Politics

A new study provides evidence that Voter ID Laws are discriminatory. Marshall Walter Taylor, Chanelle Hardy and Raynard Jackson joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” Friday to discuss the findings of the study conducted by the University of Southern California. 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 […]

“The right to vote is threatened today in a way that it has not been since the Voting Rights Act was passed in to law nearly five decades ago…The real voter fraud is people trying to deny our rights by making voting harder in the first place.” President Barack Obama, 2014 National Action Network Convention […]

  In a controversial new article, Republican strategist Raynard Jackson claims that Black women have abandoned Black men by supporting President Barack Obama and that White women are the only ones who can save them. RELATED:   GOP Strategist Raynard Jackson Challenges President Obama, ‘Black Elite’ [OPINION] Ann Coulter Continues To Be An Insufferable Shrew Pointing to disheartening […]

  After his first meeting with Newark mayor-elect Ras Baraka, New Jersey governor Chris Christie referred to him as “a hostile guy,” reports  NJ.com. RELATED: It’s A New Day: Ras Baraka Wins Newark Mayoral Race Overall, Christie said they had a “really friendly meeting,” but also described Baraka as a “kind of hostile guy.” “I think he expressed hostility […]

In New York Magazine’s recent feature, NYC’s First Lady Chirlane McCray speaks frankly and honestly about an incredibly taboo subject: motherhood. It took courage for her to admit that she initially had difficulty adjusting to her new identity of “mother”, after a quarter century of building a work-centered identity. Her confession will lend strength other […]

Should bullying be a criminal offense? Lawmakers in a California city decided it isn’t, defeating a proposed anti-bullying law on Tuesday, KTLA 5 reports. The ordinance, if passed, would have made the city of Carson the first in the state to outlaw bullying. It would have criminalized bullying anyone between kindergarten-age and 25 years old. […]

Attorney General Eric Holder released a video on the U.S. Department of Justice’s homepage Wednesday demanding the end of excessive solitary confinement for young detainees who suffer with mental illness. Holder warned that the practice of confining the juvenile prisoners can have lasting harm and impair their ability to reintegrate into society upon release. The […]

City Councilman Ras Baraka, 44, son of the legendary poet-writer-activist Amiri Baraka, won today’s mayoral election in Newark, New Jersey, defeating former state assistant Attorney General Shavar Jeffries. With 87% of districts reporting, Baraka had a 53.14% to 46.66% lead over Jeffries with his South Ward precincts the only ones left to be reported. We are the Mayor!!! http://t.co/O5bLBwV2ku […]

There’s an expectation that any federal judicial nominee President Barack Obama seeks to place on the bench would get opposition from Congressional Republicans, but lately that hasn’t been the case. Instead, liberal groups are targeting an Obama nominee, and some of them are finding themselves in stark opposition to a White House they normally would […]

RELATED: First Lady Calls For Return Of Nigerian Girls Nigerian Student Describes Boko Haram Abduction First Lady Michelle Obama took over the president’s weekly address Saturday to talk about the plight of Nigerian women and girls who were abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram. First Lady Michelle Obama Delivers First Weekly Address

Thursday morning, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued new guidelines that will aid public school students at the elementary and secondary levels in the enrollment process. These students will have additional assurances that no matter their documentation or immigration status, they will be given equal access to education. SEE ALSO: First […]

First Lady Michelle Obama posted the following on Twitter. Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It’s time to #BringBackOurGirls. -mo pic.twitter.com/glDKDotJRt — The First Lady (@FLOTUS) May 7, 2014