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Roland Martin talks with Damon Hewitt, the Director of Education Practice at the NAACP LDF about the “school to prison” pipeline that was occurring in the Meridian, Miss. school district and what is currently happening to protect black students from being pushed into this cycle.

Many of us have heard about, in some way have an opinion on, or have commented on the rape case in Steubenville, OH where two young men were just sentenced to at least one and two years in the juvenile detention facility for the rape of a classmate. Investigators put together what happened that night […]

Once a quarter I want to take a moment to celebrate some young people who are doing the right thing when we constantly get news about kids doing the wrong thing.  Kevin Mondy, Jr, attends Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy in Dallas, Texas, starts a 9th grader who starts on the Hillcrest High School LaCross […]

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BEAVER FALLS (AP) —Police have charged three teenage boys in the fatal shooting of a western Pennsylvania woman. Beaver Falls police have charged 14-year-olds Todavia Cleckley and Marcus Velasquez and 13-year-old Kyle Goosby Jr. with criminal homicide and other charges in Saturday’s shooting of 22-year-old Kayla Peterson. She was shot at about 3:30 p.m. that […]

Roland Martin talks with Lucia McBath, the mother of Florida teenager Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed outside of a gas station after a man named Michael Dunn complained that the car where Jordan was sitting, had the music playing too loud. McBath talks with Roland about her son’s death but also reflects on […]

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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman must remain under 24-hour GPS monitoring while awaiting trial in the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and must stay in the county despite the defense’s concerns about his safety, a judge ruled Tuesday. The defense presented a lengthy bond modification argument to Judge Debra Nelson that included […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm — an effort even she acknowledges could spark a legal challenge. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will submit a budget proposal Thursday […]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A pile of stuffed animals marks the spot where 15-year-old Justin Thompson fell, fatally shot by an off-duty Memphis police officer on a school night in a working-class neighborhood. The Sept. 24 shooting is still under investigation, but the question of whether Officer Terrance Shaw used excessive force makes the case […]

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A new report released Thursday by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that African-American youth are exposed to more alcohol advertisement. According to the study, black youth ages from the ages of 12-20 are seeing more advertisements for alcohol in magazines and on TV […]

Roland Martin talks with Dr. Steve Perry about his new show "Save Our Sons."

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles gang member is due in court to be cleared of a murder conviction that kept him behind bars for 19 years. Lawyers for James Edward Smith plan to ask a judge Monday to vacate his murder and attempted murder convictions involving a 1993 drive-by shooting. Prosecutors plan […]

Roland Martin discusses the topic of suspensions in relation to black males with John Jackson of  The Schott Foundation. The Schott Foundation released it's annual report and it has found that black males are suspended the most compared to their peers. Jackson joined Martin to discuss what he believes needs to be changed in the […]