May is National Lupus Awareness Month. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that effects lots of African Americans. Health and wellness advocate M Gadsden-Williams and Dr. James Roberson joined “NewsOne Now” to discuss why Lupus is affecting Black women at higher rates. Listen below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at […]
Thursday on TV One’s “NewsOne Now” is “What the Hell Thursday,” where host Roland Martin and the panel discuss some of the craziest headlines in the news. This week, the panel – which included R&B Diva Syleena Johnson – discussed a North Carolina church that charges parishioners an entry fee. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland […]
Syleena Johnson dished on the new season of “R&B Divas” on TV One. During her chat with “NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin, Johnson discussed the drama she endured while producing her new album and two-year bout with writers block while working on the project. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 […]
Congressman James Clyburn joined Roland Martin on the set of “NewsOne Now” to chat about his new book, Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black. Rep. Clyburn also discussed the Veterans Affairs scandal and if he supports President Obama’s decision to send troops to Nigeria to locate the school girls abducted by Boko Haram. Be sure […]
It’s been over a month since the Nigerian schoolgirls went missing. As the days tick by, members of the international community are exploring options to aid the African nation in their search – including sending over drones to survey the landscape where the terrorist group Boko Haram, who abducted the girls, is known to hide. […]
Did the NAACP botch the appointment of their new national president? The “NewsOne Now” panel, Francesca Chambers, Jeff Johnson and George Curry, discussed it. They also weighed in on the organization’s relevance and what its top priorities should be. Listen to the conversation below. 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 […]
President Obama met on Wednesday with the secretary of Veterans’ Affairs to receive an update on allegations of misconduct at the agency’s hospitals, according to White House officials. The New York Times reports: The meeting comes as the administration is intensifying its response to the building political furor about reports that government workers falsified data […]
According to a local Texas news source, a man got high on embalming fluid, stripped down and starting dancing as a group of bystanders — many of them children — looked on. Read more: The unidentified man started taking his clothes off as soon as he was spotted dancing in the median of the northwest Houston intersection about […]
On “NewsOne Now,” host Roland Martin discussed FAMU and other HBCUs being banned from playoffs because they are not graduating enough student athletes, according to the NCAA. ESPN panelist, Kevin Blackistone, George Washington’s Associate Head Coach Roland Houston and Anton Goff, athletic director at the University of Hartford were on hand for the conversation. Be sure to listen to […]
Rolling Out magazine reported recently that black comedy icon Paul Mooney is suffering with stage four colon cancer: But Mooney hid it well; he continued to do his stand-up comedy routine. But now he needs the assistance of a cane and someone who has his back, his brother, Rudy Mooney. “I’ve been with Paul since […]
Congressman John Lewis has been silent for months on the topic of the President’s controversial judicial nominees in Georgia. But after first making an earlier statement criticizing Obama’s choice of Michael Boggs, the civil rights icon ceased to address the topic. Lewis spoke out Monday, however, in a fiery statement to reaffirm his opposition to Boggs. The “NewsOne […]
The NAACP announced recently that Cornell William Brooks, a lawyer and activist, would become the 105-year-old organization’s new national president and CEO. In an interview with The Associated Press, Brooks said he was looking forward to heading up the NAACP and getting straight to work. “I am deeply humbled and honored to be entrusted with the opportunity to lead […]
