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Trent T. Daniel, founder of the One World Doll Project, and Stacey McBride-Irby, creator of Prettie Girl Dolls, joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” Tuesday to discuss the definition of beauty as it relates to the kind of dolls and toys that are available to black girls. Daniel and McBride-Irby also talked about how the […]

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Jim Shelton from the Department of Education discussed President’s Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative with guest host Jeff Johnson on “NewsOne Now.” Shelton detailed how the Obama Administration is working with local organizations-to obtain the best results for young men of color. Shelton also explained how the funds allocated for My Brother’s Keeper will be allocated. Listen […]

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Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed used to be a gang leader. Today, he’s a motivational speaker and president of We Shoot First Films and founder of Stop the Killing, Inc., an organization dedicated to ending gun violence in black communities. He joined Jeff Johnson on “NewsOne Now” Monday to discuss ways to end killings in urban areas like Baltimore, New Orleans, St. […]

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The African-American community still faces a litany of unaddressed health disparities, including Alz­heimer’s — a disease that Blacks are up to three times more likely to develop than non-Hispanic whites, according to former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher. SEE ALSO: Brooklyn Nets To Sign Jason Collins, NBA’s First Openly Gay Player And Alzheimer’s cases in the United […]

As millions watched the Winter Olympic Games over the weekend, many  were taken aback when the Jamaican bobsled team took front-and-center sporting helmets with watermelon motifs painted on them. The controversial and insensitive move left many, particularly African-Americans, scratching their heads in wonderment, according to TMZ. RELATED: Russia Kicks Off Sochi Games With Hope And […]

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A Marriottsville, MD gun club for African-Americans aims to combat youth violence in the city, NPR reports. SEE ALSO: Roland Martin Talks 2014 Midterm Elections The Maryland Tenth Calvary Gun Club believes that teaching teens about guns can steer them away from crime. “See, the whole shooting discipline in and of itself is behaving responsibly, […]

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Roland Martin talked with Dr. Niaz Kasravi of the NAACP about the big setback just dealt those who oppose New York City’s stop and frisk policy. As reported, a federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a judge’s ruling that found the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy was discriminatory. That court also took the unusual […]

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According to a recent study by the Williams Institute, the number of African-Americans within the LBGTQ community is rising fast. RELATED: The LBGTQ Factor: The Hidden Side Of Stop and Frisk The study estimates that there are 1,018,700 LBGTQ African-American adults in the U.S today. Eighty-four thousand African-Americans are in same-sex couple households, with 33.9% […]

March is Women’s History Month, a time to look at the many contributions women have made throughout history.  But lately, there have been a number of studies examining the lives of Black women, from their body sizes in comparison to White women to assessing that they’re more likely to get swept up in a tsunami […]

DALLAS (AP) – A Texas teenager who was deported to Colombia in May after claiming to be an illegal immigrant was returned to the United States and remains at the center of an international mystery over how a minor could be sent to a country where she is not a citizen. SEE ALSO: Obama Refocuses […]