Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted, Monday, of 17 charges, including to sell the seat of President Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down executives for campaign cash. TJMS correspondent Roland Martin talked about the conviction this morning with Lynne Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, and they went in-depth about the former […]

Have you read the latest issue of The Frequency News? If not, you’re truly missing out on the summer’s hottest issue. Pick up your copy or click on the link today to browse through the Black Music Month issue and find out what’s going on inside the industry you love. This month’s highlights and features […]

The right-wing and gun advocates are up in arms over the statement made by Chicago’s new police chief that gun laws in America are “government sponsored racism.” Garry McCarthy, who was brought in by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said at a Black church in a violent neighborhood in the South Side of Chicago that slavery, Jim […]

One of the many cities overlooked when you think about Black unemployment is Milwaukee. While the national African-American unemployment rate sits over 16 percent, 34 percent of Black men in Milwaukee are unemployed. The main reason for this high rate amongst Black men is the loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector. Close to 56,000 […]

LOS ANGELES — “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest” won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie covers the history and music of the group, the relationship between members Phife Dawg and Q-Tip, and the former’s health struggles. The movie, directed by […]

*Correction: The previous article said that CBS Outdoor Billboard Manager Jeff McCuen didn’t think the billboards were offensive. McCuen actually never made a comment on this story, and throughout the aggregation process, the writer made a mistake by attaching his name to comments that were never made by him.* A series of controversial anti-abortion billboards […]