Dr. Olivia Hooker, the first African-American woman to actively enroll in the U.S. Coast Guard, was honored last week with not one, but two commemorative namesakes at the Guard’s training facilities. The 100-year-old pioneer was honored in Staten Island at the USCG station on Thursday. A dining hall in the facility was named after Dr. Hooker, […]

Three African American women are taking legal action against the NYPD for falsely accusing them of stealing a credit card and placing them in jail. In an interview with the NY Daily News, Kimmell McIntosh and her cousins Melanie and Maxine Henry were enjoying a girls day at a Massage Envy in Brooklyn when they were […]

A terrifying tale about a woman who was raped in the middle of the night turned out to be fake because…racism. A 20-year-old white woman recanted a story Saturday after claiming she was raped in a Brooklyn park by a black man. The alleged victim says she was at Rodney Park North in Williamsburg around 12:15 a.m. when the […]

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On Sunday, Viola Davis won a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for ABC’s smash hit, “How To Get Away With Murder.” During her SAG Award acceptance speech, Davis addressed colorism in Hollywood and America. “When I tell my daughter stories at night, inevitably, a few things […]

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Al Jazeera America‘s Ali Velshi and ALF-CIO Chief Economist William Spriggs joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to analyze the latest jobs numbers. The U.S. economy added 214,000 new jobs, while the jobless rate dipped to 5.9% and Black unemployment edged down to 10.9%. Velshi told Martin “the number of jobs we’re creating every month […]

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Podcast: Download Visualize what Pres. Obama has said about the positive changes since he took office. Why didn’t Democrats launch a national ad campaign to paint the picture prior to the midterm elections? Should Dems have launched an “America Is Back” advertisement similar to the Chrysler spot in 2011? Would it have made a difference […]

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Black Republicans Tim Scott, Mia Love and Will Hurd won their respective races on election day. Will the GOP be able to strategically use these politicians to appeal to other African American voters and bring more minorities to their party? Once they take office, will Scott, Love and Hurd vote for or against key African American interests? […]

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Clarence Page, columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune, joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to talk about his new book, “Culture Worrier: Reflections on Race, Politics and Social Change.” Page’s new book “Culture Worrier” is a compilation of select columns and editorials written between 1984 and 2014 that highlights Page’s unique perspective on the African American […]

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September 23 is National Voter Registration Day. Of course, the black community – perhaps more than any other in the United States – understand the significance of the vote. But, in this day and age, when electoral politics is so fraught with corruption, some people feel as though their vote doesn’t count. We at NewsOne […]

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Unemployment rates are falling for almost everyone in America, but remain exceptionally high for Black women. According to Labor Department statistics gathered by IBTimes.com, nearly 10.6 percent of adult African-American women above 20 are unemployed. This shameful statistic has remained unchanged since last year. Between June 2009 and June 2011, Black women lost 258,000 jobs while Black men gained 127,000 jobs. The National Women’s […]

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Tuesday on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin challenged the African American community to take this moment of sadness and outrage over the murder of Michael Brown and turn it into a movement. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.   

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Podcast: Download Tuesday on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin challenged the African American community to take this moment of sadness and outrage over the murder of Michael Brown and turn it into a movement. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.  Subscribe to the “NewsOne Now” Video […]