Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 216

Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences

Source: Jeffrey Young and Chris Kirkham / The Huffington Post When a patient arrives at Bayonne Hospital Center in New Jersey requiring treatment for the respiratory ailment known as COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, she faces an official price tag of $99,690. Less than 30 miles away in the Bronx, N.Y., the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center [...]

Ariel Castro Charged With Kidnapping, Raping Cleveland Girls

Source: CBS News CLEVELAND – Kidnapping and rape charges were filed Wednesday against a man arrested after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home. Homeowner Ariel Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape while his brothers, Pedro and Onil Castro, were held but [...]

Dem Rep. Cummings Tears Into GOP Rep. Issa For ‘Politicizing’ Benghazi During Congressional Hearing (VIDEO)

Source: Matt Wilstein / Mediaite Rep. Elijah Cummings was the first Democratic member of Congress to speak during Wednesday’s hearing on last year’s attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Cummings did not waste any time before going after Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), for what he believes was the [...]

The Strange Case Of Death Row Inmate Willie Manning

Roland Martin talks with Senator John Horhn about the case of Mississippi death row inmate Willie Manning.

More Working-Class Families Spend Half Of Income On Rent

Source: MarketWatch / CBS News More than 26 percent of working-class Americans who rent apartments spent over 50 percent of their income on housing in 2011, up from just 22.8 percent in 2008, according to a new report. The study by the Center for Housing Policy found median housing costs of working renters rose nearly [...]

Charles Ramsey: You Do What You Got To Do (VIDEO)

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. George Stephanopoulos talks to the man who helped rescue 3 allegedly kidnapped women.

Dennis Rodman To Kim Jong Un: ‘Do Me A Solid’ And Free American

Source: NBC News Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North. “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him ‘Kim’, to do [...]

Diplomat’s Crucial Benghazi Testimony Heard Today

Source: John Parkinson / ABC News The top deputy to the U.S. ambassador killed during the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi is set to deliver much-anticipated testimony today that could contradict the administration’s explanation of the deadly attack that took the lives of four Americans. Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission for the U.S. in Libya, will [...]

Gene Tests For Prostate Cancer (VIDEO)

Treat or monitor? It’s a difficult decision prostate cancer patients and doctors must make based on how aggressive they think a tumor might be. But new genetic tests could lessen the guessing game and spare some men the side effects of treatment. (May

Fake Nuns Caught With Cocaine (VIDEO)

Three women wearing nun costumes tried to smuggle more than 12 pounds of cocaine out of Colombia. Police spotted the fake garb right away. (May 7)