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According to Eonline, El DeBarge is now in rehab. It’s no secret that the 80’s popster had trouble with drugs in the past, which led to serving two years in prison. The artist announced yesterday that he checked into rehab. “I hate to disappoint my fans but it is necessary for me to take the […]

WASHINGTON — Republicans are mocking President Obama’s $3.73 trillion budget for 2012 for waving feebly at historically huge federal deficits. As if to show how it should be done, they are ready to start muscling their own package of deep cuts in domestic spending through the House.

The uprising in Egypt tells us that there is still a need for people come together, and utilize their voices to demand change.  Many are critical of the Tea Party. I’ve said I’m critical of some of the things that they talk about. But the reality is what they’re doing – mobilizing and organizing – is absolutely vital […]

Roland Martin talks with Rev Dr. William Barber about the Tea Party in Wake County, North Carolina taking over the school board and re-segregating the school system.

It’s always interesting talking to American youth, especially African-Americans, who are quick to suggest that the “old ways of doing things” — like marches, rallies, protests and boycotts — have no effect on changing public policy today. Maybe someone should tell that to the people in Egypt, who brought the 30-year regime of Hosni Mubarak […]

Anti-government protesters in Egypt turned to the Internet to spread their message that Hosni Mubarak had to go. Smokey Fontaine joins Roland Martin from News One’s New York headquarters via the HP SkyRoom with more on this story. WATCH:

Washington D.C.– The Chocolate City may be no more as an analyst is predicting that Washington D.C. will not be a majority Black city come 2014. The nation’s capital is becoming wealthier and whiter. According to the Brookings Institution research, the city’s proportion of black residents dropped from 59.4 percent to 52.7 percent, while the […]

In an interview with NPR, Kelley Williams-Bolar speaks about her case.

ST. LOUIS-Benjamin Elliot, an 18-year-old from Missouri is charged with writing n-word-expletive on a sculpture at the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The St. Louis American reports: For the second time in as many years The University of Missouri – Columbia campus has fallen victim to a hate crime during Black History Month. Last […]

Chicago — Over the weekend, Carol Moseley Braun won the endorsement of one of the most influential black thinkers in America, while also making controversial remarks likening Rahm Emanuel to Adolf Hitler. “I believe a Rahm Emanuel victory would be a slap in the face,” West said. “I’m here to support poor and working people […]