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The Black Room: Bob Johnson Says Roland Martin Has Miracle Mile Written All Over Him (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and Bob Johnson joke about Roland being above BET's pay scale.

Saab Calls It Quits

Source: Peter Valdes-Dapena / CNN NEW YORK – Swedish automaker Saab has filed for bankruptcy after months of struggle to stay alive. Saab's owners have turned the company's assets over to a Swedish court-appointed receiver. General Motors (GM, Fortune 500), Saab's former owner, had objected to a recently proposed deal under which the company would have been sold to [...]

Vanessa Bryant Is The Latest Basketball Wife To Bounce

Source: Sheila Marikar / ABC News Vanessa Bryant is the latest basketball wife to call it quits. The wife of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant filed for divorce Friday, citing "irreconcilable differences" after 10 years of marriage. She stood by his side when a Colorado hotel concierge claimed he had raped her in 2003 (the case was later [...]

Beyonce's Parents Mathew And Tina Knowles Finally Divorce After 31 Years Of Marriage

Source: The Huffington Post The countdown has been long — two years to be exact — but Beyonce's parents, Mathew and Tina Knowles, have finally ended their 31-year marriage, TMZ reports. News of the split first surfaced in 2009 after it emerged that  Mathew had fathered a child with former Scrubs actress Alexsandra Wright. (A DNA test later [...]

AFT Pres. Rani Weingarten Discusses How To Get Bad Teachers Out Of The Classroom & Holding Educators Accountable (VIDEO)

Recently, Roland Martin hosted an education town hall in Washington D.C., and one of the speakers was Randi Weingarten.  As president of the second-largest teachers' union in America, she is one of the most powerful people in education in the country.  Roland asked her how we can get bad teachers out of the classroom.  Here's [...]

WH Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes On The Impact Of The Stimulus Bill, Saving The Auto Industry & Leaving The White House (VIDEO)

Melody Barnes has worked closely with Pres. Barack Obama, starting in the 2008 campaign as part of the presidential transition team and on into the White House from day one of his administration. She has been his go-to person for domestic issues as director of the Domestic Policy Council. MR. MARTIN:   My next guest has [...]

Coalition Of African-American Churches Join Forces With Occupy Wall Street To Occupy The Dream (VIDEO)

Last week on "Washington Watch," Roland Martin talked with Kanene Holder, one of the organizers of Occupy Wall Street, about where the movement is headed now that they're being forced off the streets in so many cities. Well, as it turns out, they now have new allies to help push the movement forward. Joining me [...]

Perspective: Lowe's Should Be Ashamed For Pulling Ads From All-American Muslim (VIDEO)

This week has been amazing when we look at what has happened when it comes to the attack on American Muslims in this country. A small group out of Florida decided to launch a protest against the TLC show "All-American Muslim." So, what did they do? They went after the advertisers. Now, according to them, [...]

Florida A&M President To Stay On Job During Probe Of Student's Death

Source: CNN Florida A&M University President James Ammons will remain in office during an investigation into the suspected hazing death of a student, the school's board of trustees decided Monday. The decision comes days after Florida's governor recommended to the board that it suspend Ammons during an investigation into various issues at the university, including [...]

LIVE VIDEO: Speaker Boehner Press Conference Regarding Payroll Tax Relief And The Jobs Bill

Press Conference on Payroll Tax Relief & Jobs Bill