Roland S. Martin
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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.
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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.
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On Dec. 16, 2019, I taped an interview with Richard Smallwood about his autobiography, āTotal Praise.ā It was supposed to run on Feb. 14, 2020, but the file was mislabeled and it never ran. I found it today.
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Pop-Pop
12 days ago
Chillinā. Reading āWhite Fearā by
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Robert Reich
15 days ago
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.
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Kevin M. Kruse
18 days ago
Bari Weiss is even more hamhanded than I imagined her to be. Gift link:
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ā60 Minutesā Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It āPolitical.ā
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-k8.jKZ5.RbyiH0FJChsW&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Yashar Ali š
18 days ago
Why would you need to put a pause on a story that has been meticulously fact-checked and lawyered? Sounds like the kind of story youād want to run right away!
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Nolan Hicks
18 days ago
On Sunday afternoon? After the promo was cut? And the first stop to try and place this line was Dylan Byers?
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Bishop William Barber and faith leaders hold redistricting protest in North Carolina
www.witn.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Bishop Barber and faith leaders hold redistricting protest in Plymouth
People are taking a stand against the new congressional district boundaries that were approved in Eastern Carolina in October.
https://www.witn.com/2025/12/21/bishop-barber-faith-leaders-hold-redistricting-protest-plymouth/
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What an awful way to lose. Texas A&M QB Marcel Reed threw a loaf of bread to the end zone for an INT. That could have tied the game up. Aggies lose 10-3. Season over at 11-2.
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ElieNYC
20 days ago
I wrote about how the Trump administration wonāt let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists. Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
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The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back ādisparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
https://www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-doj-just-made-it-harder-to-prove
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
Itās ultimately sad because the collapse of his faith in meritocracy for himself could have led to meaningful connections and collaborations with those whoāve known itās a lie for much longer. He could look for connections and a different future for us all. But prefered to sulk in his own illusions.
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
But it never reaches out to that wider history or social context. And so it can never take its own concerns seriously. There is no future proposal. Just odd, decontextualized and weirdly presented stories and data to affirm his right to be sad. And to fuel the resentment being anti-DEI measures
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
That obvious question has to be avoided. So data is quite selectively presented and no wider context is given. Weāre just dropped into peopleās lives and stories as if they were starting fresh in an ideal world as pure individuals. The whole piece at best shows there was never meritocracy for anyone
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
But he never asks why. And he never even comes close to offering a suggestion of what ought to have happened. What should Harvard had done in 2014 when 63% of the tenured and 43% of the tenure-track positions were filled by white men?
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
So what is presented as this massive loss for white men is actually a university using growth to try to balance out previous injustices. That soundsā¦reasonable? And thatās the other interesting thing: he cites data that shows even a decade ago, white men were disproportionately favored / represented
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
And, why focus on humanities, a little over 11% of all the tenure-track positions? Total tenure track went from 43% white men to 32%, which is still slightly above 2020 census of 30%. And what about tenured professors? They went from 63% white men to 55% in 2024, still more than half.
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
The division actually grew significantly, from 28 to 47 positions. In 2023, they added 5 Hispanic tenure track colleagues, bringing the division total toā¦5. And in 2024, they also went from 0 Black tenure track professors to 5. There are also 0 Black tenured professors in the division.
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
Look at this claim from the intro: āWhite men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.ā Things look very different if you go by numbers: they went from 11 tenure-track positions filled by white men in 2014 to 10 in 2024. A loss of 1.
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Timothyā¢ļø (Not Tim)
23 days ago
I read that whole āit sucks to be a millennial white man thanks to DEIā piece and have some thoughts. Overall: how sad to put that much work into making a case to be resentful, and a bad case at that. (Thread)
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The Lost Generation
For fifteen years Iāve scalped tickets to pay the bills. But in January 2016 I almost managed a real career.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
24 days ago
Wonderful story: A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
via @BBC_Future
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A 'toaster with a lens': The story behind the first handheld digital camera
In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the same again.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251205-how-the-handheld-digital-camera-was-born?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
23 days ago
Trump and Carr attack KCBS: How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administrationās assault on media
apnews.com/article/trum...
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How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local immigration raids.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-fcc-kcbs-5dbed5c466771d53e2c7bcc5da362bf6
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Kyle Griffin
23 days ago
Breaking: The U.S. labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October and November, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6% ā the highest since 2021.
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Carl Quintanilla
23 days ago
ā.. The US economy is in a hiring recession. Almost no jobs have been added since April. āWage gains are slowing. ā710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024.ā
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Phil Williams
23 days ago
CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/
www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/this-isnt-your-granddads-kkk-inside-the-influential-hate-group-thats-expanding-in-tennessee
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Josh Goldstein
23 days ago
One of the biggest moments of my career: USCIS canceled my clientās naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Ameri-Khan(Con)ā¢ļø šøš©šøš©
23 days ago
The Left has problems. As
@rolandsmartin.bsky.social
said, "The Left has a huge umbrella that tries to fit everyone." So we attack each other for not being perfect until there's no one left. Then the Right comes in formation for the easy win bc the self righteous wing of the Left can't play ball.
