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President Obama To Fast Track Southern Portion Of Keystone XL Pipeline

Source: Brianna Keilar / CNN President Obama plans to announce in Cushing, Oklahoma Thursday that his administration will expedite the permit process for the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, a source familiar with the president's announcement tells CNN. In January, the Obama administration denied a permit for the 1,700 mile long Keystone XL oil pipeline, [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin, Dr. Jeff Gardere Discuss Professional Athletes And Their Battles With Mental Illness

Roland Martin talks with America's psychologist, Dr. Jeff Gardere about professional athletes depression and mental illness.  

Group Of Black Pastors Meet With Franklin Graham

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com One month after demanding that Franklin Graham apologize for continuing to question the faith of President Barack Obama, a group of nearly two dozens Black pastors met with him for two hours Tuesday to discuss that and other faith-based issues. In what was described as an honest, forthright, and [...]

Trayvon Martin's Last Phone Call Triggers Demand For Arrest 'Right Now' (VIDEO)

video platform video management video solutions video player Source: Matt Gutman / ABC News A phone call from slain black teenager Trayvon Martin to his girlfriend seconds before he was shot dead by a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain "blows … out of the water" the shooter's self-defense claim and he should be arrested "right now," a lawyer [...]

BREAKING NEWS: DOJ, FBI Open Investigation Into Trayvon Martin Shooting

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, and the FBI opened an investigation into the facts and circumstances of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin

JACQUIE HOOD MARTIN: Standing On Pure Faith | The Lenten Season

Lenten Season Life Lesson Faith is one the four cornerstones of my and many believers' journey. And, even if you are not a believer there is some truth that you live by that gets you through each day of your life. When you face cancer.  When a soldier faces a bullet. When we face the [...]

Protesters Rally Over Trayvon Martin's Death, Demand Arrest

Source: CNN Sanford, Florida – Protesters upset about the shooting death of an unarmed Florida teen rallied outside a local courthouse Monday, demanding the arrest of a neighborhood watch captain who told police he shot the teen in self-defense. Many carried signs in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was shot on his way from [...]

Perspective: African-Americans Should Respect Black TV Networks, Just As We Respect Others (VIDEO)

I recently got an email from someone who asked me when was I going to get my own show. And I said, "Well, I already have my own show on TV One." And they said, "No, no, no, no, no. I mean one CNN or some other network — you know, a real show." And [...]

Mom: Trayvon Martin Was Targeted Because Of 'The Color Of His Skin' (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: MSNBC The family of a Florida teen fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month is speaking out, saying that the shooting was unprovoked —and racially motivated. Washington Watch with Roland Martin Exclusive: The Parents Of Slain Florida Teen Trayvon Martin [...]

The Biggest Damn Lie: Sarah Palin Says Pres. Obama Was Not Extensively Vetted By The News Media (VIDEO)

This week's winner of The Biggest Damn Lie is Sarah Palin. Palin stated on Fox News' Sean Hannity Show that Pres. Barack Obama was not extensively vetted by the news media in 2008.