Politics

JACKSON COUNTY — Indiana State Rep. Jim Lucas (R) was arrested Wednesday morning by Indiana State Police in Jackson County. Lucas, 58, was booked in the Jackson County jail on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage. According to jail records, Lucas was booked […]

CARMEL— Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana Home last week, according to his attorney. “The additional records appear to be a small number of documents bearing classified markings that were inadvertently boxed and transported to the personal home of the former Vice President at the end of the […]

INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Senator Mike Braun has formally announced he’s running for governor of Indiana in 2024. On Monday, he made the announcement at Prime 47 in downtown Indy. “I’m a Main Street businessman, not a politician, and I want every Hoosier to have a chance at the American dream that I built here in […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Voter turnout has historically been low in Indiana, especially in local elections. But Ashley Thompson, senior director of community impact and organizing at RISE Indy, is one of the people trying to make 2022 a little different. “A lot of people aren’t even aware of the upcoming election. Even if they’re a registered […]

INDIANA — In a conversation with reporters Tuesday, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Braun said he would be okay with leaving the question of interracial marriage to the states, then later walked back those comments. Dan Carden with the Times of Northwest Indiana asked if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe vs Wade, would Braun consider […]

I’ve never voted for a Republican a single day in my life, but as an American, I found what the Republican Party pulled last week to be deeply embarrassing. For the past 8 years they based their entire identity on opposing and repealing and replacing Obamacare. They held over 60 different nearly unanimous votes over […]

3/8/17- Roland Martin talks to Congressman Danny Davis (IL) and GK Butterfield (NC) about the new Republican healthcare bill that will undoubtedly effect all Americans. “This is their approach to make sure America isn’t taken care of. We now have no choice but to fight it. Maybe they will realize that it’s not the approach or […]

Tom Perez, the former Secretary of Labor, hugged his supporters after being elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Now the hard part begins. Perez takes over a Democratic Party in turmoil and he is facing many challenges in the months ahead. Democrats are still reeling from an embarrassing loss after President […]

This weekend, in a slew of truly bizarre interviews, the nation got a new level of confirmation that Stephen Bannon is not the only Steve pulling the strings in the White House. Stephen Miller, a 31 year old Duke graduate who somehow found a way to be an outspoken critic of Maya Angelou while in […]

The number of players for the New England Patriots who have declined to visit the White House after winning last Sunday’s Super Bowl has continued to grow, as two additional players have come forward with their decision not to visit. https://twitter.com/blackvoices/status/829849907511099396 The Huffington Post is reporting that New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount and […]

At least someone has the guts to stand up to the ridiculousness of the Trump administration and they are the members of the U.S. Appeals Court. It was recently reported that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor to continue to halt Trump’s extremely controversial travel ban. Deadline has all the details […]

1/17/17- Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Studios with award-winning author Sophia Nelson to talk about the division of the country since President Elect Donald Trump and her new book ePluribus One. “I started writing it about a year and half before the election started. We need to relax and calm down. The Republic will not […]