The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday suspended trading at around 11:30 a.m. ET due to an “internal technical issue,” CNN reports. President of the…

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A few weeks ago, Dr. Cornel West joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss his ongoing criticism of the nation’s first Black president. Prior to…

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Amazingly, a new poll shows that likely voters would prefer a Republican controlled Congress over a Democratic one. The Wall Street Journal/Annenberg Poll found that…

Reporting from Washington — The recently enacted financial reform legislation tries in numerous ways to change how Wall Street companies and their federal regulators act, but a little-noticed provision aims for something potentially more difficult and controversial — altering how they look.

Yesterday I was invited to the White House to discuss Wall St. reform along with White House officials Corey Ealons, Cecilia Rouse, as well as Howard Professor and contributor to the Grio, Leon Wilmur, and John Simon from Black Enterprise. If you missed the livestream, here is the video. RELATED STORIES Senate Approves $26 Billion […]

WASHINGTON – Stepping up the pressure on Goldman Sachs two days after its executives were grilled and publicly rebuked by lawmakers, the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Street powerhouse over mortgage securities deals it arranged.