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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Charting The Route — Building Partnerships Between Parents, Teachers and Communities For Student Success

In this special edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast we talk with Joshua Dubois, CEO of Values Partnership and Jacquelyn Dortch, from Stand for Children about building partnerships between parents, teachers and communities to facilitate student success. Stand for Children, who runs the family engagement program across the country called Stand University for Parents (Stand UP), […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Violence Prevention, Criminal Justice Reform & The Importance Of Who Sits On The Supreme Court

Jamira Burley, Co-Founder of GenYNot guests hosts for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Burley talks with Erica Ford, Co-Founder? CEO of LIFE Camp, Inc. about violence prevention and the intersection of gun violence in urban and suburban communities. Michele L. Jawando the Vice President of the Center for American Progress joins today’s conversation to explain the importance of the […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Is Your Money Safe In The Market? Is It Time For Longtime Congressmen To Step Aside? How To Connect Black Farmers w/ Those Who Need Their Products

  Ray Baker guest hosts for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. We kick things off with Joe Deaux, Metals Reporter at Bloomberg.com about the volatility in the markets and if your money is safe. _________ Lauren Victoria Burke, Contributing Writer for NBC News discusses the illustrious political careers of Congressmen Charles Rangel […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Poll Finds Trump Supporters View Blacks Negatively, Speaker Ryan Says The GOP Will Not Tolerate Another Democratic Sit-In

New Poll Reveals Donald Trump Supporters More Likely to View Blacks Negatively After pretty much alienating most Black voters throughout his campaign, it seems as if Donald Trump now acts like he cares about the African American community, but many of the billionaire’s backers may not be on board. In fact, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals most […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Police Reforms, Green Party Politics, #DHatHU, Gentrification In Oakland & ‘The Faux-Enlightened Free State of Jones’

Multi-media journalist Ray Baker sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. During today’s show, Baker talks with Joshua Harris, who is running to become the next Mayor of Baltimore about police reforms and Green Party politics. ______ Sports journalist and  American Sports Net Anchor/Analyst Monica McNutt reflects on the amazing life and […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: DOJ Mandates ‘Implicit Bias’ Training, Harlem Election Results, NYC Schools Mishandle Sex Assault Incidents, Brexit Explained

DOJ Mandates ‘Implicit Bias’ Training For Agents, Lawyers For more than a year, Black Lives Matter protesters have demanded change within the American justice system. It would seem as though the Justice Department has heard their plea and announced a new mandate forcing 33,000 federal agents, as well as prosecutors, to undergo training to stop their personal biases from influencing […]

Flint Water Crisis: ‘This Is Still Not A Normal Place To Be In’ – Mayor Karen Weaver

Roland Martin talks to Mayor Karen Weaver about the update on the water crisis in Flint amid the latest Environmental Protection Agency findings. “We got these tests done and the EPA said that filtered water was safe to drink. while we believe and know that it’s progress it’s not where we want to be. We’re still using […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: SCOTUS Knocks Down Abortion Restrictions In TX, Antwun Shumpert Killed By Cops During A “Routine Traffic Stop”

On Monday the Supreme Court found the regulations put in place thwart abortion clinics were medically unnecessary. The high court ruled these regulations restrict a woman’s right to an abortion. The 2013 Texas Law required clinics where abortions are performed to meet the same standards as outpatient surgical centers. Plus, doctors performing the procedures were required […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Should African Americans Support Donald Trump?

Republican Political Strategist Raynard Jackson sits in for Roland Martin in this edition of The Roland Martin Show. Jackson discusses the true unemployment rate amongst African Americans, how the jobs numbers are calculated and the labor force participation rate. What has Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton done for the African American community? Jackson talks about Clinton’s […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: EPA Says Filtered Flint Water Safe To Drink, Fights At Sacramento Rally Lead To Multiple Stabbings, Teen Slammed At McKinney Pool Party To Sue

Fights At Rally In Sacramento Lead to Multiple Stabbings At least nine men and one woman are recovering from their wounds after violence broke out between a white supremacist group and counter-protesters in Sacramento, California.  It all happened Sunday afternoon at a rally held at the state capitol by the Traditionalist Worker Party, a.k.a., TWP. […]