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
25 days ago
āItās not a coincidenceā: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trumpās anti-DEI push
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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āItās not a coincidenceā: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trumpās anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/journalists-of-color-layoffs
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I HATE the HoustonTexans offensive coordinator. Jordan is KILLING the Cardinals defense. Had the ball on the 2-yard line, and this idiot goes into the wildcat formation and tries a reverse. They blow it up for an 8-yard loss. Demeco should walk over and CUSS HIM OUT!
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Radley Balko
26 days ago
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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Flammable Thots
27 days ago
Gotta appreciate the work Roland does keeping us informed.... straight, no chaser. I always take a moment to educate myself on what's happening with ROMO Unfiltered ššš¾
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youtu.be/2dpdIfR3wj8?...
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Rejected! Trumpās Redistricting Plan Destroyed by Indiana Republicans.
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
https://youtu.be/2dpdIfR3wj8?si=MV--OFqULCTLFToa
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#RolandMartinUnfiltered
and the Black Star Network is live from the mass meeting in Montgomery celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
www.youtube.com/live/kopNFwr...
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about 1 month ago
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We are live NOW from the original Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. for the 70th anniversary of the Bus Boycott. This is where the mass meeting took place that launched the 382-day boycott. Tune in at
www.youtube.com/live/WaMW6MH...
or the Black Star Network app.
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
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CƔitKate
about 1 month ago
@rolandsmartin.bsky.social
š¹š¹š¹did a great interview with
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's Nathan Taylor gives a sobering analysis of Nevada's "voting irregularities" & "Putin's Tails".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafL...
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Tune into
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
NOW! Kim Lewis, founder of Curl Mix is on to discuss their financial plight. If they donāt 20K orders soon, they will go out of business by Dec. 31. Watch
www.youtube.com/live/ZpFigBG...
or the Black Star Network app.
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
about 1 month ago
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We are live on
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
! Iām rocking my Houston Rockets zip up today. Watch us at
www.youtube.com/live/uOCyqfX...
or the Black Star Network app.
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
about 2 months ago
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How is your Thursday coming along?
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Carl Quintanilla
about 2 months ago
Page One in Iowa.
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Now on
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is the Black woman in Indiana who was pregnant and turned away at the hospital and her husband delivered it on the side of the road
www.youtube.com/live/Yjo1Wfm...
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Epstein Bill Awaits Trump, Ind. Momās Car Birth, Tuskegee Settlement, Fuentes Threat, Fanbase Update
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
https://www.youtube.com/live/Yjo1WfmzrNg?si=FImLnzuhrwXJcLfp
about 2 months ago
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That punt coverage of the Houston Texans was PURE TRASH. THREE players over pursue. They easily had the Jaguars punted hemmed up and they just all ran right. He ran the other way. Now down 17-0. We punted due to Mills taking a delay of game, almost throw INT, then takes a sack.
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These Houston Texans are PATHETIC in 2025. No CJ Stroud. Backup David Mills throws an INT on the 1st drive. The Jaguars kick a 55-yard FG but we get a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty. 1st down. Defense holds them to a FG. Now we fumble on the kickoff. WTF is going on with this team?
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LongTimeš¤FirstTimešØāš»
2 months ago
ICE grabs father by the neckāsend him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler. "He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!" Agents then handcuff himābefore putting in ambulance with his child. Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
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Tonight on
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
: Shut The F#%k Up, Megyn Kelly! Black womenās hair issues are real
youtu.be/YM9VGhFDDY8?...
#BringTheFunk
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
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Shut The F#%k Up, Megyn Kelly! Black womenās hair issues are real
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
https://youtu.be/YM9VGhFDDY8?si=NdMD_w8xqmnTqCVG
2 months ago
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Fam!
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
is live! House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott joins us. Watch now at
www.youtube.com/live/DmLB628...
or the Black Star Network app.
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
2 months ago
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We are LIVE in 30 minutes for our 2025 Election special!!! Watch at
Youtube.com/RolandSMartin
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
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Rickey Smiley
2 months ago
Thanks to
@rolandsmartin.bsky.social
for talking to us this morning⦠Make sure you get out and
#VOTE
!!!
bit.ly/47zqCQg
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"The Rickey Smiley Morning Show" (11/04/25) [AUDIO] - RickeySmiley.com
Here are some highlights from the Tuesday, November 4th edition of āThe Rickey Smiley Morning Show.ā
https://bit.ly/47zqCQg
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Are you looking for the best election coverage that speaks to US? Skip ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and Fox News. Bring your eyeballs home to
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
on the Black Star Network. We have more than 30 guests and experts lined up. We are live at 8 pm EST. Watch at
Youtube.com/RolandSMartin
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Yaya Victoria ā
2 months ago
Black people already knew every form of media would do this when in reality, white people are the largest recipients of SNAP! Fucking disgusting
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watch this
#Afrotech25
conversation with Stacey Abrams now
www.youtube.com/live/RXLHvcI...
. Or go to the Black Star Network app.
#BlackOwnedMediaMatters
2 months ago
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