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NewsOne Now Election Night Recap: Dems Win Big In VA And NJ Governor Races, Black Political Wave Sweeps Over Election Day

A big historic night for Democrats! They sweep governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey with two African Americans being elected lieutenant governor in those same states. PLUS big time firsts for many African Americans in mayoral races across the country. Atlanta’s hotly contested mayoral race is now a runoff contest between the top two […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Rights Groups & Mayors Team Up To Fight Economic/Social Inequalities, NC GOP Attempt To Rig Judicial Races To Get Rid Of Black Judges, NRA Offers ‘Murder Insurance’

Mayors And Civil Rights Groups Team Up To Address Economic & Social Inequalities Recovery Efforts In USVI Are Improving, American Black Cross Mobilizes To Help The Caribbean Republican Lawmakers In North Carolina Attempt To Rig Judicial Races To Get Rid Of Black Judges Grambling State Freshman Arrested In Campus Shooting That Left Two Dead City […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: NY Settles Major Voting Rights Lawsuit, Senate Repubs Repeal Consumer Protection Rule, Poll Says Whites Believe They Face Discrimination Because Of Race

NY Settles A Major Voting Rights Lawsuit Where Voters Were Being Illegally Purged From The Rolls Senate Republicans Repeal Obama-Era Consumer Protection Rule Under The Cover Of Night New Poll Suggests Whites Believe They Face Discrimination Because Of Their Race Is White The New Black? Tech Executives Attempt To Redefine Diversity FMR. White House Advisor […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Dems Ignoring Black Voters May Cost Them Elections, Russians Behind Popular Twitter Account Claiming To Be A Black Woman, Bill O’Reilly Mad At God Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

Democratic Party Ignoring Black Voters May Cost Them The Virginia Governor’s Race Thousands Expected To Attend The Inaugural Women’s Convention In Detroit Senate Approves $36.5 Billion Aid Package As Hurricane Costs Increase Two Killed In Campus Shooting At Grambling State University County Commissioner Takes On The Confederate Flag, Its Supporters & Prompts A Museum To […]

Thousands Expected To Attend The Inaugural Women’s Convention

The Women’s March took the nation by storm over the year seeking to empower women and strengthen the politics in the nation. They are back with a National Convention in Detroit and co-leader and organizer Carmen Perez is ready for it. “We want to build women’s leadership across the board from grassroots operations to running […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Sgt. La David Johnson Widow Breaks Her Silence, Rep. Wilson Under Attack For Exposing Trump’s Comments During Condolences Call, Opioid Epidemic Kills 91 Per Day

Widow Of Sgt. Johnson Breaks Her Silence, Rep. Wilson Under Attack For Exposing Trump’s Comments Opioid Crisis Kills 91 People Per Day, Fulton County In Ga. Sues Opioid Companies Over The Epidemic New Study Suggests Body Cams Have Little Effect On Police Behavior Tampa Serial Killer? Three Individuals Shot And Killed In Two Weeks In […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Escalates The Condolences Feud, Keisha Knight Pulliam Talks #HBCUUnlimited, Former Presidents Rebuke Trump’s Identity Politics

The Trump Administration Continues The Condolences Feud As Sgt. La David Johnson Is Laid To Rest More Than 40 Days After Hurricanes Hit US Virgin Islands, Much Of The Island Is Still Without Power Atlanta’s Mayoral Race Heats Up, Will ATL Elect Its First White Mayor In 44 Years? White Supremacists Charged For Attempted Murder, Richard […]

TJMS: Atlanta Mayoral Race Update

Atlanta’s Mayoral Race candidates are going head to head as they race towards the November 7, 2017, election race. On October 22, 2017, the city hosted a debate between candidates that got heated. Roland Martin talks with journalist Condace Pressley about it. Martin says that there hasn’t been a,”White mayor in Atlanta since 1973.” This […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump’s Lying Presser, Safe Water Concerns In Puerto Rico, American Airlines Kicks Activist Off Flight,

#TrumpLiesMatter: President Trump Uttered A Multitude Of Lies During A Wide-Ranging Presser Safe Water Concerns In Puerto Rico: Citizens Are Bathing/Drinking Water That Could Be Contaminated Writer, Producer And Director Nnegest Likke Talks ‘Everything But A Man Activist Tamika Mallory Booted From An American Airlines Flight Death Toll In Somalian Bombing Climbs To 300 Police […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Sabotages The ACA With Executive Order, #45 Threatens Puerto Rico — Says Aid Won’t Last ‘Forever,’ Report Reveals How Chicago Gets All Of Its Guns

Trump made his most aggressive move against the Affordable Care Act, threatening to stop billions of dollars in government subsidies to insurers. As Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands continue to struggle to recover in the aftermath of hurricanes Maria and Irma which has left many without electricity, running water and fuel to keep […]