billions of dollars a year. One way some banks hope to get [...]

Occupy Tensions High After Vet's Skull Fracture

Source: AP / CBS News OAKLAND, Calif. – Anti-Wall Street protesters filled a street with a late-night march Wednesday and Oakland's police chief pledged a vigorous investigation into an earlier clash between police and protesters that left an Iraq War veteran in critical condition with a fractured skull. Police Chief Howard Jordan spoke as tensions [...]

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State Dept. Buys $70K Of President Obama's Books

Source: David Jackson / USA Today Obama administration officials are defending the State Department's decision to buy more than $70,000 of President Obama's books, saying individual embassies provide books to help advance U.S. foreign policy. "It's the embassies themselves that make the decisions what American books to buy, and they make these decisions based on [...]

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Gap Between U.S. Rich, Poor Is Widest In Atlanta

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: MSNBC WASHINGTON — Atlanta has widest income gap between rich and poor of all the major U.S. cities, the U.S. Census reported on Wednesday. New Orleans ranked second, followed by the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. Areas with the highest income inequality "tend to be [...]

Check out @FtLiveWin on Twitter: Reason To Exercise No. 546,357: Great Eyesight!

By Roy S. Johnson I don't "see" it, but regular exercise may help you see better. Oh not tomorrow. Apparently, I won't be chucking the glasses I've worn most of my just because I'm in the gym five days a week. But it just may help me later, as I age and become at greater [...]