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NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Freddie Gray Died Of Spinal Injury Sustained While In Baltimore Police Custody

Freddie Gray Died Of Spinal Injury Sustained After Arrest   Authorities in Baltimore suspended six police officers Monday after an inquiry revealed a 25-year-old man who died in custody sustained a severed spinal cord injury after his arrest. Freddie Gray died Sunday, a week after he was chased and tackled by police officers. At a news […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Talking Natural Hair With Miss Jessie's Co-Founder Miko Branch

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Miko Branch Co-Founder of Miss Jessie’s talks about her new book, “Miss Jessie’s Creating A Successful Business From Scratch – Naturally” and natural hair care for African American women. Have you decided to stop using chemicals and gone natural? Carmen Perez and Tamika Mallory discuss the #March2Justice movement and their 250-mile trek from New […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Forcing Senate Republicans To Vote On Loretta Lynch Confirmation

Sen. Harry Reid To Force A Vote On Loretta Lynch If GOP Continues To Stall On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that he would move the nomination forward himself if Republicans don’t schedule a confirmation vote. Brothers For Loretta Lynch Calling all brothers! Race and party affiliation doesn’t matter. It’s time for […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: #BlackWorkMatters: Workers Across America #FightFor15

#BlackWorkMatters: Workers Across America Protest To Raise Minimum Wage To $15 On Wednesday, protesters nationwide demanded $15 an hour minimum wage in a movement labeled with the hashtags #BlackWorkMatters and #FightFor15. Recent reports state that the wealth gap is now the widest it’s been in nearly 30 years. On average, CEOs of major corporations make $300 […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: 2016 Preview, The Fight To Confirm Loretta Lynch...AND MORE

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Stephanie Brown James sits in for Roland Martin. During todays’ show James talks with Co-Founder of Higher Heights shares her insights on the upcoming 2016 presidential election and what it could mean for African American women. Michelle Jawando, Vice President for Legal Progress at the Center for American Progress […]

Black Teen Hangs, Cops Shrug: No Evidence Collected on Lennon Lacy

Source: Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast Most people choose not to wear shoes that are two sizes too small, but things seem to work differently in Bladenboro, North Carolina, where Lennon Lacy apparently squeezed himself into an ill-fitting pair before hanging himself. Authorities say it was suicide; Lacy’s family says it was murder. Thanks to shoddy police […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Atlanta Educators Sent To Prison In Cheating Scandal

Atlanta Educators Sentenced, Will Serve Up To Seven Years In Prison Over Cheating Scandal After being found guilty of the largest cheating scandal in the nation, 10 former Atlanta educators were sentenced Tuesday, some up to seven years in prison. Judge Jerry Baxter of Fulton County Superior Court sentenced the educators to less stringent prison terms than the 20 years previously expected, USA […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Shinning The Light On The Dark Side Of Law Enforecement

Attorney Monique Pressley, Principal of The Pressley Firm PLLC guest hosts for Roland Martin in this edition of “The Roland Martin Show.” Pressley talks with Attorney Benjamin Crump about police brutality cases involving African American victims and the dark side of law enforcement in the United States. Crump gives an update on some of the […]

Former NFL cornerback Phillip Buchanon’s mom wanted a million dollars after he was drafted

Source: Des Bieler / The Washington Post Most of us feel indebted to our parents to varying degrees, but do we actually owe them a fee for raising us? Phillip Buchanon says that, after he was drafted, his mother made that very claim, to the tune of a cool million dollars. Buchanon, the 17th overall pick in the 2002 […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Pay To Play Cop Charged With Second-Degree Murder In Tulsa

Volunteer Cop In Eric Harris Murder Charged With  Second-Degree Manslaughter Robert Bates, the Tulsa County Reserve Deputy who claims he thought he pulled out his Taser when he fatally shot Eric Courtney Harris on April 2, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. According to police, Bates said he though he was reaching for the Taser, […]