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NewsOne Now Podcast: Challenging The GOP’s Plan To Woo Black Votes, Black Church Endorses Donald Trump

Roland Martin Challenges RNC Offical On Flawed Plan To Attract Black Voters The Republican National Committee recently named Ashley Bell the National Committee’s new Director of African-American Political Engagement as part of its attempt to attract Black voters. Bell spoke with Roland Martin during Tuesday’s edition of NewsOne Now about Donald Trump‘s campaign and Republican voter outreach to […]

Marilyn Mosby on Baltimore’s DOJ Report: ‘Be Angry But Where Is The Action?’

Roland Martin talks to Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby about the recent department of justice report that exposed the systematic racism in the city’s police department. “It confirms not just what people in Baltimore experience, but people all over the country experience. It’s a problem. I come from five generations of police officers and what I understand is […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Knowing When To Revitalize & Rejuvenate, DOJ’s Damning Report On Baltimore Cops, Roland Martin Blasts Gabby Douglas’ Critics

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Roland Martin kicks things off discussing the importance of taking a vacation, revitalizing yourself and why Americans are afraid to use their vacation days. According to Project: Time Off, Americans wasted 658 million vacation days in 2015. Valorie Burton, bestselling author, speaker, and life coach spoke with Martin during […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: National Guard Activated In Wisconsin After Sylville Smith Protests Turn Violent, 7K Rescued Following Louisiana Floods, NC ‘Racially Gerrymandered’ Districts Ruled Unconstitutional

Will Milwaukee Police Shooting Video Ease Tensions Or Ignite A Powder Keg? A state of emergency is in effect in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after demonstrators burned cars and businesses while protesting the police shooting death of Sylville Smith, a Black man killed by a Black police officer. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker activated the National Guard and plans to deploy troops […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Damning DOJ Report On Baltimore Cops, Black Wealth Gap, LA Gang Truce

Farajii Muhammad sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Muhammad’s guests include: Tyrone Powers, Former FBI Special Agent , former Maryland State Trooper, author of Eyes to My Soul : The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent and forthcoming book Black Ice. Powers talks about the damning Department of Justice […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: City Financed Projects Impact On Working People, Impact Of Incarceration On Parents, VRA Battle, What’s Next For The GOP & Black Voters

Ray Baker of Ray Baker Media sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Baker’s guests include: Todd Reynolds, Political Coordinator for AFT-Maryland discusses city-financed projects and their effect on working people. Tony Lewis Jr., Community Leader and Author of Slugg: A Boy’s Life in the Age of Mass Incarceration, talks about the impact […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: DOJ Releases Scathing Report On Baltimore Cops, SWAT Team Kills Innocent Black Man,

Marilyn Mosby Unsurprised By Scathing DOJ Baltimore Report A year after Freddie Gray‘s death while in police custody, the Justice Department released a scathing report proving the Baltimore Police Department purposely targets the city’s Black population. In the 163-page report released on Wednesday, investigators pinpointed just how the department violated the rights of the people its officers are sworn […]

April Ryan Talks To Florida Senate Candidate Pam Keith About Campaign

Senior White House Correspondent April Ryan talks to Florida Democratic Senate candidate Pam Keith about her campaign and what solutions she has to settle the debate against gun control and more. “I’m running on gun control, criminal justice reform and taking care of our veterans. Even here in Florida, people need solutions. My thing is […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: DOJ Releases Blistering Report On Baltimore Police, New Study Claims Wealth Gap Could Take 200+ Yrs To Close, Trump’s 2nd Amendment Remark Viewed As Threat Against Clinton

Michael Imhotep, founder of The African History Network sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Today’s topics include: The Department of Justice released a blistering report on racial bias by Baltimore police officers. DOJ wants to track ALL arrest related deaths in the United States A new study shows that […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: 14-Year-Old Kills Abusive Father, NC Homeowner Kills Unarmed Black Man With A ‘Warning Shot,’ Wealth Gap May Take Centuries To Close

Bresha Meadows Case Highlights Importance Of Mental Health Treatment In Black Community Fourteen-year-old Bresha Meadows took the life of her father in July. She is currently behind bars on charges of aggravated murder. But Bresha’s family is calling her a “hero,” who saved them all from the verbally and physically abusive Jonathan Meadows. Police allege Bresha shot her father as he slept […]