An eye-popping 257,000 private-sector jobs were added in January. The unemployment rate went down to 8.3 percent, down from 8.5 percent in December. The unemployment rate for African-Americans dropped to 13.6 percent, a drop of over 2 percent from December. The big drop may have more to do with a new computation on total Black […]

Folks, time now for “The Biggest Damn Lie”! Oh, Mitt Romney. There you go again, running against an imaginary Pres. Barack Obama you made up in your head. Mitt Romney says President Obama has adopted a policy of appeasement and apology. Romney should ask bin Laden if POTUS has adopted a policy of appeasement.

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss Mitt Romney’s recent comments about not being concerned about the poor. President Obama unveils a new housing plan to help struggling Americans. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Karen Finney, Dr. Chris Metzler, Deborah Simmons and Cornel Belcher.

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the most recent jobs report, unemployment numbers, job growth during President Obama’s term in office. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Karen Finney, Dr. Chris Metzler, Deborah Simmons and Cornel Belcher.

Last week, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a leading breast cancer charity, announced it would no longer provide funding to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood received nearly $700,000 from Komen last year, according to the Associated Press, and much of that is used to provide mammograms for women in underserved neighborhoods. Komen said their […]

According to a special report from the U.S. Census Bureau, 46.2 million Americans are now living in poverty. The number of those living in poverty in America has grown by 2.6 million in just the last 12 months, and that is the largest increase that we have ever seen since the U.S. government began calculating […]

This past week in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney had his biggest win to date. He finished with a double-digit lead, and is speech sounded a lot like he was accepting the nomination, rather than celebrating his New Hampshire win. It was filled with many juxtapositions of what the President does and what he will do, […]

We talked earlier about all of these different comments that Republican candidates have been making when it comes to African-Americans and food stamps and welfare and things along those lines. Let’s be clear. This is all by design in terms of they want to push the buttons of White conservatives who’re walking around with particular […]

The race for the Republican nomination is full steam ahead. The Iowa caucus weeded out Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and made Rick Santorum a credible contender, even though he lost — just by eight votes. With a win in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney may be pulling away from the rest of the GOP presidential candidates. Former […]

Since 2008, African-American women have taken pride in the fact that the First Lady is finally someone who looks like them. Not only is she smart; she’s also beautiful. And ask any sister, and she’ll tell you First Lady Michelle Obama can dress. “Essence” magazine’s editor-at-large Mikki Taylor knows what it takes to have that […]

– Renowned Bishop T.D. Jakes joins Roland Martin for the second of a two-part discussion about  fatherhood in the Black community and Jakes’ daughter joins to share a personal story about her teenage pregnancy – December 29, 2011, Silver Spring, MD – –   A special New Year’s Day edition of  WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN concludes […]

Roland Martin and Washington Watch traveled to the Potter’s House to discuss the importance of fathers in the African-American community. Roland Martin and his panel of guess talk about examples of how people come to the aid of fatherless children. Nyesha Jones believes that God blessed her with the presence of her stepfather. Antonio Griffin […]