NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann says that if she’s elected president “it won’t take that long” for her to turn around the ailing economy. Speaking to reporters ahead of next week’s straw poll in Iowa, Bachmann says the economy would start to improve shortly after she becomes president if signals are sent […]
NEW YORK — ABC has apologized for showing rapper Nicki Minaj’s nipple on Good Morning America today despite a 5 second delay . “Although we had a five-second delay in place for the Nicki Minaj concert on GMA, the live East Coast feed of the concert regrettably included certain fleeting images of the performer that […]
NEW ORLEANS — A federal jury on Friday convicted five current or former police officers in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina. Former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen, Officer Anthony Villavaso and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman were convicted of charges stemming from the cover-up of the […]
As the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a “re-imagining” of the classic Planet of the Apes movies premieres today in theaters, many are questioning the racial politics and stereotypes that have long fueled the franchise and are still very present in Hollywood. Combine the discrimination the apes face in the movie with the long-held stereotype […]
Special guest performers – The Suzuki Violinists. The TJMS Back to School festivities just wouldn’t have been complete without entertainment. Check out photos from the live performances given by some of the area’s most talented group of youth. In these photos, you’ll see children of all ages from The Suzuki Violinists – a troupe of […]
Check out photos and highlights inside the TJMS Back to School festivities featuring performances, informational sessions and more from a variety of special guests. Annie Ruth performs live during a featured presentation at Taft Info Tech during the TJMS Back to School festivities. Special thanks to Annie Ruth and our additional guests who participated in […]
The New York Times cover story on Thursday highlighted the growing spending power of the super rich. While average American families struggle to make ends meet, the wealthy are flooding high-end stores to the point where Nordstrom has a waiting list for a Chanel sequined tweed coat for $9,010. But instead of emulating the frivolous […]
PHILADELPHIA-Two men are charged with shooting at a Philadelphia bus after a woman asked them to shoot a passenger for criticizing her for hitting her child. Fox News reports: Chapman then made a phone call directing brothers, Karon and Raheen Patterson, to fire at the passenger when the bus arrived at her stop, prosecutors say. […]
CHARLESTON, S.C.–A Charleston man is fighting a battle most men never imagine that they might endure. Raymond Johnson, 26, was diagnosed with breast cancer about a month ago, after pain from a lump in his chest sent him to the emergency room. Though Johnson has a job laying tile, he does not make enough to […]
The recent release of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that Black unemployment declined during the month of July. It had reached 16.2 percent and dropped over the course of the month to 15.9 percent. While the number is an improvement, it is still nearly double that of white Americans. Black women were […]
During today’s “back to school” remote, at Taft Information Technology High School, the CPS Superintendent shared the microphone with the TJMS crew to talk about the city’s schools. She had very positive news, for Tom, about the city’s public school system. To hear what she said, check out the interview below. <
NEW YORK — The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, a historically Black neighborhood famously depicted in Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing,” is becoming more and more mixed due to a high influx of whites moving in. The white migration has made rent prices higher and forced many African Americans to move from […]
