“Former Vice President Joe Biden’s response to a question about addressing the legacy of slavery raised a lot of eyebrows and angered many. In response to debate moderator Linsey Davis’ question. Biden said: Well, they have to deal with the — look, there’s institutional segregation in this country. From the time I got involved, I…
“Dr. Charlene Reid, a former track star who insists on victory for her students and wins is the focus of this week’s installment of School Choice All-Stars. Dr. Reid is the CEO of Excellence Community Schools in the Bronx, NY. In 2012, during her tenure as Principal of Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the institution…
“Monday night in Washington, D.C., a coalition of activists from around the nation gathered at the historic Howard Theater to revive a movement. The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival, draws on the unfinished work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Junior – who wanted to end racism, poverty, environmental…
“Voting by students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities has dramatically declined in the last five years and could drop even further by 2018. Those figures should be a wake up call to Democratic leaders who need a high voter turnout among all African Americans in the 2018 midterm elections if they want to win…
“Local election officials across the country have received letters from the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative group headed by a member of Trump’s Election Integrity Commission, telling them to “prune” their voter rolls of voters who have died, moved or lost their eligibility or face a federal lawsuit. But is this move about election…
Confederate Lives Matter? Police in Maryland say that’s the handle some high school students used on social media to threaten another student. Police in Anne Arundel say the students at Southern High school posted obscene and violent messages on Snapchat aimed at a 15-year-old transgender student. One picture showed a student wearing what appears to…
“Ashley Bennett, the newest member of the Atlantic County Board of Freeholders in New Jersey and Sheila Oliver, Lt. Governor-Elect spoke with Roland Martin during Thursday’s edition of NewsOne Now about their campaigns for office.” Listen, download and subscribe to the ALL NEW Roland Martin Unfiltered Audio Podcast on iTunes http://ow.ly/Hctl30eeN19 Visit Roland Martin’s NEW…
“More African Americans are heading to college these days but a new study finds that too many are in low earning majors. A study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce notes that African Americans who got Bachelor’s Degrees in STEM fields science, technology, engineering and mathematics can earn up to 50 percent…
On Tuesday, lawyers defending a Wisconsin legislative map that gave Republicans many more seats in the State Assembly argued their case before the Supreme Court. Justice Anthony Kennedy grilled the attorneys, asking skeptical questions. But he didn’t have any question for the lawyers representing the Democratic voters challenging the map. Republican Justice Samuel Alito Junior…
The health of millions of children is at risk as money for the Children’s Health Insurance program runs out, all because Congress missed a crucial deadline. The Senate released a bipartisan, five-year bill to reauthorize the program, but a vote was never scheduled. New York Congressman and House Democratic Chairman Joe Crowley blamed Republicans for…