9.30.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Hurricane Ian, Justice Jackson's 1st SCOTUS Debut, White NC Sheriff Black Rant, HBCU Pilot Pipeline

The first black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has her Investiture ceremony, taking the Judicial Oath.

Hurricane Ian is barreling throu...

9.30.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Hurricane Ian, Justice Jackson's 1st SCOTUS Debut, White NC Sheriff Black Rant, HBCU Pilot Pipeline

The first black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has her Investiture ceremony, taking the Judicial Oath.

Hurricane Ian is barreling throu...

9.29.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ginni Thomas Faces Jan. 6 Committee, Coolio Dies, Miss. Water Crisis, Black Girls & Suspension Rates

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was questioned by the House January 6 Committee today. She told the Jan. 6 investigators she s...

9.27.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Women's Roundtable, Roland a 'Lap Dog'?, HBCU College Ranking Exclusions, NC EPA Office

The Black Women's Roundtable will host its 14th annual policy forum Series Wednesday during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. M...

9.26.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Ga City Council Insulted by White Alderman, Circle City Classic Canceled, NC EPA Office

Two Georgia Alderpersons get into a heated exchange of words. A white man and a black woman. The white man is accused of calling the black woman "A Ghetto B****." W...

9.26.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Ga City Council Insulted by White Alderman, Circle City Classic Canceled, NC EPA Office

Two Georgia Alderpersons get into a heated exchange of words. A white man and a black woman. The white man is accused of calling the black woman "A Ghetto B****." W...

9.26.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Ga City Council Insulted by White Alderman, Circle City Classic Canceled, NC EPA Office

Two Georgia Alderpersons get into a heated exchange of words. A white man and a black woman. The white man is accused of calling the black woman "A Ghetto B****." W...

9.26.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Ga City Council Insulted by White Alderman, Circle City Classic Canceled, NC EPA Office

Two Georgia Alderpersons get into a heated exchange of words. A white man and a black woman. The white man is accused of calling the black woman "A Ghetto B****." W...

9.23.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: DOJ KCMO PD Prope, FAMU Students Sue Fla. over State Funds, McClain Autopsy Amended, IL Cop Charged

Kansas City civil rights groups have long known their police department had high incidences of violence against Black and Latino people and racist hiring practic...

9.22.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ginni Thomas to Testify for Jan. 6 Committee, Miss. Welfare Fraud Plea, Women's March Movement

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will testify before the House January 6 Committee. Thomas wants to 'clear up any misconceptions abo...

9.21.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: NY's AG Sues Trump for Fraud, LA Black Pageant Judge Agrees w/White Judge, Suns/Mercury Sale

New York Attorney General Letitia James is not playing with those Trumps! Today, she announced the massive fraud in a civil lawsuit following a three-year inquiry in...

Black Women's Roundtable Women of Color in Tech Policy Series! We'll discuss the topic: Broadband for All: Federal Funding Opportunities to Build Equitable Broadband Across Communities.

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9.20.2022 #TheCulture w/ Farajii: KCMO Mayor on DOJ Probe, Roger Golubski's Victims, Texas Migrant Investigation

The Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, will give us the latest on the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black officers by the city's ...

9.19.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Voter Registration Purge, 1-on-1 w/Mandela Barnes, La Beauty Pageant Afro, HBCU vs PWI BS; Jane Elliott talks Little Mermaid

Republicans across the country are issuing last-minute challenges to the eligibility of tens of thousands of mostly Democratic voters in...

9.16.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Fmr. KCMO Det. Arrested for Assaulting Black Women, DOJ Migrant Probe Requested, Black Ed. Station

A retired Kansas City, Kansas homicide detective gets arrested by Federal authorities for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women twenty years ago. I'll ta...

9.8.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: OH Cop Kills Unarmed Black Man, Oath Keepers Outed, Remembering Bernard Shaw & David Arnold

Another unarmed black man is killed by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio. Donovan Lewis was in bed when cops tried to serve an arrest warrant at 2am. Donovan was shot ...

9.14.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Child Poverty Rate Drops, Insurers Push Police Reform, Tyler Perry & Hollywood Diversity

A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities indicates that government policies during the pandemic helped cut the child poverty rate to a record low. We'l...

9.9.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Migrant Emergency, Black GA Man Convicted On Added Charge During Trial, Jeff Bezos take on Uju Anya

Thousands of migrants are being bussed to major cities, like New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a state of emergency...

9.6.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Baltimore Water Advisory, Jackson, Miss. Water Crisis, South Carolina Cancels BYU Season Opener

Residents and businesses across roughly 56 Baltimore city blocks are under a boil water advisory after E. Coli was found in some water samples. Mayor Brandon Scott wi...

8.29.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jim Crow voting law upheld; Black Duke volleyball player called n-word; Tabitha Brown fires back

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is upholding a voting law it knows is steeped in racism.
It's an1890 Jim Crow law that white supremacist state leaders designe...

BREAKING NEWS: Black Duke volleyball player says she was called the N-word, threatened at BYU.

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8.26.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Ala. Pastor arrested for watering plants, TX Cop Paralyzes Black Man, Teacher Shortage, Trump Search

An Alabama Pastor arrested while watering a neighbor's flowers has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Childersburg Police Department. Michael Jennings a...

8.25.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Jobs & Wages,Black Drs Get Fired,White Men Threaten Black Woman,Nat'l Black Breastfeeding Week

Since the pandemic and the recession's end, Black women and men are seeing significant increases in employment and labor force participation. I talked with Joel...

8.18.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Inflation Reduction Act & the black community,Trump's Warrant, Black Census Month, Gen Z & TikTok

Now that the Inflation Reduction Act is law, how will it address our climate crisis and impact the black community? Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, a former senior advis...