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NEWSONE NOW: Top Black Female Comedians Blast SNL For Lack Of Diversity

Top Black Female Comedians Blast SNL For Lack Of Diversity by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud Roland Martin talks with comedians Loni Love, Sommore and Kym Whitley go in on Kenan Thompson for his comments about the lack of black female comedians on SNL.

Dick Durbin: GOP Leader Told President Obama ‘I Cannot Even Stand To Look At You’

Source: Tal Kopan / Politico The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin, says that a House Republican leader told off President Barack Obama during a negotiation meeting, and that they are so disrespectful it’s practically impossible to have a conversation with them. “In a ‘negotiation’ meeting with the president, one GOP House Leader told [...]

Analyst Brandel Chamblee Apologizes To Tiger Woods For Calling Him A Golf Cheat

Source: ESPN Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee apologized to Tiger Woods via Twitter on Tuesday for Golf.com column he wrote last week insinuating that Woods was a cheater for his various rules transgressions this year. Golf is a gentleman's game and I'm not proud of this debate. I want to apologize to Tiger for this incited discourse. — brandel [...]

Breast Cancer Tests Both Physical, Emotional Strength

Source: Barbara Blake, Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times / USA Today A breast cancer diagnosis is about more than breasts. It infiltrates a woman’s social, psychological, emotional and spiritual realms in ways that no one who hasn’t experienced it can comprehend. Martha Chapman, 71, of Asheville, N.C., likens her journey through cancer to being in a foreign land — [...]

Black-White Divide Persists In Breast Cancer

Source: Tara Parker Pope / The New York Times Breast cancer survival is, over all, three years shorter for black women compared with white women, mostly because their cancer is often more advanced when they first seek medical care, new research shows. While cancer researchers have known for two decades that black women with breast cancer [...]

The NAACP Is Fighting Against Racism At UCLA, Find Out How

Roland Martin talks with Ron Hasson of the NAACP, about the climate of racism being perpetuated at UCLA including the story about Christian Head, a black surgeon, who received $4.5 million in July after settling a racial discrimination lawsuit against the University.

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story Delves Into Drama

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story Delves Into Drama by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud Roland Martin talks with entertainment columnist Kelly L. Carter about TLC’s biopic, ‘CrazySexyCool’, that premiered on VH1 Monday night. The TLC Story tells the story of TLC’s humble beginnings in Atlanta, GA which led to an unprecedented rise to fame in the [...]

NewsOne Now: Pastor Marvin Winans Under Fire For Refusing To Dedicate The Baby Of An Unwed Mother

Pastor Marvin Winans Refuses To Bless Unmarried Woman’s Baby by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud Pastor Marvin Winans has come under fire for allegedly refusing to bless an unmarried woman’s baby before the congregation. Is it wrong for pastors to refuse to dedicate babies of unwed parents? Should Pastors Dedicate Babies Of Unwed Parents: Roland [...]

Apple Preparing 65-Inch TV For Release in 2014, Analyst Says

Source: Mariko Yasu / Bloomberg Apple Inc. (AAPL) will probably start selling ultra-high definition televisions with 65- and 55-inch screens during the fourth quarter of next year, according to a Tokyo-based analyst at Advanced Research Japan Co. The Cupertino, California-based company is deciding on specifications, and the models likely will have a frameless design, Masahiko Ishino, an [...]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast 10:22:13: New Evidence In Kendrick Johnson Death Investigation, Should Pastors Dedicate Babies Of Unwed Parents, TLC Biopic ‘CrazySexyCool’

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast 10:22:13 by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud Roland Martin talks with Benjamin Crump about the latest developments in the death investigation of Kendrick Johnson. New evidence has emerged proving that Johnson was not alone in the high school gymnasium prior to his death. Pastor Marvin Winans has come under fire for [...]