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People who are used to benefiting from existing systems think equity is oppression.

The news that President Donald Trump intended to sign an executive order to, as CNN put it, "interpret Judaism as a nationality and not just a religion," was seemingly out of nowhere.

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Download Podcast Bob Woodson, Founder and President of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise & GOP Black Advisory board member joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. Woodson breaks down what he sees as the most pressing issues facing African Americans today. He also challenged African Americans to analyze  how […]

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission head Victoria Lipnic  stopped by “NewsOne Now” to discuss employment discrimination in the United States and the legacy of Title XII of the Civil Rights Act in effecting it. Attorney William L. Robinson, who played a primary role in bring the first Title VII cases before the Supreme Court, was also on hand for the conversation. Lipnic said, despite […]

I grew up in a family of storytellers. Around our dinner table, stories of 1950’s era Harlem flow freely, as my grandparents talk about coffee dates with James Baldwin and nights that included live sets at the Cotton Club with Billie Holiday. As a child, these stories were the norm, and I never had a […]