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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: WTF!? Why Are Young Voters Not Going To The Polls?!

Why are millennial voters choosing not to participate in the 2016 presidential election? Don’t they know what is at stake in this year’s presidential election? Many say because young voters don’t like Donald Trump and don’t trust Hillary Clinton, the 18-35 demographic of voters has voiced their desire to sit out this year’s election. A […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: First Lady Michelle Obama Hits The Campaign Trail, $170M Flint Water Deal, San Diego Cops Shoot & Kill Unarmed Mentally Ill Black Man

Team Clinton pulled out the A-listers yesterday in an effort to keep the momentum going after Monday night’s debate win over Donald Trump. First Lady Michelle Obama was in Pennsylvania where she made stops in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and while at the University of Pittsburgh, she urged young people to get out to the polls […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Hold Every President Accountable, Don King Drops The N-Word While Introducing Donald Trump, Shaun King Says Epidemic Of Police Shootings Is Creating A ‘Recipe For Disaster’

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Roland Martin dissects what it means to be Black and hopeful in America. Martin explains that the history of African Americans is one in which we have always assess our interests in a unique way. We have always understood that in order for us to go to […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Keith Lamont Scott Police Shooting Sparks Violent Protests In Charlotte, Tulsa Cops Claim Terence Crutcher Had PCP, Independent Autopsy Reveals Tyre King Was Running From Cops When Shot

Protests Turn Violent In Charlotte After Police Shoot And Kill Keith Lamont Scott Authorities say officers were searching for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when the happened upon Keith Lamont Scott. Scott was sitting inside a car parked outside of an apartment complex when police say he got out of the car holding a gun and […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Tulsa Cops Shoot & Kill Terence Crutcher, Video Of Chicago Cop Firing At Car Of Black Teens Released, TX Youth Football Team Receives Death Threats After National Anthem Protest

Tulsa Cops Shoot And Kill Unarmed Black Man Whose Hands Were Up The family of Terence Crutcher is demanding answers after a Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer fatally shot the 40-year-old unarmed Black man as his car was stalled on the side of the road. Outrage is building in the community and across the nation as the […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Pres. Obama’s Fiery CBC Address, Donald Trump is Black America’s What’s Now Problem, Harry Belafonte Talks True Patriotism

President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned and fiery speech at this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Phoenix Awards dinner, calling for African-Americans to come out in support of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election and rebuking the idea that as a community, Blacks do not have a reason to vote. Mr. Obama said to those in attendance: […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: ‘Angry White Folks’ & Alt-Right Fuel Tump’s Rise, Blacks Consistently Living Under Systematic Oppression, Susan Taylor Talks Black Wealth

‘Angry White Folks’ & Racist Alt-Right Fueling Trump’s Poll Rise As a part of NewsOne Now’s special coverage of the 46th annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Legislative Conference, Roland Martin and a select panel of guests look at the state of the 2016 Presidential campaign and dissected a perplexing group of Donald Trump supporters. Recent polls […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Settlement In Sandra Bland Case, FAMU President Contract Not Renewed, Roland Martin’s History Lesson For Bill O’Reilly

NewsOne Now Exclusive: Sandra Bland’s Mom Discusses $1.9 Million Settlement, Procedural Agreement A year after Sandra Bland’s death following her questionable traffic stop and arrest, the Bland family has exacted a measure of justice. Sandra Bland’s family reached a $1.9 million settlement with Waller County, Texas and the Department of Public Safety. As part of the […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: SCOTUS Fails To Restore Week Of Early Voting In Ohio, Trump’s Claims Of A Shaky Economy Debunked, Lil Wayne Checked On ‘No Such Thing As Racism’ Comment

SCOTUS’ Refusal To Restore Week Of Early Voting Allows GOP Voter Suppression Efforts To Take Hold In Ohio Early voting begins in less than a month in the pivotal swing state of Ohio. The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to intervene in a request by Ohio Democrats to restore an extra week of early voting. […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Clergy Lead Higher Ground Moral Day Of Action, Fact Checking Clinton’s ‘Basket Of Deplorables,’ Museum Of African American History & Culture’s Giving Day

Clergy Lead ‘Higher Ground Moral Day Of Action’ Clergy from all denominations across the nation are calling on leaders and political candidates to focus on the real moral issues facing the country. On Monday, hundreds of people representing educators, civil rights and voting rights groups, labor, and environmental activists gathered at 30 state capitals across the country […]