opinionNO EXCUSESBlack America Has Seen Too Many Liam NeesonsOkay, it was 40 years ago. But to black people, that hardly matters. We've seen way too much of this to think those days are over.Roland S. Martin
opinionMOMENT OF SHAMEThe Shameful Black Pastors Who Sucked Up to TrumpThe president invited some black pastors to the White House. They just sat there and told him how great he was. I have some Bible reading for them.Roland S. Martin
IGNORANCEWhat Texans Owner Bob McNair Gets Wrong About the NFLHouston Texans owner Bob McNair’s comments ring like a last gasp from an executive who used to view his team—and its black players—with a prison mentality.Roland S. Martin
Stop WhiningComedians Becoming an Endangered Species<p>A firestorm over a handful of old tweets has got new <em>Daily Show</em> host Trevor Noah in hot water. Why can’t we all grow up and just let comedians be comedians again?</p> Roland S. Martin
‘Toke’ Too Soon?GOP Hypocrisy in D.C.’s Pot LawsCongress has always run D.C. like a plantation. But now, GOPers want to jail the mayor over a law the voters overwhelmingly passed?Roland S. Martin
More Perfect UnionAfter Ferguson, a Generation Comes AliveThe failure to indict Darren Wilson for killing an unarmed black teen, painful as it is, should be seen a small lost battle in the larger war for justice in America—which is being won.Roland S. Martin
No GutsWhere the Hell Is the Surgeon General?We’ve got an Ebola crisis on our hands—and no surgeon general to deal with it. Blame the NRA, but Obama and the Senate Democrats, too.Roland S. Martin
Post-racial?A Nation at War With ItselfRacial mistrust, military tactics against citizens, dissent quashed. Is this America? Well, yes.Roland S. Martin
Mind Your MannersUncle Ro Ro Daddy Hates Rudeness!I encounter terrible manners constantly. Is it just me? I don’t think so. Somewhere or another, parents stopped teaching kids to be polite.Roland S. Martin
Purple PoliticsWhy ‘Moral Mondays’ MatterHow has the Moral Monday movement attracted whites and even some Republicans? By establishing a moral, rather than partisan, narrative.Roland S. Martin
