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Bakari Kitwana speaks with Minister Quannell X about a recent wave of police brutality incidents in Houston, Texas, targeting young Black males. This issue is especially relevant considering the recent police brutality cases of Aiyana Jones and the troubling case of Chicago cop, Lt. Jon Burge, accused of torturing black men.

M-Squared: Roland Martin and Mary Matalin take on the day’s top news stories. In this edition of M-Squared, Martin and Matalin discuss the Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s sentencing for parole violations. WATCH: M-Squared, Roland Martin and Mary Matalin discuss Kwame Kilpatrick’s sentencing.

From TheGrio.com: What are the odds of a student graduating high school with perfect attendance…since kindergarten?

From HuffingtonPost.com: Diane Campbell saved up $600 in cash to buy herself an iPad, but her money was refused at a Palo Alto Apple Store. An employee informed her that in an effort to keep iPads off the black market, Apple would accept only debit or credit cards for its “magical” tablet.

While many Latino baseball players have spoken out in favor of removing the All Star Game from Arizona in protest of the state’s controversial new immigration laws, Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig has defended holding the game there.

The nomination of Elena Kagan to fill the seat of a retiring Supreme Court justice has caused quite a stir on the political left and right, as operatives on both sides try to ascertain exactly where she stands on a variety of issues. But it has also opened another fissure in the complex relationship that […]

From the NY Daily News: This Brooklyn artist is going to the Met. Amoako Buachie, 18, a gifted autistic artist from Flatbush, first featured in Brooklyn News last December, will have one of his paintings displayed in the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art next month.

Roland Martin and Rick Sanchez discuss the politics of the Gulf Coast oil spill. Roland states that BP should stop all of the finger pointing and focus on getting the oil spill capped. BP says the costs of cleaning up and attempting to cap the oil flow from what is left of the Deepwater Horizon […]

Roland Martin appears on CNNs Rick’s List with Rick Sanchez. Roland explains the origins of wearing an ascot on air as well as the ascot war between he and Jon Stewart. Sanchez states that he has sent out emails and calls to Wolf Blitzer, Larry King, Jon Kline, Anderson Cooper in an attempt to make […]

From NPR.org: The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced that it will lead a $75 million initiative aimed at righting some of the disparities that can lead to racism. On May 11 youth organizations from 29 states and the District of Columbia will receive grants through the “Racial Healing Initiative.”

The ascot battle continues between Roland and Jon Stewart. Stewart kicks off last night’s Daily Show episode with another mention of Roland’s ascot. But in a shocking turn of events, Jon Stewart puts on an ascot and admits that Roland has won this round. Watch the video The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – […]