While Glenn Beck continues to pathetically assert that he is a modern-day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his listeners and viewers are the rightful heirs to the civil rights movement he spearheaded, it may catch some by surprise that tea party leaders claim their movement is about advancing the civil rights of Americans. During […]
Roland Martin appears on CNN with Campbell Brown and Ed Rollins to discuss the battle between the NAACP and the Tea Party. The NAACP recently passed a resolution that condemns certain elements of the Tea Party as racist. Roland says the NAACP and those that oppose the Tea Party should beat them at polls. “If […]
Roland Martin traveled to Plaquemines Parish for this week’s edition of “Washington Watch”. The people of the Gulf Coast are very frustrated and are not satisfied with the how long it is taking to stop the BP oil spill. No one knows what the long-term effects of the oil spill will be economically, socially, emotionally […]
Roland Martin appears on CNN with Campbell Brown to detail the plight of African-American oystermen and fishermen in Plaquemines Parish. They are not able to make a living on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and are being shut out of clean up contracts. BP has brought in outsiders to aid in the clean […]
LeBron James is a grown man who made a grownup decision to take his massive basketball-playing ability from Cleveland to Miami in a desire to get the one thing every true baller desires: the opportunity to call yourself a champion. Forget all the nonsense about him “owing” his hometown and how his legacy could have […]
“Another cop got off easy.” That is undoubtedly the feeling of many people in Oakland after Johannes Mehserle, a former police officer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit subway system, was found guilty Thursday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old unarmed man who was lying face down on a subway […]
CNN Contributor Roland Martin was on hand to talk with the celebrities as they arrived on the red carpet for the McDonald’s 365Black Awards ceremony at Essence Music Festival. The annual event was hosted by Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio personality and one of the first recipients of the 365Black Award, along with Sherri Shepherd, […]
PORT SULPHUR, La. — This Fourth of July weekend in New Orleans will be packed with nearly 300,000 people, as the National Education Association holds its annual convention. Folks from across the country will descend on the Crescent City for three days of partying and concerts, featuring Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson and […]
Roland Martin and the “Washington Watch” roundtable discuss Tim Scott, a Black GOP candidate, that won his party’s nomination over the son of the late senator Strom Thurmond. Robert Traynham makes a comment during this conversation about Scott not running as an African-American, which spurs a very interesting conversation about African-Americans and politics. Sound off: […]
Roland Martin appears on CNN to discuss day two of the Elena Kagan Confirmation hearings. WATCH: Elena Kagan Under Scrutiny WATCH: How Has Elena Kagan Handled Herself During The Supreme Court Hearings? WATCH: Senator Graham and Elena Kagan Discuss Former Nominee Miguel Estrada WATCH: Kagan Talks Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Defends Actions On Military Recruiting
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico couldn’t have come at a worse time for some residents in that region who’re still trying to rebuild and reclaim their lives following Hurricane Katrina just five years ago. News One’s Smokey Fontaine took a trip to New Orleans recently to chronicle some of their stories, he […]
The leak goes on, estimated now at up to 60,000 barrels a day in the Gulf of Mexico. The disaster is devastating the wildlife and the livelihood of the watermen, who fish the Gulf for the seafood we all enjoy. Indiana Congressman André Carson and Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee visit Washington Watch to discuss […]
