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1.30.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Voting Rights Act In Jeopardy, Cori Bush Investigation, Black Attorneys Face Discipline, Real or IA? A federal appeal court declined to reconsider the ruling that says private entities cannot bring lawsuits under a provision of the law known as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.  Barbara Arnwine, the President and Founder of Transformative Justice Coalition is h...

1.29.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: BLM Activist Attorney's Home Raided, Fight for Reproductive Freedoms, Jackie Robinson Statue Stolen A California judge orders the Los Angeles Police Department to destroy photographs of legal documents officers allegedly took during an unannounced raid on the home of an attorney representing a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, Melina Abdullah.  She and her a...

1.26.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: UN's Highest Court Tells Israel To Prevent Genocide, Judge Blocks EPA Efforts In LA's Cancer Alley It's Friday, January 26, 2024. Roland's in Toledo, Ohio. Here's what's coming Up on Roland Martin Unfiltered streaming live on the Black Star Network. The International Court of Justice stops short of calling for a cease-fire but does demand Israel prevent genocide...

1.25.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: MN Trooper Charged For Killing Black Motorist, Biden's Strong Economy, Texas CROWN Act On Trial  A Minnesota State Trooper is facing murder charges in the death of a black man during a traffic stop. Civil Rights attorney Harry Daniels is representing Ricky Cobb II's family. He's here to discuss the charges and why it took so long for trooper Ryan Londregan to be...

1.23.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Are Primaries Predictive?, Ala.'s Racist Death Penalty Laws, King Family Speaks, Black Travel Box It's officially election season as primaries are underway. Do you know why we have a primary process? The National Political Director of People For the American Way will be here to explain if primaries predict who the next president will be.  Alabama is on track to u...

1.22.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roe v Wade 51 Years Later, New Hampshire Primary Preview, Dexter King Dies It's the 51st anniversary of Woe v Wade. Vice President Kamala Harris kicks off her tour on abortion rights in Wisconsin. She blasted Republicans as extremists for trying to ban abortions. We'll hear what she had to say and look at how abortion is taking center stage in the 2024 election w...

1.17.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Battle for LA's 2nd Majority-Black Congressional Dist., MD Principal's Alleged Racist Remarks The battle over Lousiaina's second majority-black congressional district continues after the state legislature reneges on a bipartisan agreement on the proposed congressional maps. Louisiana State Representative Candace Newell and Jared Evans from the Legal Defense Fund...

1.16.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Louisiana's Proposed Congressional Map, Iowa's Brown Bag Ballots, Breaking Down Racism in America Louisiana's new proposed congressional map will create a second majority-black district.  House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is from the Pelican state, isn't happy with that.  I'll explain why.  Our economy is booming, but some folks aren't really excited about the grow...

1.15.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. Iowa Caucus, 14 States Reject Summer Food Program Folks across the nation are remembering the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday. We'll show you how folks, including the president and the vice president, commemorated the life of the civil rights icon. The great-great-grandson of Civil War hero...

1.12.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Lincoln Univ. pres. on leave after faculty suicide, Aderrien Murry's 911 Audio, U.S Yemen Strikes The apparent suicide of Lincoln University of Missouri's Vice President of Student Affairs is sparking calls for the resignation of the school's president. Allegations of bullying may be what led to Dr. Antoinette Candia-Bailey's death. The President of  Lincoln Univ...

1.11.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Tenn. Rep Silenced Again, Wis. Kindergartener Left on Bus, No Charges for Ohio Miscarriage  Tennessee Republicans are silencing Democratic Representative Justin Jones, one of the lawmakers expelled last year. We'll explain why he says House Speaker Cameron Sexton has too much power.  I was in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the  MLK Leadership Symposium and Awards Lunc...

1.10.2024 #RolandMartinUnfilteredL Hunter Biden Rattles Republicans, VA's 1st Black Del. House Speaker Sworn In, N.C.'s $25M Settlement Hunter Biden had Republican shook today as he strolled into the House Judiciary Committee hearing on him being held in contempt. We'll show you what the parties said during firey exchanges.  Virginia has its first black Delegate House Speaker. Don Scott was sworn...

