Justice has been served in the William Chapman II police shooting case. Chapman, who was suspected of shoplifting, was shot and killed by former police officer Stephen Rankin outside of a Walmart after a security guard called cops to go after the 18-year-old African-American teen. On Thursday, a jury convicted Rankin of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser […]
Marc Lamont Hill appeared on NewsOne Now to talk about his new book which examines a growing crisis in America where a particular demographic of citizens are being made vulnerable and exploitable as revenue generators. In Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond, Hill examines how unrelated capitalism, public policy, […]
“Regardless of race, Trump should speak as if he is going to improve the economy …” said Attorney Richard St. Paul, former elected official, at the Republican National Convention. Watch NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, in its new time slot on TV One.
“It’s like a flat tire on the first day of a road trip,” Former Congressman Allen West said of the drama on the first day of the Republican National Convention. West also discussed the RNC theme of “make America great again,” the national conversation on police accountability, #BlackLivesMatter, and substantive policy proposals to address the Black community. Watch NewsOne […]
Clarence Mingo, Auditor for Franklin County, Ohio, discusses Republican African-American voter outreach and the need to have a substantive conversation on the issues important to the Black community. Watch NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, in its new time slot on TV One.
Elbert Guillory, former State Senator in Louisiana, told Roland Martin values forced him to make a change. Watch NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, in its new time slot on TV One.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama made history by issuing the largest number of commutations this nation has ever seen in one single day. In a move that has critics on multiple sides of the issue crying foul, Mr. Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates who were incarcerated for low-level drug offenses. President Obama’s commutation […]
Nathan Ivey told NewsOne Now he attended the RNC in Cleveland, Ohio, to determine if people really support Donald Trump, who was nominated as the party’s candidate for president. Watch NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, in its new time slot on TV One
Telly Lovelace, GOP communications strategist and National Director Of Black Initiatives, discusses the whereabouts of Donald Trump’s plans to address African-Americans and if Trump will speak with Black organizations. Watch NewsOne Now with Roland Martin, in its new time slot on TV One.
President Barack Obama says Donald Trump does not appear to have basic knowledge about critical issues and is “woefully unprepared to do this job.” “This job” being the President of the United States. Mr. Obama also questioned why Republican leaders continue to endorse Trump while at the same time repeatedly denouncing what he says. On Wednesday’s edition […]
Donald Trump talked himself into a battle he may be unable to talk himself out of. After Khizr Khan and his wife Ghazala, parents of a decorated American soldier who was killed in Iraq, appeared at the Democratic National Convention, Trump responded vehemently to Khan’s remarks. Over this past weekend, the Khans and Trump exchanged words through various […]
With the general election less than 100 days away, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has once again thrown his party into turmoil, escalating a war of words with Muslim parents who spoke at the Democratic National Convention. So bad were Trump’s recent attacks against Khizr and Ghazala Khan, that Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain, “a respected figure on national […]
