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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Update In Korryn Gaines Police Shooting Case, Fact Checking Donald Trump’s Economic Speech, GOP Security Officials Say Trump ‘Unfit’ To Be Prez

Michael Imhotep sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Today’s topics include: An update in the Korryn Gaines Case. Imhotep sorts through the plethora of misinformation being distributed about the circumstances surrounding her death. Fact Checking Donald Trump’s economic speech. 50 GOP Security Officials sign a letter against Donald Trump condemning his […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Donald Trump’s Economic Plan Is ‘George Bush’s Tax Plan Rehashed,’ LA Settles Reverse Discrimination Suit With Racist Disgraced Former LAPD Detective

NewsOne Now Guests Shred Trump’s Economics Plan Donald Trump says his tax and jobs plan is the plan of an outsider with new ideas. The GOP presidential nominee claims he wants to reshape America’s tax system and reduce the number of income brackets to three. He outlined his proposal to a crowd gathered in Detroit on […]

VA Prosecutor Wins Big In Case Of White Cop Killing Unarmed Black Man

Roland Martin talks to Prosecutor Stephanie Morales about the white former cop in Virginia convicted of killing an unarmed black man. “From the very beginning it was always about the law as my guide. Once I saw that the facts were there I was successfully able to get an indictment by the grand jury. We […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: White Va. Cop Convicted Of Killing Black Teen, Chicago Cop Body-Cam Off During Shooting Of Paul O’Neal

Virginia Prosecutor Speaks Out After White Cop Convicted In Death Of Unarmed Teen Justice has been served in the William Chapman II police shooting case. Chapman, who was suspected of shoplifting, was shot and killed by former police officer Stephen Rankin outside of a Walmart after a security guard called cops to go after the 18-year-old African-American […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Pres. Obama Commutes The Sentences Of 200, AG Loretta Lynch Talks Community Policing, New Book Examines How Poor Americans Are Being Exploited By Cops

President Obama Commutes Sentences Of More Than 200 On Wednesday, President Barack Obama made history by issuing the largest number of commutations this nation has ever seen in one single day. In a move that has critics on multiple sides of the issue crying foul, Mr. Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates who were […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Black, White & Blue: Spotlight On Race In America

How Does Race Play a Role in Police Shootings and How Races are treated differently by Law Enforcement? A new study conducted Edison Research found more than half of the total population believes race played a role in the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile shootings. Black Americans are significantly more likely to say they are […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: LIVE From The 2016 NABJ/NAHJ Convention In Washington, D.C.

In this special edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin broadcasts live from the 2016 NABJ/NAHJ Joint Convention in Washington, D.C. All that and more in this special edition of “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast. Listen, download and subscribe to “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast on Google Play Music Podcasts Subscribe to  “The […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Korryn Gaines Killed After Hours-Long Standoff With Cops, Pres. Obama Says Trump Is ‘Unfit’ To Be President

Korryn Gaines Shot And Killed After Hours-Long Standoff The 23-year-old Korryn Gaines mother was shot and killed while holding a shotgun in one hand and her 5-year-old son in the other. A 6-hour stand-off began at around 9:30 Monday morning in Randallstown, Maryland.  Officers were attempting to serve arrest warrants to both Gaines and her boyfriend […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Khans Address Trump Feud, NAACP Calls For Moratorium On New Charter Schools, BLM Releases List Of Demands

The Khans Address Battle With Donald Trump: ‘We Are On The Right Side Of The Times’ Donald Trump talked himself into a battle he may be unable to talk himself out of. After Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala, parents of a decorated American soldier who was killed in Iraq, appeared at the Democratic National Convention, Trump responded vehemently […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: NAACP Calls For A Moratorium On New Charter Schools, The Demonization Of Muslim Americans

The debate of school choice continues to rage on with our children’s futures hanging in the balance. The NAACP has approved a resolution calling for a moratorium on all new charter schools. Listen to Roland Martin discuss the latest challenge to school choice in this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast. Plus, listen […]