President Barack Obama has come out in support of same-sex marriage. What will the political fall out be and what will happen politically when it comes to this issue. This week’s roundtable features MSNBC political analyst Karen Finney; Politico’s White House correspondent Joseph Williams; Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; [...]
Marvin Randolph, the NAACP’s senior vice president for campaigns; and Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation joined Roland Martin on the set of Washington Watch to discuss the NAACP’s new campaign called “This Is My Vote” and other issues related with voting rights. MR. MARTIN:One of our missions here on [...]
This past week, the President is talking up another plan to help distressed homeowners by making it easier to refinance their high-rate mortgages, but the government’s failure to solve the foreclosure crisis is devastating Black wealth. Even though the recession officially ended in mid-2009, if you subtract debt, the total assets of White households is [...]
This week’s winner of The Biggest Damn Lie is GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney is trying to claim — as he has before — that the President followed his advice by putting GM and Chrysler through a managed, or planned, bankruptcy. He is trying to take credit for that idea. Chrysler and GM went [...]
THE REVEREND DARLENE NIPPER OF THE GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE, BISHOP HARRY JACKSON OF HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND MELANIE CAMPBELL OF THE NATIONAL COALTION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION ARE AMONG THE GUESTS ON WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN ON MAY 13 - Topics to include President Obama’s remarks supporting gay marriage, the impact of [...]
The April jobs report came out on Friday, and the news was mixed. There were 130,000 private-sector jobs created last month, below expectations, but the overall unemployment rate dropped one tenth of 1 percent, to 8.1 percent. Black unemployment dropped one whole percentage point, from 14 to 13 percent. It’s down from over 16 percent [...]
As the country continues to struggle with unemployment, House Republicans and some Democratic supporters say the Keystone XL oil pipeline might be at least one solution. Republican congressman Pete Olson, a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce joined Roland Martin on Washington Watch to discuss this the Keystone Pipeline and more. MR. MARTIN: [...]
Source: Frances Robles / The Miami Herald SANFORD — George Zimmerman’s defense attorney says he will not comment on a Myspace page that portrays his client in a “less-than-favorable” light, because the racially charged social media postings could come up at his murder trial. But he hinted that if Zimmerman’s postings will be scrutinized in [...]
At the top of our agenda this week, which candidate – Pres. Barack Obama, or Mitt Romney – has the best plan for educating our children? Do GOP budget cuts to the social safety net violate the teachings of Jesus Christ? Can a President be too cool? Our newsmaker guest Congresswoman Maxine Waters on winning [...]
We’ve talked a lot about the role of government in taking care of the least of us. It’s a political question, but it’s also a moral question. And for 85-year-old Ida Martin, it is a personal one. And earlier this month, her name was added to the Wall of Honor in her hometown of Bluffton, [...]
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