Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 550

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Fans Need To Understand The Health Crisis Affecting NFL Players

Roland Martin, David Frum, Grover Norquist, and Martin Sullivan join Soledad O'Brien on Starting Point. Roland explains that NFL fans should watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta's CNN special Big Hits, Broken Dreams to understand the health crisis affecting NFL players.

BEWARE: Email Scam Could Clear Out Your Bank Account

Source: Mario Armstrong / HLN The latest online banking scam is called "Gameover" and it's an email that's been making its way around in recent weeks. Here are the basics: First and foremost, the email looks legitimate and appears to come from either the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the National Automated Clearing House [...]

Black, Latino Students Perform At Levels of 30 Years Ago

Source: Teresa Wiltz / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON —- Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with minority teenagers performing at academic levels equal to or lower than those of 30 years ago. Despite the hope that improving education for children of [...]

Seriously? Georgia Judge Orders President Obama To Appear In Court Over 'Birthers' Suit

Source: Chuck Williams / The Miami Herald A Georgia judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta Thursday for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and can't be president. Orly Taitz, the California attorney who brought the legal challenge to Obama's name on the March [...]

Washington Watch Roundtable: Newt Gingrich And Coded Language, Mitt Romney's $374K In Speaking Fees (VIDEO)

Newt Gingrich's use of code words to attract supporters, Mitt Romney's finances and questions about his religious affiliation. This week's roundtable features Sophia Nelson, Cynthia Gordy, Joe Madison, and George Curry. MR. MARTIN: Right now, I want to play the clip from the Fox News debate with GOP candidates where Newt and Juan Williams had [...]

Washington Watch Roundtable: Gingrich And His Wives, Did The GOP Forget They Are The Party Of Family Values? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the GOP presidential race, Gingrich's attack on the media, infidelity and has the GOP forgotten that they are the party of family values? This week's roundtable features Sophia Nelson, Cynthia Gordy, Joe Madison, and George Curry. MR. MARTIN:  [A] whole lot to discuss this week, folks, in [...]

Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer Receive 2012 Oscar Nominations

Source: Ronke Idowu Reeves / BET This morning, the list for the best and brightest in film for Hollywood was finally announced. Viola Davis was nominated for Best Actress for her role as the stoic, proud maid Aibileen Clark in the 1960s period drama The Help. Davis' stiffest competition comes from her friend, two-time Academy Award [...]

Mitt Romney's Tax Returns: He Earned $42.5 Million, Is Paying $6.2 Million In Taxes

Source: MSNBC Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released tax records on Tuesday indicating he is paying $6.2 million in taxes on a total of $42.5 million in income over the years 2010 and 2011. Bowing to increasing political pressure to provide more detail about his vast wealth, the former private equity executive released tax returns indicating [...]

Tracy Morgan Ready To Return To Work On "30 Rock"

Source: AP / CBS News Tracy Morgan has been released from a hospital after collapsing during the Sundance Film Festival, and he says he'll be back at work Tuesday. The comedian's rep said Morgan left Monday after treatment for exhaustion and altitude illness at the Park City Medical Center. He  was taken there Sunday night  [...]

Storm Survivor: 'Squeezed' Family Into Bathtub (VIDEO)

CNN's Reynolds Wolf interviews an Alabama man who lost his home but saved his family during a massive storm. WATCH: