I voted in Texas on Feb. 20. If you are in Texas and North Carolina, the POLLS ARE OPEN. Please do your part and vote so we can take this back from MAGA extremists!

LIVE NOW! www.youtube.com/live/OjfjYwd.... The 2026 National CARES Mentoring Movement For The Love Of The Children Gala hosted by Tamron Hall. And we are celebrating the 80th birthday of Susan Taylor. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

@rolandsmartin.bsky.social It’s so shameful that the Sec’y of Def. Hegseth is such a White Nationalist that he’s removing diversity, equity & inclusion from the Pentagon Scouts of America. It’s disheartening that this corrupt regime is denying DEI among military kids. Just plain awful.

Fam! we are less than four hours away from #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the @blackstarnetwork presenting The State Of Our Union. Turn OFF ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNOW, CNN and Fox News. We will have nearly 50 experts breaking down our economics, health, education, voting rights and other issues.

Roland S. Martin Exposes Ideologically Driven White Right Wing Christian Nationalism. Slaveholder Religion Returns on MS NOW youtu.be/4H3vnw7tV5A?...

Go to www.youtube.com/live/BW_vAMX... right now! I’m about to deliver the Black History Month speech at Corinth Church in Houston. Watch there and the Black Star Network app. Time to #BringTheFunk!

ICYMI on #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Omega Psi Phi Life Member Rickey Smiley condemns hazing youtu.be/Qr8kZwbE-F4?...

I’m off this week so I haven’t read the tariffs decision yet, but I keep trying to tell people John Roberts is like Big Worm in Friday: “Playing with my money is like playing with my emotions.”

Spread the word! The State of Our Union is BACK! Last year, we were #5 on all of Youtube with 250,000 live viewers. On Feb. 24 at 7 pm EST, Let’s break the record this year. Don’t waste your time watching cable and broadcast news and give them any ratings.

BREAKING NEWS from #RolandMartinUnfiltered: House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request from Democrats and the family of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. For him to lie-in-state at the US Capitol

Hey, Houston!!! I’m coming to my home town on Sunday to speak at Corinth Church, 10 am. And I’ll be signing copies of #WhiteFear at the end of the service.

Jesse Jackson (1941-2026) — My Reverend, My Brother For 50 years we fought side-by-side, and sometimes fought face-to-face. He's the only man, other than my dad, I've ever kissed — a year ago, when I kissed him goodbye.

#RolandMartinUnfiltered will have a 3-hour tribute show tonight honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. More than 20 guests will share their thoughts and reflections. We will go live at 6 pm EST on the Black Star Network. Tune in at Youtube.com/RolandSMartin or on the BSN app.

Tune into #RolandMartinUnfiltered RIGHT NOW, my man, Omega man Rickey Smiley and I are talking about how we despise hazing. Watch now at www.youtube.com/live/BCmsFzn... and on the Black Star Network app.

youtube.com/watch?v=I88w... I know #Tubi is dropping a lot of of fave cartoons on March 1st, but they need OUR eyeballs to generate revenue/sales/ads for them. IDC if it’s free or not. I’m not watching it because of the owner. Thank you @rolandsmartin.bsky.social for educating us.

Every time I fly to LA, I crank up the Live In LA album by Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly. I actually this one more than Live In New Orleans! I remember one time I had an aisle seat in first class and I was jammin’ HARD! These brothers were in a band and when we got off they said,

No one should be shocked by the white MAGA freakout of @badbunnypr performing at the Super Bowl halftime. I wrote a whole book on it! amzn.to/3E1jBe0 Get it online, at bookstores or download on @audible www.audible.com/pd?asin=B0BD.... #WeTriedToTellYa #WhiteFear

I’ll be watching the American Bad Bunny perform at the Super Bowl halftime. Yea, MAGA dummies. Puerto Rico is an American territory!

This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen: A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained" But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.

"Theres been an absolute collapse of news media." ~ @rolandsmartin.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/t4yqH...

Another week of the Youtube Top 100 Podcast shows for Jan. 26-Feb. 1. #RolandMartinUnfiltered continues to be the ONLY Black-owned news show on the list. Last week we were at #44. The highest we’ve ever landed was #40. We thank ALL OF YOU for continuing to support our work. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

Check out a conversation I had with @jaimeharrison.bsky.social on his podcast. “Roland Martin on Black-Owned Media & the Economics of Power.” youtu.be/TU9n8Xplj3s?... #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

Tune in!

BREAKING NEWS: Black journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort and have been arrested by Donald Trump’s DOJ. I’m prepping to go live at noon EST on The Breakdown with Brittany Noble on the Black Star Network. Watch at Youtube.com/RolandSMartin or the BSN app.

Our new weekly health show, Second Opinion With Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, is LIVE now on the Black Star Network www.youtube.com/live/1p_SXSz... #SecondOpinion

If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.

Quick iconic comic cover edit to laud Ilhan Omar.

We launch a new daily news show on the Black Star Network at noon EST TODAY. Check out The Breakdown with Brittany Noble. Watch at Youtube.com/RolandSMartin or the BSN app. #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

Fam!!!! Let’s continue to build up the social media app Fanbase. Download it TODAY and follow me at @rolandsmartin. MAGA owns TikTok. Let’s back a platform where we have REAL FREEDOM.

I saw this on @rolandsmartin.bsky.social Youtube channel. A KXAN feed. Support Roland's Black Star Network and other experienced independent news journalists.

Now on the Black Star Network: The Texas Dem US Senate debate between state Rep. James Talarico and Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett www.youtube.com/live/_lV1Etn...

Right now on the Black Star Network: The homegoing service of gospel music icon Richard Smallwood www.youtube.com/live/niIFVwn... #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

Right now on the Black Star Network: The homegoing celebration of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin. Watch www.youtube.com/live/DQWxo_P... #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

50 years ago on this day, Jan. 23, 1976, Paul Robeson passed away at the age of 77. Tune into the Black Star Network NOW for a fascinating conversation with Howard Bryant about his new book, “Kings And Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.” www.youtube.com/live/ISP-_kh... or BSN app.

“They FAILED.” ICYMI on #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roland Martin calls for the Morris Brown College Board of Trustees to resign after their firing, reinstatement of President Kevin James youtu.be/eH7r3psf2Zg?... #BringTheFunk

If you want to understand Donald Trump, MAGA and the GOP, just watch this clip from this 2006 Robert Deniro-directed film, “The Good Shepherd.” Enough said. I play this on #RolandMartinUnfiltered all the time.

It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.

Listen! This song “Chocolate Skin” by The Colleagues and October London has been on repeat for a solid week! Y’all better download ASAP!!! It is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 #rolandsplaylist

Are you going to stand with Dr. King or are you going to stand with someone that wants to be a King? @rolandsmartin.bsky.social

Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”

#RolandMartinUnfiltered is live on the Black Star Network RIGHT NOW! We ALWAYS #BringTheFunk. Let’s go!!! www.youtube.com/live/tG7dqvq...

St Clair is the mother to one of Musk's children. The dynamics and nature of their procreation agreement and subsequent falling out evade me

Ashley St Clair claims to have lost all of her X monetization privileges. This comes after she publicly complained about X users using Grok to sexualize several photos of her

Fam! Don't miss tonight's interview I did in December 2019 with Richard Smallwood regarding his autobiography, "Total Praise." It's a fascinating conversation as we pay homage to the gospel maestro, who passed away last week at the age of 77.

Five years ago today, the Thug-In-Chief Donald Trump, led an insurrection against the United States. He was impeached by Dems in the House, but Senate Republicans - led by Mitch McConnell - had NO GUTS and chose not to convict.

On Dec. 16, 2019, I taped an interview with Richard Smallwood about his autobiography, “Total Praise.” It was supposed to run on Feb. 14, 2020, but the file was mislabeled and it never ran. I found it today.

Thanks!!

Chillin’. Reading ‘White Fear’ by @rolandsmartin.bsky.social

After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's. Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1. Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.

Bari Weiss is even more hamhanded than I imagined her to be. Gift link: