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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Is School Choice The Black Choice Town Hall

There is a battle going on in the Black Community. The NAACP and The Movement for Black Lives, a group of 50 organizations assembled by Black Lives Matter, have called for a moratorium on new Charter Schools declaring they promote segregation and disrupt black communities.  But the Black Alliance for Educational Options, a pro-choice organization, […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Presidential Politics And White Working Class Voters

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Roland Martin continues to dissect the 2016 presidential election results and White’s desire to return to an America that no longer exists. All that and more in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Listen, download and subscribe to “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Black Clergy Calls For Bannon’s Ouster, Myrlie Evers-Williams Calls Black America To Action, How Black Business Can Close The Credit Gap

Black Clergy Call For Ouster Of Steve Bannon A group of African-American clergy have added their voices to the chorus demanding Steve Bannon’souster. Seventeen Black religious leaders from around the country signed an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to reconsider his appointment of Bannon in order for the country to move forward. A portion […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Charges Filed In The Philando Castile Police Shooting Case, State Of The Black World Conference, Millennials & Trump

Farajii Muhammad sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Muhammad discusses Ramsey County Attorney John Choi  charging St. Anthony police Officer Jeronimo Yanez with second-degree manslaughter for the shooting death of Philando Castile.  This year’s State of the Black World Conference brings together Black media, hip hop activists, African presidents, Black US politicians, religious […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Cop Who Shot & Killed Philando Castile Charged, Dems Call For Trump To Dump Bannon, Campaign For Clemency Intensifies

Officer Who Shot And Killed Philando Castile Charged With Manslaughter The family of Philando Castile welcomed charges against Jeronimo Yanez, the Saint Anthony, Minnesota police officer who shot and killed the 32-year-old elementary school cafeteria worker during a broken tail light traffic stop earlier this year. Ramsey County Attorney John Choi charged Yanez with second-degree […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Dems Ignored Advice About Black Voter Outreach, Dick Gregory Warns America About Impact Of Trump’s Election, History Teacher Faces Firing For Freedom Of Speech Lesson

Dems Ignored Advice About Black Voter Outreach The Democratic Party is dissecting the outcome of the 2016 presidential election after one of the biggest political upsets in history. So far, members are pointing fingers at each another. Wealthy Democratic donors are meeting in Washington, where part of the discussion will focus on the party’s failure to connect […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: The History Of The Electoral College And Its Relationship To Slavery

Michael Imhotep sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Imhotep discusses the history of the Electoral College and its relationship to slavery. Susan Taylor Editor in Chief Emerita of Essence Magazine and Nataki Kambon of Let’s Buy Black 365 discuss this week’s State of the Black World Conference IV. […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Is It Time To Retire The Electoral College?

Should America get rid of the electoral college? Mediaite founder Dan Abrams argues in a new editorial that the system is rigged and as s a result it is time for America to finally retire the electoral college. In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Roland Martin poses the same question the listeners. All […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Anti-Trump Protests, The Role Voter Suppression Played In Electing Donald Trump, Can Blacks Move Forward In Trump’s America?

Anti-Trump Protests Spread Across Several Cities In Chicago, some ten thousand demonstrators marched to the Trump International Hotel and Tower. Theirs was billed as an “emergency protest.” The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was a part of the protest. In Houston, demonstrators took turns whacking a pinata that looked like Donald Trump’s head and in Seattle, […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: The Numbers That Made A Trump Presidency Possible

The results are in, Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States after defeating Hillary Clinton in an historic upset. In the aftermath of what is being considered the biggest upset in American political history, Roland Martin and his panel of guests dissected the numbers that allowed Trump to win the presidency. One […]