Just because President Obama is a black man doesn't mean that all black folks have to agree with his every move, and it doesn't mean that black folks cannot question his policies, motives and reasons for doing the things that he does.
Michael Fauntroy | Posted 10.10.2011
Who can reasonably argue against greater governmental action on poverty or leveling the economic playing field for all Americans? Who really believes it is a bad idea to call attention to the millions of people now living near or below the poverty line?
Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011
With regard to the direction of black America, the debate seems both perpetually engaging and consistently volatile. It is further complicated by the famous black guy in the Oval Office.
Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011
As much as the enlightened, historically correct bunch of us would hate to admit, Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally was a masterful stroke of PR geni...
Michael Fauntroy | Posted 05.25.2011
It's perfectly acceptable for groups of Americans to push the government to deal with their causes, so black leaders who want to go easy on this president because he is black are failing their constituents.
Elon James White | Posted 05.25.2011
In this episode, I discuss the good and bad of Obama's America and why America and race just don't mix.
AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 05.25.2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner is asking South Carolina to posthumously pardon two of his great-uncles – bla...
ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.25.2011
In an interview with Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell reveale...
AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 05.25.2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina pardoned syndicated radio host Tom Joyner's great-uncles Wednesday, nearly a century after they were sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.
Officials believe the two men are the first in the state to be posthumously pardoned in a capital murder case.
Black landowners Thomas and Meeks Griffin were executed 94 years ago after a jury convicted them of killing 73-year-old John Lewis, a wealthy white veteran living in Blackstock, a Chester County town 40 miles north of Columbia. Two other black men were also put to death for the crime.
"This won't bring them back, but this will bring closure. I hope now that they rest in peace," Joyner said. "This is a good day."
Joyner, who lives in Dallas, and his attorney made a presentation to the state parole and pardon board on Wednesday, then left the room while the board voted. Family members who flew in for the hearing included his wife and sons, of Dallas, and brother and his family, from Jackson, Miss.
Alice Singleton | Posted 05.25.2011
It can't be stressed enough how imperative Tom Joyner and crew had become to the urban community for local, national and international news.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Nearly a month after Clear Channel dropped Tom Joyner's syndicated morning from the Chicago airwaves, the Dallas-based radio host has struck a deal to...
Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 05.25.2011
Like any other comedian capable of packing a venue, Steve Harvey is usually able to turn his aggravation into something funny. On the phone from Atla...
Alice Singleton | Posted 05.25.2011
After twenty straight years of broadcasting everyday to a city with one of the largest black populations in the country, Mr. Joyner got snatched off the dial after Monday's show.
Maynard Institute | Richard Prince | Posted 05.25.2011
Update: Tavis Smiley has posted a statement on Huffington Post regarding his decision to leave the "Tom Joyner Morning Show." The statement reveals t...
Randy Miller | Posted 10.15.2011