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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Establishing A Wealth Mindset

America’s Wealth Coach Deborah Owens joined Roland Martin on the “Roland Martin Show” to explain how we can transition ourselves from an income mindset to a wealth mindset.   All that and more in this edition of the ALL NEW “Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast. Be sure to tune in weekdays to “The Roland Martin […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: 53% Of Black Wealth Wiped Out, Home Foreclosure Crisis Impact Still Being Felt

53 Percent Of Black Wealth Wiped Out: Foreclosure Crisis Erodes Communities Of Color Over the course of the last seven years, African American wealth has been decimated as a result of the foreclosure crisis in the United States. According to statistics, nearly 53% of Black wealth was wiped out as a result. Washington Post’, national […]

TIM MAK: Will Hillary ’16 Be A ‘White Dude Fest’?

by Tim Mak Daily Beast Senior Congressional Correspondent Does Hillary Clinton need binders full of women? Some Democrats, particularly women and people of color, think so. In interviews with The Daily Beast, nearly a dozen Democrats, said they were worried Clinton’s hires for the top echelons of her pre-campaign haven’t taken gender and racial diversity […]

Michigan Coach Insults Recruit, Family Escorts Him Out Of Their Home

Source: The Detroit News A Michigan football coach might’ve fumbled on the recruiting trail, costing the Wolverines a prized defensive end. DaiShon Neal, of Omaha, Nebraska, told his hometown radio station that he was planning to commit to Michigan, until defensive line coach Greg Mattison made a comment Neal and his family didn’t appreciate. “Michigan […]

‘Django Unchained’ Actress Pleads Not Guilty To Lewd Conduct

Source: AP / New York Post An attorney for “Django Unchained” actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend has entered not guilty pleas on their behalf to misdemeanor lewd conduct charges. Attorney Lou Shapiro entered the pleas at a brief hearing Tuesday in Los Angeles. Watts and Brian Lucas were charged in October after briefly being […]

Black Parents Give Birth To White Baby

Source: Andy Soltis / New York Post When Angela Ihegboro first saw her newborn daughter, she was “speechless.” “She’s a miracle baby,” the 35-year-old mother said yesterday. “But still, what on Earth happened here?” What happened is that baby Nmachi is a blond, blue-eyed white baby born to two black Nigerian immigrant parents at a […]

Roland Martin, Weather Channel’s Paul Goodloe Talk About The Notorious Blizzard Scheduled To Hit The East Coast

Roland Martin talks to the Weather Channel’s meteorologist Paul Goodloe about the upcoming blizzard scheduled to hit the East Coast. “Flights are being cancelled due to the snow but also the wind. Between today and tomorrow we’re talking 3500 flights being cancelled. The hardest hit cities are Boston and Providence,” Goodloe said. Listen to the Tom Joyner […]

Chicago Cubs Legend Ernie Banks Dead At 83

Source: USA Today Ernie Banks, known simply as “Mr. Cub” after hitting 512 home runs over a 19-year career spent entirely in Chicago, died Friday night at 83. Best known for his effusive “Let’s Play Two” phrase that epitomized the joy he felt for the game and brought to Wrigley Field, Banks was an 11-time […]

The Roland Martin Show: #BlackImagesMatter Podcast

Sil Lai Abrams  domestic violence activist and founder of Truth in Reality joined Roland Martin on “The Roland Martin Show” to discuss the importance of positive Black images as well as how damaging negative images of African Americans are . What we see in the media, how African Americans are represented in movies, on television […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Video Of Police Shooting Of Black Man Leads To More Unanswered Questions

Video Of NJ Police Shooting Of Black Man Leads To More Questions With the dashboard camera in their cruiser rolling, police pulled a Jaguar over for running a stop sign on a dark New Jersey night. But things suddenly turned tense when one of the officers warned his partner that he could see a gun […]