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While Clinton is spending money trying to flip White Conservative women, Dems may be missing a unique opportunity with African American voters.

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In recent days, Donald Trump has recalibrated his presidential campaign to reach out to Black voters. The GOP’s presidential nominee talked about the problems Black communities are facing and how he’s the person to fix them. The problem with Trump’s attempt to attract African-American voter support is that he’s making his appeal to Blacks in front […]

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During a special simulcast between TV One’s NewsOne Now and ‘The Tom Joyner Morning Show,’ Roland Martin spoke with the parents of Kendrick Johnson about a series of legal fees they are being ordered to pay as they continue to fight to obtain justice for their son. In discussing the Lowndes County court’s decision the Johnson family […]

With the NAACP Convention only a few hours drive from where the Republican National Convention is being held this week in Cleveland, it would seem to have been a quick trip for "The Donald" to make in order to speak with the nation's largest Black civil rights organization.

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During a special simulcast with the Tom Joyner Morning Show and TV One’s NewsOne Now, Roland Martin spoke with Devyn Spence Benson, author of Antiracism in Cuba, and businessman Troy Nash about the importance of President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba and what improved U.S./Cuban relations could mean for people of color. Nash believes that Afro-Cubans are ready […]

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Hillary Clinton answers questions during a special roundtable forum with Tom Joyner, Sybil Wilkes, Don Lemon, Jacque Reid and Roland Martin

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In advance of President Obama’s trip to Selma, Alabama on Saturday to honor the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches, the president spoke with…

  Sherri Shepherd is co-hosting the Tom Joyner Morning Show every Thursday and as usual, she has plenty to say about life, love and current events. The…

Award-winning journalist Roland S. Martin is about to inaugurate a media first. The country’s first daily TV news broadcast aimed at African-Americans.  It’s News One Now on TV One every weekday at 9am Indianapolis time.  I talked with Roland about the new broadcast and what viewers and listeners can expect from this five day a […]

Though Kirk Franklin appeared on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to talk about his role on the GSN’s “The American Bible Challenge” (and to defend himself against…

POLICE STILL LOOKING FOR KILLER OF INDIANAPOLIS MAN The family of 67-year-old Thomas Tefft is pleading for answers this morning, after he was shot and killed in a Home Invasion. The Teffts moved here a few years ago, after reading that Indianapolis was one of the best places to live. Thomas’s wife who was in […]

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Jermaine Edwards will have his student loans paid by Tom Joyner. (Photos: Change.org, Getty) Yesterday, we reported on the tragic story of Ella Edwards, the grieving 61-year-old mom who started a Change.org petition to have her deceased son Jermaine’s $10,800 student loan forgiven. Today, we have a great update to this story: Tom Joyner has pledged to […]