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THE CHOICE: A Look At Pres. Obama And Mitt Romney’s Plans To Help Small Businesses (VIDEO)

Small Business has always been crucial to the development of wealth in the Black community. Because African-Americans were often denied the right to work for other companies, or practice as professionals in White America, we had to start our own businesses: restaurants, funeral homes, insurance companies, law firms, barbershops and beauty parlors. One of the [...]

Shreveport Times: Authorities Confirm “KKK” Written On Burn Victim’s Vehicle

Source: Shreveport Times Authorities are on the scene at Civitan Park in Winnsboro where it is believed a young woman was attacked Sunday evening. Sharmeka Moffitt called 911 about 8 p.m. and told police she was attacked and burned by three men wearing hoodies, authorities said during a news conference today. Police say the Moffitt, [...]

NBC News: Pres. Obama Leads By 45 Points With Latino Voters

Source: Domenico Montanaro / NBC News Hispanic voters continue to say they prefer President Obama by wide margins over Republican nominee Mitt Romney amid signs that the race is tightening among the broader electorate, according to new data in a NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll. Obama leads Romney 70 percent to 25 percent among likely Latino voters [...]

Democratic Pollster Cornell Belcher To Young African-American Male Voters: Man The F’ Up Get Out And Vote (VIDEO)

Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher encourages young black males to man the f’ up and get to the polls on Nov. 6.

WASHINGTON WATCH ROUNDTABLE: The Impact Of The Citizens United Decision And Increasing Numbers Of Minorities On The 2012 Election (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the latest polling data, the electoral college and how the influx of money will impact the presidential race in November. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Michelle Bernard, president and CEO of the Bernard Center for Women; Raynard Jackson, a Republican political consultant and president of Raynard [...]

WASHINGTON WATCH ROUNDTABLE: Second Presidential Debate Analysis (VIDEO)

President Barack Obama got his mojo back for the second debate, held at Hofstra University in New York on Tuesday. Mitt Romney came on strong and aggressive. Some say a bit too aggressive, but he met the President Obama who didn’t show up for the first debate. In spite of the President’s strong performance, the [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin, Dan Hill Of Sensory Logic Discuss Body Language Markers From Last Week's Presidential Debate

Dan Hill of Sensory Logic talks with Roland Martin about the different body language markers from last week’s debate.

THE BIGGEST DAMN LIE: Romney Camp Delivers Multitude Of Untruths

This week’s winner of The Biggest Damned Lie is Gov. Mitt Romney and the Romney Campaign for tell the most lies during the 2012 Presidential race.

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Rev. Billy Graham And His Narrow Biblical Principles

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com To all of my fellow evangelicals on the religious right, please, stop your fake proselytizing and trumpeting of biblical values if all you’re going to do is run roughshod over your biblical convictions in order for your partisan views to take center stage. When Mitt Romney was running for [...]

SNL: President Obama And Mitt Romney Face-Off In A Contentious Debate (VIDEO)

Fueled by questions from average people, President Obama and Mitt Romney face-off in a contentious Presidential debate