From The Hollywood Reporter By Pamela McClintock and Tim Appelo When Kenneth Branagh cast Idris Elba as Heimdall in the upcoming summer tentpole Thor, a furious debate erupted among fanboys, with some insisting it was wrong for a black man to play a Nordic god. But the London-born actor has no patience for the debate. […]

As the battle lines appear to be drawn and re-drawn in Wisconsin, a larger debate is brewing across the nation: the relevance and future of unions. RELATED: Top 5 MLK Speeches Previously questioning the concept of monitoring the performance of teachers, National Action Network and I have worked with President Obama, Secretary of Education Arne […]

Massachusetts – An investigation has uncovered that four Boston area schools have been serving expired lunches from 2009 to students. RELATED: Cars We Loved Way Back When Boston City Councilor John Connolly chose four random public schools for the surprise inspection and found many schools with stocked expired goods. Read more at HuffingtonPost RELATED: Boston […]

Los Angeles — Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, which was coincidentally caught on tape by a voyeuristic bystander, George Holliday. Unbeknown to Holliday that night, the nine minutes of taping would change the criminal justice system forever. With new technological advancements and the Internet, anyone with a cellphone now can […]

California — The streets of one Northern California city closed three firehouses, lost nearly half of its police force, has been overtaken by crime and drugs, and filed for bankruptcy in 2008. RELATED: 25 reasons we love “Love Jones” Vallejo, a city 25 miles north of San Francisco, is a prime example of the economic […]

NEW YORK – Angel Alvarez was found not guilty of gun charges stemming from an incident in which he was shot 23 times by police according to reports. RELATED: 25 reasons we love “Love Jones” The NYDNews reports: Witnesses said Alvarez was brawling with Luis Soto, 22, over a gun when two shots rang out […]

ATLANTA – Three middle school students were suspended or expelled from Chapel Hill Middle School for writing that their teacher was a rapist, a pedophile and was bi-polar. Also read: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 1990s The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:

Serena Williams has finally released a statement about her emergency operation for a hematoma on Monday. The tennis star called the pulmonary embolism “scary,” according to People. “Thank you everyone for all of your prayers, concerns, and support. This has been extremely hard, scary, and disappointing. I am doing better, I’m at home now and […]

ATLANTA- Rodney King talked to CNN’s Don Lemon about his infamous moment of police brutality, and if he is willing to forgive the police officers who brutally beat him. RELATED: Top 9 Black reality TV personalities The interview will air this Friday at 8 p.m. on CNN and will be live tweeted by both CNN […]

The anti-abortion group Faith2Action will be bringing in a pregnant woman, before an Ohio house committee, to testify in support of a the “heartbeat bill.” For more information on this story, check out the video below.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The bargaining rights of public workers in Ohio would be dramatically reduced and strikes would be banned under a bill narrowly passed by the state Senate on Wednesday. RELATED: Top 5 MLK speeches The GOP-backed measure that would restrict the collective bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers and other […]

Roland Martin of the TJMS invited Mayor Mallory to call in the show today to discuss his experience on the CBS reality show, “Undercover Boss”.  In case you missed the interview, you can listen below.