Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 739

Perspective: Democrats And Republicans Should Stop Trying To Keep People From Voting (VIDEO)

How can Americans talk about democracy in other countries when we have people here who try desperately to keep individuals who do not vote for them away from the polls? We should be encouraging people to vote a lot more. Democrats and Republicans should stop all their efforts to keep people away from the polls that do not vote for them. We should encourage every American to vote in every election.

Circling The Wagons Around President Obama, Medicare, Budget Cuts And The Deficit (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss African-Americans fiercely defending President Barack Obama, Medicare reform and handling the deficit.

Ex-IMF Chief Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Charge (VIDEO)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, pleads not guilty to charges that he attempted to rape a Manhattan hotel maid. NBC's Jeff Rossen Reports. WATCH: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Phony Meds Flooding U.S. (VIDEO)

The high price of prescription drugs fuel a booming market in risky, counterfeit medications. CNN's Casey Wian reports. WATCH:

Alabama Passes Tough, Arizona-Style Immigration Law

Source: Douglas Stanglin / USA Today The Alabama legislature has passed a tough new immigration law making it a crime for an documented worker to be in the state without valid papers, The Birmingham News reports. Violators would face a $100 fine and 30 days in jail. Supporters say the measures is similar to one passed by Arizona last year. A federal court has blocked implementation of that law pending appeals by the federal government. Under the legislation, a law [...]

Patti LaBelle Sued By West Pointer Over Guard Attack

Source: Ellen Tumposky / ABC News Never come between the "Godmother of Soul" and her luggage. That's the lesson a West Point cadet says he learned at Houston airport when he charges Patti LaBelle's security guards roughed him up. Richard King, 23, is suing LaBelle over the incident, captured on surveillance video last March 11 at Bush Intercontinental Airport. King, a Houston resident who is a senior at the military academy, had come home for spring break when he wandered [...]

Indicted John Edwards Insists 'I Did Not Break the Law'

Source: Bob Woodruff, Michael Murray, Pierre Thomas and Jason Ryan / ABC News Just hours after being indicted by a federal grand jury, former presidential contender John Edwards emerged to insist, "I did not break the law." Edwards, 58, was indicted by a grand jury in Raleigh, N.C., for allegedly using more than $900,000 in campaign funds to hide his mistress during the 2008 Democratic presidential race. "There's no question that I've done wrong and I take full responsibility for [...]

MI6 Replaces Al-Qaeda Bomb-Making Instructions With Cupcake Recipes

Source: Elizabeth Flock / The Washington Post Hackers working for U.K. intelligence agency MI6 recently modified an online al-Qaeda magazine and replaced the bomb recipes inside with cake recipes. When followers went to download 67 pages of instructions for how to "Make a bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom" from Inspire Magazine, al-Qaeda's first English-language magazine, the terrorists were instead greeted with garbled code that was a page of recipes from the Ellen Degeneres Show's Best Cupcakes in America. [...]

Golf Summit For Barack Obama And John Boehner

Source: Glenn Thrus / Politico President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will finally hit the links for a round of golf – and al fresco negotiation – on June 18, a White House official told POLITICO. Obama's offer — and Boehner's acceptance — came six months after White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested the two could work out their differences on the course. Both men are passionate golfers; Obama prefers to hit public courses with a [...]

Giuliani: President Obama Has Made 'Big Mistakes' (VIDEO)

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to CNN's Piers Morgan about President Obama and the state of the economy. WATCH: