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Want Black Votes, GOP? Listen to Black Voters

January 28, 2013

If Republicans want to understand how to successfully win minority voters, it would help, for example, if members attended events frequented by black and female voters, among other things, Roland Martin writes at his eponymous blog.

Show People the Newtown Carnage

| December 26, 2012

Writing for CNN.com, political commentator and columnist Roland S. Martin says that, just as Emmett Till's open casket did for civil rights more than half a century ago, a photo of the actual Newtown crime scene would drive home the gun control message.

Should GOP Consider J.C. Watts for RNC?

| December 09, 2012

Roland S. Martin argues in a piece at CNN that J.C. Watts is just the voice the GOP needs to overhaul its image as a party geared toward white Americans, saying he could help open those all-important lines of communication with minority voters.

Florida Continues to Try to Deny Voters

| June 03, 2012

CNN contributor Roland Martin argues that Florida legislators are at it again, making it difficult for residents to vote.

Roland Martin on Differences and Understanding

| February 23, 2012

At his eponymous blog, Roland S. Martin discusses his meeting with GLAAD -- during which he apologized again for his Super Bowl Sunday tweets that many considered homophobic -- and how, in any dispute, dialogue around the "table of brotherhood" works better than a retreat into opposite corners.

Cain Needs to Get Serious to Be Taken Seriously

| October 24, 2011

In a blog entry, CNN analyst Roland S. Martin asks whether the gaffe-prone GOP presidential candidate is prepared to handle the fast pace of the White House.

Cain Denies GOP's Horrible History With Blacks

| October 06, 2011

In a CNN blog entry, Roland S. Martin rebukes Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for not understanding why blacks vote overwhelmingly Democratic.