1.9.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: VP Harris GA Voting Rights Roundtable, Eddie Bernice Johnson Funeral, Trump Wants Economy Failure Vice President Kamala Harris stopped in Atlanta today to participate in a roundtable discussion with community leaders focused on the fight for voting rights. Cliff Albright, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, was there, and he'll tell us what happened.  The Democrati...

1.8.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Biden's Campaign Speech, Miss. Bodycam of Aderrien Murry Shooting, Ala. Cop Indicted for Murder President Joe Biden was at Mother Emanuel AME church amid reelection campaign. President Biden gave a campaign speech Monday at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine people were killed in a shooting in 2015. We'll show you what happened and...

1.5.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Miss. State-Run Court,Harry Dunn for Congress,Black Unemployment Drops, Roland Dissects Umar Johnson The state-run court in Mississippi's majority-black capital is becoming a reality after attempts for a permanent injunction failed. Jackson's City Council President and the Impact Policy Counsel for the Mississippi Center for Justice will join me to discuss what th...

1.4.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Bishop Barber Meets AMC CEO, Chicago Firefighter Discrimination Suit, Florida's Abortion Rights A federal judge ruled a conservative group did not violate the Voting Rights Act when it challenged the eligibility of more than 360,000 Georgia voters just before a 2021 runoff election.  Harvard's ousted President, Claudine Gay, sheds light on why she resigned in an o...

1.3.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: VP Harris' 1st Trip of 2024, Border Crisis, Kenya To Aid Haiti, Tips To Getting Your Baby To Sleep Folks are still asking what Vice President Kamala Harris is doing. Today, she was in Las Vegas, Nevada, congratulating Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on their successful new contracts. You'll hear what she had to say.  House GOPs are resigning, chipping away at the...

1.2.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Calif. Deputy Kills Black Woman who Called 911, Claudine Gay Resigns, Setting Healthy Resolutions  * #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Curl Prep | Visit https://www.curlprep.com/ for natural hair solutions! Us the discount code "ROLAND" at checkout * A black California woman calls 911 for help and ends up dead at the hands of those who were supposed to protect her....

2023 Year In Review, 2024 Year Preview Since it's the last Friday of the year, we'll look at some of the biggest stories in 2023.  We'll also preview what we can expect in the new year from Congress, the Supreme Court, and the elections. Our panel will get to throw in a few of their own 2024 predictions.  Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV...

12.28.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: GA GOP Maps Approved, Amazon Delivery Partner Attacked, NYT sues OpenAI, Judge Kim Book Series A federal judge in Georgia approved the Republican-drawn congressional map, rejecting the argument that the latest district lines illegally diluted the voting power of minority residents near Atlanta.....Georgia's Legislative Black Caucus Chair Carl Gilliard....and Mel...

12.27.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: AMC Apologizes to Bishop Barber,Opal Lee Gets Family Land Back,A League of Our Own,The Walls Group The CEO of AMC Theaters is apologizing to Bishop William Barber for getting kicked out of a North Carolina theater. We'll explain why.  Republicans are desperately trying to find something to use to impeach President Biden. We'll discuss what straws the GOP is gras...

12.22.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Wash. Cops Acquitted in Black Man's Death, Miss. Cop Returns to Work, Gospel Artist Bri Babineaux A Washington state jury acquitted three officers in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten, and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.  The Ellis family attorney will be here to tell us how the family feels a...

12.21.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Calls For Clarence Thomas' Recusal, N.Y.'s Reparations Commission, Seasonal Affective Disorder, DOE Folks want Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from upcoming cases centered on Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. We'll tell how one democratic senator made his case for Thomas' recusal.  The co-founder of Moms for Li...

12.20.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Texas Border Law, Trump Booted off Colo. Ballot, Conn. City Sue for Botched Death Investigations Texas has a new law that will allow police to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally. Texas Representative Mark Veasey is here tonight to discuss this law and the recent lawsuit filed by a Texas County.  Colorado Supreme Court's historic decision to boot Trump...

12.19.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump's Racist Rhetoric, Justice Clarence Thomas Financials, Chocolate Side Dishes, Hezekiah Walker Former President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing he has the freedom to say what he wants, and he continues to push that point when he recently said immigrants coming to the U.S. are "poisoning the blood of our country."  We'll dissect what he said and who he...