Hasselbeck and other naysayers continue to make attempts at undermining the BlackLivesMatter campaign by labeling it a violent hate group.
In what can only be described as another low moment for conservative media, Sean Hannity has decided to compare two very different realms — the Confederate flag and hip-hop music. During his radio show this week, the FOX host touched on the topic of the Confederate flag. Major retailers have vowed to stop selling the flag […]
Although the press has been discussing Hillary Clinton’s presidential run in 2016 since she formally resigned from her post as Secretary of State, many pundits had been saving their best material for when she formally announced. Now that she has, everyone’s talking — only no one has been funnier than those performance artists over at […]
Conservative Republicans and Tea Party members are calling for President Obama to be impeached? Lauren Victoria Burke, Francesca Chambers and Wesley Lowery discuss how some Republicans are trying to discredit President Obama in the final two years in office. United States Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez joined Roland Martin Wednesday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the latest job numbers and black unemployment. According to the […]
Conservative Republicans and Tea Party members are calling for President Obama to be impeached? Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now,” Lauren Victoria Burke, Francesca Chambers and Wesley Lowery discuss how some Republicans are trying to discredit President Obama in the final two years in office. <strong>Be sure to <a href=”http://blackplanet.songza.com/listen/newsone-now-RadioOne/” target=”_blank”>listen</a> to “NewsOne Now” with […]
It is the misconception that Nelson Mandela was a violent fighter his whole life. Some may be surprised to know that he started out rather peacefully. It was not until he wasn’t getting the response that he needed where he turned to a more forceful approach. Politician Michael Steele spoke to Roland Martin on NewsOne […]
Progressive protests against a wave of conservative legislation in the North Carolina State House show little sign of weakening at the one month milestone. Case in point, Monday evening, more than 600 supporters gathered out the General Assembly in Raleigh as 60 demonstrators were arrested, after pre-planned acts of civil disobedience. RELATED: Civil Disobedience Arrests […]
Like a motorist swerving to avoid an accident, lawmakers in North Carolina have pulled the state to the far right, proposing a series of laws that seem intended to weaken voting rights, environmental protections, and protections for the poor. But over the past two weeks, college students have been trying to bring the state back […]
The progressive pushback continues against a series of proposed laws in the North Carolina legislature that seem designed to weaken voter rights, environmental laws, and health care for the poor: On Monday, a group of 17 ministers, civil rights advocates, and students got themselves arrested in pre-planned acts of civil disobedience outside the state General […]
In a desperate attempt to get traction for their flailing candidate Mitt Romney, a conservative website resurfaced a five-year-old video of President Barack Obama praising his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Unfortunately for the right, the fact that the video was re-released to the public says more about the mind-set of some conservatives than the […]
Conservative pundits are putting the Obamas over the coals for the number of family vacations they have taken. Reportedly, the Obamas have traveled 16 times in the three years they’ve been in the White House, and Republican and conservative naysayers are lambasting the reported costs of the trips, even though Obama’s predecessor, former President George […]
Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, served as lead researcher for a study that had some not so surprising results. According to his team’s findings, there is a significant positive correlation between prejudice, low intelligence, and social conservative ideology, reports LiveScience. SEE ALSO: How GOP Racism Has Become The […]
