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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Mizzou Pres. Tim Wolfe Resigns Amid Pressure Over Racial Inequalities On Campus

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, guest host Michael Imhotep brings you coverage of Tim Wolfe, President of the University of Missouri resigning amid mounting pressure from students over a race controversy and 32 football players threatened (with their coach’s support) not to practice or play until Jonathan Butler ended his hunger strike. Butler, a University of Missouri graduate […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Hillary Clinton Town Hall Moderated By Roland Martin

Hillary Clinton Jobs Plan: “I Can Be The Small Business President” This past Saturday during a town hall meeting hosted by the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus and moderated by NewsOne Now host Roland Martin, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shared her views on small business development and her desire to help women and minority business owners. “My particular hope […]

Jonathan Butler Goes On Hunger Strike In Support Of Racial Inequalities At Univ of Missouri

Roland Martin talks to Jonathan Butler, a University of Missouri graduate student who is on a hunger strike until the university’s President Tim Wolfe resigns in light of racial inequalities on campus. On the status of his hunger strike: “I’m managing. My body is tired and hungry. I started last Monday and I’m only drinking […]

Tomorrow’s TV One’s “News One Now” Devoted to Coverage of Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina Town Hall Meeting

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ***PROGRAMMING ADVISORY: MONDAY, NOV. 9*** TV ONE’S “NEWS ONE NOW” DEVOTES MONDAY’S SHOW TO COVERAGE OF HILLARY CLINTON’S SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN HALL MEETING Former Sec. of State Addresses Issues Important to the African American Community PHOTOS AVAILABLE: http://apimages.photoshelter.com/gall... (Contact TV One PR for Password) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Unemployment Numbers From Our Perspective, Paving The Way For The Next Generation Of The Civil Rights Movement

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin talks with William Spriggs, Chief Economist at the AFL-CIO about November 2015 jobs report and what it means for African Americans in the workforce. Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has decided step down at the […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: HHS Sec. Burwell Explains What You Need To Know About Open Enrollment For The Health Care Insurance Marketplace

  HHS Sec. Burwell Explains What You Need To Know About Open Enrollment For The Health Care Insurance Marketplace It’s Open Enrollment time for the Health Insurance Marketplace. During the Open Enrollment period of November 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016, those seeking health care insurance can do just that through the Affordable Care Act. […]

TV One’s “News One Now” Devotes Monday’s Show To Coverage Of Hillary Clinton’s South Carolina Town Hall Meeting

Host Roland S. Martin to Serve as Moderator at Claflin University Event WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. 5, 2015 – TV One’s News One Now, the first morning news program in history to focus on news and analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an explicitly African American perspective, is devoting its entire Monday, Nov. 9 (7-8 a.m. ET) broadcast to covering Presidential […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Ex-Cop Accused In Raping 13 Black Women Goes To Trial With All White Jury

White Male Jurors To Weigh Fate Of Cop On Trial For Sexually Assaulting 13 Black Women In a trial that began Tuesday in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Daniel Holtzclaw, who is White, faces 36 counts of rape, sexual battery, and forcible oral sodomy of 13 Black women. Problem is, there are no Black women or men […]

Roland martin Show Audio Podcast: Are GOP Presidential Candidates Addressing Issues Important To The Black Community?

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast, Martin asks if Republican presidential candidates are directly addressing issues that are important to the African American community. You’ll hear Martin’s exclusive NewsOne Now interviews with Sen. Rand Paul, Dr. Ben Carson as well as Political analyst and Republican commentator Lenny McAllister’s break down of the race for […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: “In The Black” Tour Looks To Equip Black Women Business Owners With Resources & Tools For Future Success

Hillary Clinton To Participate In Town Hall Moderated By Roland Martin On Saturday, November 7, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will participate in a town hall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, hosted by the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus and moderated by Roland Martin, host and managing editor of TV One’s News One Now. During the event, Clinton will discuss issues […]