Democrats

In what would seem to be a last-ditch effort to gin up the Black vote on election day, Democrats are invoking the shooting deaths of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin in radio ads, flyers and mailers. Critics have blasted Democrats and Progressives for using these race-based appeals to drive and or scare Black voters to […]

Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (J. Hogan Gidley, Kim Keenan and Paris Dennard) discussed the latest poll numbers, GOP attempts to bar voters from the polls and what to expect from this year’s midterm elections. With just four days left until the pivotal midterm elections, have Democrats crafted a compelling enough […]

Rick Klein, Political Director for ABC News, joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to analyze the political landscape in the final weekend before the 2014 midterm elections and discussed how vital minority votes are for the Democratic party to hold onto the Senate. Klein said, “… if the Obama coalition of voters, young voters, African American […]

In a FiveThirtyEight.com report, David Wasserman explains political and demographic polarization in the House and Senate is at the highest level since the end of Reconstruction.  According to VoteView’s team of political scientists, this trend shows no signs of slowing down, even after the 2014 midterm elections. See the top takeaways in the video above. For a full breakdown […]

According to a new study, if you are a person of color trying to get hired by a political campaign, you’ll probably get paid less than your white counterparts. To read a full review of this shocking report visit The Daily Beast.

The 2014 Mid-Term elections are just a few months away. Republicans are ramping up their messaging machine and seem to be controlling the narrative, hitting President Barack Obama from multiple fronts trying to discredit him. Are the Democrats doing enough to rally their base for this year’s elections? Will the 2014 Mid-Term elections be a referendum […]

Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now,” takes Democrats to task for not awarding minority consulting companies political contracts. According to PowerPAC+‘s Fannie Lou Hamer Report, National Democratic campaign committees have spent more than $500 million on consultants with less than 2% of those funds went to contractors of color. “NewOne Now” host Roland Martin took the […]

Comedian Capone joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss comedy and how some are offended by jokes that challenge their viewpoints. Democrats want minority votes but are not willing to award minorities lucrative consulting political contracts? Roland takes them to task for not spreading the wealth. According to PowerPAC+‘s Fannie Lou Hamer Report, National Democratic campaign committees have spent more […]

Podcast Download Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now,” takes Democrats to task for not awarding minority consulting companies political contracts. According to PowerPAC+‘s Fannie Lou Hamer Report, National Democratic campaign committees have spent more than $500 million on consultants with less than 2% of those funds went to contractors of color. “NewOne Now” host Roland Martin took […]

Podcast Download Stay-at-home dad Jeffery Faulkerson, Avis Jones-Deweever and Kenrya Rankin Naasel discussed the increasing numbers of stay-at-home fathers and changing gender roles within our families  on “NewsOne Now.” Rep. Yvette Clarke joined Roland Martin  to discuss Democrats wanting support from black voters and not awarding consulting contracts to black businesses. An update on the Tracy Morgan case: truck driver Kevin Roper  pleaded not guilty in the fatal New Jersey […]

Rep. Yvette Clarke joined Roland Martin Thursday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss Democrats wanting support from black voters and not awarding consulting contracts to black businesses. 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. 

Friday’s “NewsOne Now” panelists, Julianne Malveaux and Angela Rye, told Roland Martin that the Democrats who rejected Debo Agdebile’s nomination to the DOJ’s Civil Right’s Division for representing Mumia Abu-Jamal don’t value the Constitutional right to counsel. Martin also used the segment to name the senators who cast no votes.  The Senate Democrats who opposed the […]