Roland Martin
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Black Candidate Hit With Fake HIV Smear. Trump Takes Credit For Crime Drop. NABJ Dings Stephen A.
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2:18:34Now Playing8.17.2026 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Candidate Hit With Fake HIV Smear. Trump Takes Credit For Crime Drop. NABJ Dings Stephen A.
A Black Democratic congressional candidate is the targeted in a smear campaign that falsely alerted people by text message that he can't give blood because he is HIV positive.
Shevrin Jones, Florida's first out LGBTQ+ Black senator, is here to set the record straight.
A former professional basketball player is running to become South Carolina's first Black governor. Dr. Jermaine Johnson will explain why he's the best man for the job.
The Trump administration is bragging and taking the credit for violent crime going down, but those crimes have been declining since 2022 - when he wasn't in office. We'll talk to the Senior Director for Public Safety from the Center for American Progress about the numbers.
Attorney General Todd Blanche is considering seeking the Supreme Court's intervention to compel states to hand over voter rolls.
California prosecutors told jurors Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing was 'an act of revenge' during today's opening statements. The defense says time, corruption, and a lack of facts will be challenges in the case.
Saturday, the National Association of Black Journalists gave out its Thumb Down Award, including one to Stephen A. Smith. It's time for a little history lesson. I'll talk to the former president and founder of NABJ about why he began the acknowledgment.
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