Former radio personality Wendy Williams will celebrate the 1000th episode and season six of her hit entertainment talk show this season. And she just turned 50. One…

Face To Face, Inc. Presents The Festival of Praise Tour 2014 Featuring Fred Hammond and Donnie McClurkin Festival of Praise Kicks-Off in September during Gospel Music Heritage Month   (Dallas, TX – July 23, 2014) – Face To Face, Inc. Presents the Festival of Praise 2014 Tour featuring multiple GRAMMY®, Stellar and Dove Award-winning recording […]

A grand jury has until January 7 to decide whether or not to bring criminal charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson,  who shot unarmed…

Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Malik Husser, Kim Brown and Paris Dennard) discuss the Adrian Peterson child abuse case and how far…

Legendary jazz man Joe Sample passed away this past weekend. Roland Martin talks with music producer Zach Tate about the iconic jazz pianist. Listen to their conversation…

Cathy Hughes talks about her role as founder of Radio One, the largest black-owned broadcast company in America and what it was like to be…

Last month, Paulette Brown became the first black woman elected to lead the American Bar Association, the nation’s foremost legal group. The ABA has near 400,000 members…

A Seattle woman has been charged with raping a man who told cops he awoke in his bed to find his attacker sexually assaulting him while she had his hands pinned down, according to a police report. Chantae Gilman, 26, was charged this week in connection with the alleged June 2013 attack inside the 31-year-old […]

WASHINGTON — Income inequality is taking a toll on state governments. The widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has been matched by…

An HIV-positive music teacher was charged with sexual assault after police say he was caught sneaking out of the Texas home of a 15-year-old boy. McKinney Police said Roger (Joe) Kessler, 43, used the popular guy-only hookup app Grindr to meet the boy, and Kessler admitted to having sex with the teen at least four […]

22-year-old Darrien Hunt, was shot and killed by police while walking around with the souvenir martial arts weapon outside a convenience store in Saratoga Springs, Utah, last Wednesday. According to the Associated Press, the autopsy concluded that Hunt was shot “numerous times, all from the rear.” “This is consistent with statements made by witnesses on […]

Mellody is President of Ariel investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds and separate…