Dolton, Ill.'s Millions in Debt, VA Blocking Voter Restoration, Trump's Lies, MeHarry's $175M Gift

8.9.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Dolton, Ill.'s Millions in Debt, VA Blocking Voter Restoration, Trump's Lies, MeHarry's $175M Gift Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's investigation into Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard's misuse of village funds preliminary findings prove the village is more than $3.5 million in debt.   One of Dolton's trustees is here to break down the numbers.  A federal judge in Virginia threw out a lawsuit challenging Gov. Glenn Youngkin's process for restoring voting rights for people convicted of a felony.  The state's NAACP President will explain why the judge said the suit was filed under an incorrect section of law. Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown says Trump did not tell the truth about their relationship and was not in a helicopter crash with the orange man.  Nashville's Meharry Medical College received a $175 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The College's president will join us to discuss being the recipient of the $600 million gift given to historically Black medical schools. In our Education Matters Segment, Ventris Gibson, the U.S. Mint's First Black Director, will discuss the educational opportunities the Mint offers students.  #BlackStarNetwork partners:Fanbase 👉🏾 https://www.startengine.com/offering/fanbaseCurl Prep 👉🏾 Visit https://www.curlprep.com/ for natural hair solutions! Us the discount code "ROLAND" at checkout Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox  http://www.blackstarnetwork.com The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.