At the top of our agenda this week: a government financial aid rule forces thousands of black students to drop out of college. $2.7 million – that’s what it cost to use the likeness of Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., in the new memorial on the National Mall. What gives? The Republican Party wants to reach [...]
The children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., are taking new steps to control and profit from the images of their father. Some say these steps could interfere with this year’s 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Joseph Williams, George Curry and Armstrong Williams joined Roland Martin on the [...]
Roland Martin talks with journalist Joseph Williams about the MLK Memorial Foundation being forced to change its name by the King children.
By Joseph Williams and Roland S. Martin TV One, Washington Watch They spent six years raising more than $100 million, one cocktail fundraiser, and souvenir mug and lapel pin at a time. And on October 16, 2011, the idea to build a monument in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King on the National [...]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss President Obama’s second term agenda and how hard should African-Americans press Pres. Obama on issues that are important to Black America. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Krissah Thompson, national correspondent at “The Washington Post”; Angela Rye, co-founder of IMPACT; Armstrong Williams, host of “The Right Side;” [...]
Republicans are ticked off at Black people, Latinos, women, young people and the rest of the 47 percent. Mitt Romney and his supporters are tossing around a whole lot of crazy reasons whey he lost the 2012 election. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Sonya Ross of the Associated Press, political commentator Armstrong Williams, political [...]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the first presidential debate, Romney’s zingers and the impact of the September jobs report on the 2012 election. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Keli Goff, political correspondent for TheRoot.com; Deborah Simmons, senior correspondent for “The Washington Times”; Joseph Williams, political reporter and contributor for The Grio.com; [...]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss engaging the electorate where they are, encouraging minorities to vote and address the Associated Press article that alleges Black pastors telling their congregations not to vote on election as a protest against Pres. Obama’s support of same-sex marriage. MR. MARTIN: One of the things that jumps out [...]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the GOP unveiling the debt clock, Bush tax cuts contributing to the national debt and Van Jones says the Democrats may have a problem to contend with in the 2012 elections. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features Republican strategist Elroy Sailor, founder and CEO of J.C. Watts [...]
A lot of the Republicans talked about having “great diversity on display” at the Republican National Convention. The governor of New Mexico and Sen. Marco Rubio spoke during the Republican National Convention, but what’s interesting is the polling data amongst minorities, 65-31 in terms of Latinos supporting Pres. Obama over Mitt Romney. NBC News-Washington Journal [...]
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