The sense of urgency over the Black vote in the upcoming mid-term elections is mounting. Black congressional leaders are feverishly urging black voters to turn out strong on November 4th, saying that Democrats could lose multiple elections across the country and Republicans could take control of the U.S. Senate, if African Americans don’t pack the […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — There may be some good news from Congress for the long-term unemployed, but there’s nothing signed off on yet. Bipartisan Senate bargainers ended a long-running election-season standoff and struck a compromise renewing expired jobless benefits for five months for more than 2 million Americans who have been out of work the longest, […]

Not according to at least one caller this morning on ”NewsOne Now,” with Roland Martin. Mark from Baltimore had these words for Democrats as President Obama takes flack…

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Roland Martin talks with former wrestler and Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura about his new book “DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government”.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won't be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won't make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other Republican and Democratic stars are taking a pass as their parties gather for this year's national conventions. The reasons are varied — and often, […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end. Adding to the uncertainty, tea party-backed challengers […]