9 itemsAttorney Michael Avenatti Appears In Court For Hearing In Case Accusing Him Of Stealing Funds From Stormy Daniels

Black Folks Sentenced Longer Than Michael Avenatti

A judge gave disgraced lawyer and convicted extortionist Michael Avenatti the kind of lenient prison sentence that Black defendants who…
by NewsOne Staff
10.03.21
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich with his lawyer Aaron Goldstein walks into prison in Littleton, Colorado, to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges Thursday, March 15, 2012. The 55-year-old Democrat becomes the second Illinois govern

5 Presidential Pardons We Need Before Rod Blagojevich

'Tis the season for plotting presidential pardons, apparently. There’s just one problem: Most of the potential candidates aren't pardon-worthy.
by Bruce C.T. Wright
06.04.18

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin To Report…

Ray Nagin (pictured), who will forever be remembered as the mayor who held New Orleans down, as the city tried…
by ionerlogan
04.17.21

Convicted Ex-Mayor Ray Nagin Files Appeal

NEW ORLEANS — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (pictured) filed a formal notice of appeal Tuesday in the corruption…
by Abena Agyeman-Fisher
04.17.21

Ray Nagin On Prison Sentence: I Was ‘Targeted’…

On Wednesday, Ray Nagin was sentenced to 1o years in prison on corruption charges. Jarvis DeBerry, columnist from The Times-Picayune and Travers Mackel, WDSU…
by NewsOne Now
04.17.21

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Challenging Your Blackness

Podcast Download How do you feel about Blacks calling another Black white? Is it designed as an insult? Is it…
by NewsOne Now
04.17.21

Are Black Politicians Being Targeted In Corruption Probes?

Friday on “NewsOne Now,” host Roland Martin talked with criminal defense attorney Glenn Ivey, about former District of Columbia Councilman Michael…
by NewsOne Now
04.17.21

Ray Nagin Convicted, 10 Other Black Politicians Caught…

As NewsOne previously reported, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was convicted on corruption charges Wednesday. A federal jury decided that he was, indeed, guilty…
by NewsOne Now
04.17.21
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Politicians Doing Time for Their Crime

Kwame Kilpatrick is not the first politician to be accused and convicted of a crime. Actually, he is in some…
by Ramona Stephenson
03.13.13

Ray Nagin: I Regret Not Calling A Mandatory…

Six years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and its surrounding communities, former New Orleans mayor Ray…
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19