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 [...]
By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com When Americans salute the nation’s military at ball games in airports and in churches nationwide, we do so with a sense of pride for those who are putting their lives on the lines for the tremendous freedoms we enjoy. One of those that we cherish the most is the [...]
This past Easter Sunday, Black pastors across the country delivered more than sermons. They also delivered voter registration forms. It was part of the Empowerment Movement, a faith-based campaign to register 1 million voters on Easter Sunday. Heading up the campaign is the Rev. Jamal Bryant, pastor of Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Maryland. MR. MARTIN: This [...]
ColorOfChange Applauds McDonald’s Decision to End its Membership in ALEC Within hours of receiving phone calls from ColorOfChange members and allies, McDonald’s announces it has cut ties with right-wing group April 10, 2012 New York, NY – The following is a statement from ColorOfChange.org Executive Director Rashad Robinson: “McDonald’s decision last month, as reported by [...]
Roland Martin talks with Rashad Robinson from the ColorOfChange.org about major corporations supporting the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC has pushed voter ID laws which disenfranchise large numbers of Black voters. Along with the NRA, ALEC also pushed a bill based on Florida’s “shoot first” law – which has shielded Trayvon Martin’s killer [...]
Source: Perry Bacon Jr. / theGrio The League of Women Voters and Rock the Vote, two groups that have long conducted voter registration drives, have largely suspended their work in Florida because of new laws in the state, as first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday. Their decision could prevent the registration of voters likely to support [...]
The six day march against new voter ID laws in Alabama ended with a rally on the same steps where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about voting rights in 1965. Rev. Al Sharpton explains why the fight continues.
Source: Lise Olsen / The Houston Chronicle The state’s contested voter ID law could provoke widespread complications in the upcoming presidential elections, with as many as 18 percent of all registered voters across Texas apparently lacking state government-issued photo IDs to match their voter registration cards, according to records obtained by the Houston Chronicle. Texas secretary of state [...]
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The New Hampshire primary is over, and Mitt Romney was the clear winner with a double-digit lead. Now it’s on to South Carolina. The writing is on the wall, though. It looks like the question in November for conservatives will be, “Who do we hate the most? Mitt Romney, or President Barack Obama?” Meanwhile, the [...]
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