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LISTEN: Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson Discusses New Initiative Helping Young Women Use Their Voice For Positive Change

April Ryan talks with Shaun Robinson about a new initiative aimed at helping and young woman use their voice for positive change. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes. For more information visit onegirlonevoice.org.

President Obama Discusses The American Economy On The View (VIDEO)

President Obama talks about the American economy and his ideas on how to improve it. WATCH:

WTH? Stimulus Dollars Funded Erectile Dysfunction Study In California

Source: MSNBC Two grants totaling nearly $1.5 million were distributed to the University of California San Francisco, NBCBayArea.com has discovered. The money was part of the federal stimulus program and went to studies into the erectile dysfunction of overweight middle aged men and the accurate reporting of someone’s sexual history. This is part of our ongoing series [...]

Junior Seau’s Home Burglarized

Source: ESPN The home of NFL legend Junior Seau was burglarized last week, only five days after the former San Diego Chargers linebacker committed suicide inside the house, police told the North County Times on Tuesday. The Times reported that someone forcibly entered the Oceanside home’s garage through the doggy door at roughly 2 p.m. PT on [...]

Deion Sanders Ordered To Pay Pilar Sanders $10.5K Per Month, $275K Legal Fees

Source: Kevin Dolak / ABC News Football legend Deion Sanders has been ordered by a Texas court to pay his estranged wife Pilar Sanders $10,500 per month in child support for their three children and $275,000 to cover her legal fees. Sanders learned in court Tuesday that despite the hefty monthly fee, he was will [...]

BEN CRUMP: ‘Zimmerman Was Aggressor’ (VIDEO)

With new evidence in the case, Jeffrey Toobin asks the Martin family lawyer how he knows who the aggressor was that day. WATCH:

Jay-Z Backs President Obama On Gay Marriage (VIDEO)

Jay-Z compares same-sex marriage opposition to discrimination against black people. WATCH:

Wrong Man Was Executed In Texas, Probe Says

Source: Chantal Valery / AFP / Yahoo News He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLunapaid the ultimate price and was executed in place of someone else in Texas in 1989, a report out Tuesday found. The report’s [...]

ProPublica Review Of Pardons In Past Decade Shows Process Heavily Favored Whites

Source: ProPublica / The Washington Post White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, a ProPublica examination has found. Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president’s ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis of previously unreleased records and related data. LISTEN: According [...]

LISTEN: According To New Report African-Americans Have The Poorest Chance Of Receiving Presidential Pardons

Roland Martin talks with Dafna Linzer senior reporter at ProPublica.org about White criminals seeking pardons being nearly four times as likely to succeed as minority criminals seeking pardons. Subscribe to the Roland S. Martin Daily Podcast via iTunes.