Danielle Belton

It’s WTH?! Thursday on NewsOne Now, and we are taking a look at all of the insane stories trending in this week’s news. MissterRay, WE TV Digital Correspondent; Jamira Burley, Senior Campaigner for Gun Violence and Criminal Justice at Amnesty International USA; Dr. Jason Johnson, Political Analyst/Author; and Danielle Belton, associate editor at The Root, joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now for […]

Thursday on NewsOne Now, Roland Martin and the Straight Talk Panel discussed the findings of the DOJ's final report on Ferguson.

Now that the Confederate flag debate has been taken up by the South Carolina State Legislature and the removal of the Battle flag is likely to happen, will our agenda be addressed by lawmakers in the state? Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss what our focus should be once […]

Viewer discretion is advised for the following video and post … Roland Martin goes in on Police Commissioner Anthony Batt for blaming stolen prescription drugs for the increase in violence in Baltimore. Police Commissioner Anthony Batts has figured out why violence has spiked in Baltimore. During a press conference on Wednesday, Baltimore’s top cop told reporters, […]

It’s WTH?! Thursday on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin. Martin, Danielle Belton and Rudy “DJ Flava” Davis take a look at all of the crazy stories crossing news wires this week. The list of insanity begins with a Texas teen who is fired before her first day on the job over an expletive-laden tweet. “Ew I […]

Roland Martin, Danielle Belton and comedian Lamont King look at this week’s list of crazy stories in the news for this week’s installment of WTH?! Thursday on “NewsOne Now.” This week’s rundown of insanity in the news begins with a French inventor creating a pill that makes your gas smell like chocolate, a man poking his girlfriend in […]

Podcast: Download There are over two dozen major cities in America that will have mayoral elections in 2015. Three states will have gubernatorial elections and there are huge implications for who will be selected as police chiefs in many of these cities. Will the protests taking place across the nation impact the upcoming political contests or […]

There are over two dozen major cities in America that will have mayoral elections in 2015. Three states will have gubernatorial elections and there are huge implications for who will be selected as police chiefs in many of these cities. Will the protests taking place across the nation impact the upcoming political contests or will this […]

Guest host Jeff Johnson and “NewsOne Now” look at how millennials in the #BlackLivesMatter, #ICantBreathe and #HandsUpDontShoot movements are using social media to let their voices be heard around the nation. Can the call for change eventually effect policy change? Dante Barry, Director of MillionHoodies.org, Danielle Belton, Paris Dennard and Chanelle Hardy joined Johnson on “NewsOne Now” to […]

Missouri State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal spoke with Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel on Tuesday to discuss Gov. Jay Nixon declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard in anticipation of the Darren Wilson grand jury decision. Chappelle-Nadal told Martin, “… the governor has made so many different fumbles in this […]

The Daily Beast’s Tim Mak joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss Capitol Hill’s “diversity drain.” Many African American staffers and aides are leaving the public sector for the private sector, but why? Mak, Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Danielle Belton, Robert Traynhan and Chanelle Hardy) discuss what factors have caused the mass […]

On Monday, Zachary Thompson, Director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services spoke with Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Danielle Belton, Robert Traynhan and Chanelle Hardy) about the latest developments in the Ebola crisis. According the CDC, during this outbreak more than 3,400 people have been killed. Do you think the deadly virus […]