The effort to overhaul the criminal justice system has received a major boost from a group of senators on both sides of the aisle. On Thursday, Republicans and Democrats announced the details of a reworked criminal justice reform bill that previously stalled last November. Some of the legislation remains unchanged, such as giving judges the discretion to give lesser […]

A man dressed in a white panda suit set a car on fire and threatened to blow up the Fox News station Thursday in Baltimore, Maryland. The 25-year-old man was spotted with what was believed to be a suicide vest, prompting an evacuation of the building. As the would-be bomber walked out, police said he refused to […]

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Podcast: Download Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel, featuring Lauren Victoria Burke, Dr. Jason Johnson, Sophia A. Nelson and Cleo Manago discuss what topics President Barack Obama should address during his State of the Union speech. Will Pres. Obama talk about #Ferguson, police brutality, poverty, criminal justice reform, increase in racial tensions or the […]

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Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel, featuring Lauren Victoria Burke, Dr. Jason Johnson, Sophia A. Nelson and Cleo Manago to discuss what topics President Barack Obama should address during his State of the Union speech. Will Pres. Obama talk about #Ferguson, police brutality, poverty, criminal justice reform, increase in racial tensions or the […]

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On Friday, author Sophia A. Nelson appeared on “NewsOne Now“with Roland Martin  to talk about her new book, “The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life.” From www.thewomancodebook.com: Every woman lives by a Code, whether she realizes it or not. The Code is as old as time. It has been practiced for thousands of years, quietly, among […]

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Podcast: Download As the world watches the Ebola crisis unfold, questions about how nurses in Dallas contracted the deadly disease continue to arise, why Amber Joy Vinson was allowed to travel after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan (Patient Zero) and why the CDC did not step in and take over the situation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Roland Martin […]

Calling out author Sophia A. Nelson, Roland Martin and Pastor Jamal Bryant, who in an exclusive for Newsone said that he felt “jilted” by President Barack Obama‘s decision to show his support for marriage equality, Professor Michael Eric Dyson, filling in for host Ed Shultz on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” said that religion often cloaks […]