At Shaw High School in East Cleveland, there is a big push to teach students there about financial literacy. The program, called Smart Money Matters Literacy program is part of a course in personal finance which has grown out of the new Ohio education standards. Shaw High School is the first to start this new […]

By Roland S. Martin August 1, 2010 LeBron James is a grown man who made a grownup decision to take his massive basketball-playing ability from Cleveland to Miami in a desire to get the one thing every true baller desires: the opportunity to call yourself a champion. Forget all the nonsense about him “owing” his […]

In his first broadcast network interview about the Shirley Sherrod controversy, President Barack Obama says he’s called on his aides and Cabinet members to practice a more patient, deliberative style of governance so that this kind of rush-to-judgment won’t happen again. After phoning the ousted Agriculture Department official personally on Thursday and expressing his regret, […]

Vince Russo indicted on corruption charges. Vince Russo, son of Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo, was indicted by federal prosecutors on several corruption-related charges. He talks with the media after his arraignment. Vince Russo indicted on corruption charges