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WASHINGTON WATCH ROUNDTABLE: The Impact Of Social Media On The Case Of Trayvon Martin (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the death of Trayvon Martin, stand your ground laws and the impact that social media has had in keeping Trayvon’s story in front of Americans. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Republican Texas State Representative Stefani Carter; Karen Finney, MSNBC political Analyst; Elroy Sailor, co-director of the [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH ROUNDTABLE: The One Year Anniversary Of The Death Of Trayvon Martin (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the one year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin and stand your ground laws. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Republican Texas State Representative Stefani Carter; Karen Finney, MSNBC political Analyst; Elroy Sailor, co-director of the J.C. Watts Companies; and principal of IMPACT Strategies, Angela Rye. [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled At The U.S. Capitol (VIDEO)

Congress and President Obama came together for the unveiling Rosa Parks’ statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. Forty members of Rosa Parks’ family were there, as well as high government officials and civil rights activists. MR. MARTIN:  Welcome back. As we’ve just heard, Washington showed its profound dysfunction when $85 billion in [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH: Voting Rights Under Attack; Justice Scalia Says Blacks Right To Vote Is A “Racial Entitlement” (VIDEO)

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments dealing with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act this past week. During the hearing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia called African Americans right to vote a “racial entitlement.” Benjamin Jealous, president of the NAACP and Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus joined Roland [...]

Mitt Romney To Fox: ‘It Kills Me’ To Not Be President; Obama Is Still ‘Campaigning’ (VIDEO)

Source: Garrett Quinn / Mediaite  Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney opened up to Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace about his presidential campaign, what it’s like to lose, where he he sees himself in the GOP and just how badly he still wants to be president. Romney told Wallace that “it kills” to not be in the White House and [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin Talks With Megan Livingston About Her Article “Why The NFL Combine Conjures Slavery”

Roland Martin talks with Megan Livingston about her article “Why the NFL Combine Conjures Slavery” on The Shadow League.

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: The Impact Of The Sequester On Minorities; Supreme Court Hears Challenge To The Voting Rights Act; One Year Anniversary Of Trayvon Martin’s Death; Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled

THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965, THE UNVEILING OF ROSA PARKS STATUE AND SEQUESTRATION ARE AMONG THE HEADLINING TOPICS ON MARCH 3 WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN Topics to include: the impact of the sequester on minorities; the Supreme Court reviews section five of The Voting Rights Act of 1965; the one year anniversary of [...]

President Obama Signs Order Activating Deep Spending Cuts

Source:  Jessica Yellin and Tom Cohen / CNN Washington – Politics trumped progress on Friday as President Barack Obama and Republican leaders traded blame for $85 billion in forced spending cuts after they failed to come up with a compromise to avert the harshest impacts. The president signed an order required by law that set in motion the [...]

Harlem Shake Miami HEAT Edition

Harlem Shake Miami HEAT Edition

Michigan To Take Over Detroit City Government

Source: Poppy Harlow and Chris Isidore / CNN Money Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Friday that the state will take over the operations of Detroit’s city government due to its long-standing financial problems. The takeover is short of a formal bankruptcy, but it will include appointing an emergency manager who would have many of the [...]