A week after Nykea Aldridge was caught in a deadly crossfire of gang violence while strolling her infant down the street on Chicago’s South Side, her cousin, NBA superstar Dwyane Wade appeared Friday on Good Morning America to discuss the tragedy. Wade, who recently signed with the Chicago Bulls, also seized the moment to discuss the ensuing social media outrage over a tweet by […]
"It is the Democratic Party that is the party of slavery, the party of Jim Crow, and the party of opposition," Trump said Tuesday evening at a rally.
Roland Martin addresses the fundamental issue he has with the GOP and a number of discriminatory policies they support.
The Republican National Committee recently named Ashley Bell the National Committee’s new Director of African-American Political Engagement as part of its attempt to attract Black voters. Bell spoke with Roland Martin during Tuesday’s edition of NewsOne Now about Donald Trump‘s campaign and Republican voter outreach to the African-American community. Bell explained Republicans have a job to do in […]
It’s been quite a week in the world of media. First, Kim Kardashian dragged Taylor Swift to social media hell after Tay claimed not to have known about Kanye‘s “Famous” line in which he references her. Then, during Monday night’s RNC opening speeches, Melania Trump seemingly “borrowed” part of her monologue from one Michelle Obama gave at […]
If this sign spotted at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena is any indication, things are going to get ugly at the RNC.
On Thursday's edition of NewsOne Now, Republican strategist Raynard Jackson spoke with Roland Martin about the rash of departures at the RNC.
When Donald Trump heads to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July, he is likely to have the popular vote and the Electoral College lead ahead of his two opponents--Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, but that does not mean he will clinch the nomination.
Donald Trump's xenophobic comments against Mexicans and Muslims is starting to leave a bad taste in the mouths of some donors to the Republican National Convention. The New York Times is reporting that Coca-Cola has decided against matching the $660,000 it gave the RNC for the 2012 Republican convention, "deciding to donate only $75,000 for this year and indicating that it does not plan to provide more."
Fifty-eight years ago today, Rosa Parks, then 43-years-old, became a lightening rod for the Civil Rights Movement when she was arrested for refusing to give…
