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NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump’s Shifting Stance On Charlottesville, The Alt-Right White House, Why Are White Evangelicals & Black Republicans Silent On White Supremacy?

• Donald Trump bows to pressure and finally calls out the KKK, Neo Nazis and white supremacists for their role in the violence in #Charlottesville, Virginia. Critics say the comments are too little, too late. • On Monday, Merck Pharmaceutical CEO Kenneth Frazier announced his resignation from Trump’s manufacturing council. Trump wasted no time slamming […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: White Domestic Terror In Charlottesville, Virginia

• Hundreds of battle-ready white supremacists armed with weapons, shields and helmets staged a rally in the normally quiet college town of Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend chanting anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant and racist slogans. The event became deadly after a man with neo-Nazi ties plowed his car into a group of those counter-protesters killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Continues Using Bombastic Rhetoric Toward N. Korea, College-Bound Teen Held In Rikers Island On Fabricated Attempted Murder Charges, State Troopers Used To Police High Crime Communities Raises Tensions

• The Trump administration tried to dial back President Trump’s over-the-top threat to North Korea this week following new reports that the country is one step closer to having a long range nuclear missile that could reach as far as Chicago. Last night, North Korea’s Commander of Strategic Forces issued a new threat to Guam […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Floods Hit NOLA, DOJ Reverses Course On Critical Voting Rights Case, Trump Ratchets Up The Rhetoric Against North Korea

• Devastating floods triggered painful memories of #Katrina for residents in New Orleans. An estimated eight inches of rain fell within a couple of hours over the weekend, flooding homes and cars. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says this was not an act of God, and in just a few hours he plans on firing […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Tries To Take Credit For The Economy, Black Unemployment Numbers Remain High, Should White Filmmakers Tell Black Stories?

President Donald Trump says he has personally made the economy better since taking office, but that’s a lie. The economy began trending upward during President Obama’s time in office. While things are looking up for some Americans, African Americans are still experiencing high employment numbers St. Louis set the minimum wage at $10 an hour. […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump’s Approval Ratings Tank, Kaepernick Remains Unsigned — Should African Americans Boycott The NFL, P&G’s ‘The Talk’ Sparks Outrage

President Trump left Washington on Friday for a 17-day vacation at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. This is the same man who repeatedly attacked President Barack Obama for going on vacation while he was in office. Meanwhile, the latest Quinnipiac University poll shows Trump’s job performance rating has dropped significantly with […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Unveils Merit-Based Immigration Plan, Sessions Tells Black Law Enforcement Officials ‘We Have Your Back,’ Outrage Over DOJ Targeting Affirmative Action

President Trump introduced an immigration bill that would award legal residency or green cards to foreign nationals who are considered highly skilled and would not pose a burden on the government or take jobs from American workers. Embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives convention in Atlanta […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: DOJ Takes On Affirmative Action, Are Blacks Being Locked Out Of MD’s Medical Marijuana Industry, NYPD Shoot & Kill Mentally Ill Man In Distress

• The Justice Department is preparing to investigate and sue colleges and universities over their admissions policies that they believe discriminate against whites, according to a stunning report in the New York Times. • Black lawmakers in Maryland say the state is locking African Americans out of the medical marijuana business. Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Drama In The WH — Scaramucci Is Out, 34 Cases Tossed After Body Cam Video Of Cop Planting Drugs Surfaces, Black Women Lead The Charge Against HBO’s Confederate

• After just ten days on the job, President Trump fires his Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci. Scaramucci’s ouster comes on the heels of his profanity-laced interview with the New Yorker. • Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office dismisses 34 cases following the discovery of police body camera footage showing cops planting evidence. As a result of […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: #BlackWomensEqualPay Day, Trump Endorses Police Violence, NAACP Partners With Airbnb

• Monday, July 31st is the day that marks how long in 2017 an African American woman has had to work to be paid the same as her white male counterpart did last year. • At an event with police officers on Long Island, New York on Friday to address gang violence, President Trump advised cops […]