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HIV Strain That Becomes AIDS In 3 Years Identified iIn Cuba

Source: Victoria Taylor / New York Daily News A strain of HIV that could develop into AIDS before patients realize they are infected has been identified in Cuba. The aggressive variant was seen in patients who developed AIDS within three years of contacting the virus, according to a new study. It usually takes five to 10 years. […]

Malcolm X’s Alleged Assassin Hiding In Plain Sight In Newark 50 Years After Civil Rights Leader Was Killed, Author Claims

Source: Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News Life is good for Al-Mustafa Shabazz. The 76-year-old ex-con lives in a gated two-story home in one of the nicer neighborhoods in Newark. He drives a gold Mercedes Benz E-Class sedan. And he’s married to one of the city’s most prominent civic leaders. But Shabazz has an even better […]

Serious Allegations Leveled Against Alabama State Football Coach

Source: Josh Moon / USA Today Brian Jenkins turned the Bethune-Cookman University football program into a winner, but off the field former players and coaches say the program was rife with rules violations and teetering on the edge of dysfunction because of the animosity between them and Jenkins, who is the new head coach at Alabama […]

Inspiring! Estella’s Brilliant Bus Changes Lives Through Computers And Coding

Roland Martin talks to 79-year-old Ms. Estella Pyfrom about her mobile learning center affectionately called Estella’s Brilliant Bus which serves as a tool to teach kids in under-served areas about computer coding and technology. Estella and her bus are hoping to reach a goal of $50,000 to embark on a road tour that will lead her […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Convos With Our Favorite Stars

  In this special edition of “The Roland Martin Show,” Roland Martin talks with Lionel Richie, Stephanie Mills, Kim Whitley, Sheryl Underwood and Holly Robinson Peete. All that and more in this special President’s Day edition of “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast. Subscribe to  “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast on iTunes.

For Hip-Hop Radio And Its Voices, Change Is On The Air

Source: Joe Coscarelli / New York Times Since the ’90s, Angie Martinez and Cipha Sounds were well-known hosts on the influential rap station Hot 97 (WQHT-FM, 97.1). But last year, after two decades, Ms. Martinez decamped for the rival, Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM, 105.1). After a few months of filling her old afternoon slot, Cipha Sounds, too, parted […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Republicans Delay Loretta Lynch Attorney General Confirmation

Republicans Delay Loretta Lynch Attorney General Confirmation Democrats are up in arms over the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee’s handling of the confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch, who was nominated by President Obama to replace outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Supporters accuse Republicans of “slow-walking the vote,” Discover Ancient Africa’s Influence On American Federal Symbols  […]

News You Can’t Use: Family Feud Contestant’s ‘Gerbil’ Answer Shocks Steve Harvey (VIDEO)

Roland Martin appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” for their News You Can’t Use segment. In today’s News Your Can’t Use, a “Family Feud” contestant shocks Steve Harvey with really weird answer about what might a doctor pull out of a person and Vice President Joe Biden gives an interesting shout out to a former colleague.

Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Criminal Probe Drives Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber Out (VIDEO)

“NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin appears on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to discuss the day’s top stories. Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber finally announced his resignation on Friday after first resigning and then retracting his resignation. Gov. Kitzhaber faced conflict-of-interest allegations involving his fiancée that have triggered a corruption probe.

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Black History Facts With Michael Michael Imhotep

Michael Imhotep host of “The Michael Imhotep Show” sits in for Roland Martin on “The Roland Martin Show.” In this edition of “The Roland Martin Show,” Imhotep breaks down the history of Friday the thirteenth and the hidden ancient African monikers found throughout Washington DC. All that and more in this edition of “The Roland Martin […]