Address the Iceberg (with Jennifer Baker)

DeRay, De'Ara and Myles chat Alabama Senator Katie Britt's sinister code switch, prison disciplinary fines, minority-business agencies forced to accommodate all races, and a new PBS doc on 'Reading Rainbow'. 

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Listen to the difference between Alabama Senator Katie Britt’s natural voice and her speech voice.

How a New Hulu Doc Chronicles the Birth, Rise and Backlash of Black Twitter

Federal judge orders minority-business agency opened to all races

Prison disciplinary fines only further impoverish incarcerated people and families

‘Reading Rainbow’ Doc ‘Butterfly in the Sky’ Scores U.S. Theatrical Release From AMC Theaters

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Trump advances on the ballot, Ghana criminalizes LGBTQ community at its own expense, and SF judges under scrutiny for ethical rulings. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero.

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Trump says he’s long worked ‘hand in hand’ with Black people. Let’s review.

Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal

Unanimous? Top takeaways from Supreme Court's ruling to keep Trump on the ballot

Ghanaian finance ministry warns against fallout from anti-LGBTQ law

In Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target Judges

Trump alludes to replacement conspiracy theory at Richmond rally

Far right nazism, the conservative sneaker, national guard on high school grounds, and more election frenzy. Myles  interviews Raquel Willis about her new book The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation.

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Trump Fraud Trial Penalty Will Exceed $450 Million

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Became One of Joe Biden’s Most Valuable Boosters

Fox News Star: Black People Will Vote for Trump Because ‘They Love Sneakers’

Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies

Unruly high school asks Massachusetts National Guard to restore order

U.S. Serviceman Dies After Setting Self on Fire Outside Israeli Embassy to Protest War in Gaza

Hydeia Broadbent, young activist for HIV/AIDS awareness, dies at 39

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Measles make a comeback, Black pastors pressure Biden for cease-fire, and none of these candidates please! Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews Dr. Uché Blackstock about her new book Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

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Measles making a comeback in US due to vaccine skepticism, says CDC

Black Pastors Pressure Biden to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

Haley's loss to "none of these candidates" in Nevada primary was coordinated effort

Court scandals, unlikely political allies - here's your weekly download leading up to the November Primary. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. 

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Affirmative Tactics (with Donovan Ramsey)

Fani Willis admits relationship with prosecutor on Trump Georgia case

Black male voters tell MSNBC why Trump appeals to them: 'We're broke with Biden... with Trump, we had money'

‘The weirdest campaign’: South Carolina delivers a win, but Biden still faces an uphill path

Pay up! Trump ordered to pay 83M in defamation damages, diversity blamed for defective airplanes, new federal regulations on Native museum displays, D'Angelo's creative journey, and did a Black woman teach you how to type? 

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Trump ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3M in defamation damages trial

How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’: The Wild Search for a Tech Icon Who Isn’t Real

Leading Museums Remove Native Displays Amid New Federal Rules

Today In Hip Hop History: D'Angelo Dropped His Sophormore Album 'Voodoo' 24 Years Ago

Ron Desantis, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, oh my! Republicans scramble for their chosen candidate, crime and inflation on a quiet decline, an uncanny publication merger, a timely inquiry into Watts Happening Cultural Center, and a historic donation to Atlanta's Spelman College. DeRay interviews U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves on the advancing  economic initiatives within the Biden administration.

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Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name. It’s his latest example of attacking rivals based on race

The Great Normalization

Condé Nast Is Folding Pitchfork Into GQ, With Layoffs
A Trailblazing Campaign to Celebrate and Conserve Black Modernism
Atlanta's Spelman College receives historic $100 million donation

DeRay, Kaya, and Myles celebrate MLK Day and cover the underreported news of the week — Black people screened out of clinical trials for new Alzheimer's treatment,  Regina King set to play Shirley Chisholm in upcoming Netflix film, and  vice president of a Missouri HBCU dies by suicide after colleague intimidation.

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Bernice King Says Her “Mother Wasn’t a Prop” After Jonathan Majors Compares Girlfriend to Civil Rights Icon

Promising new Alzheimer’s drugs may be less effective for Black patients

Regina King Wants Us to See Shirley Chisholm As the Superhero She Was

An HBCU administrator died by suicide. The school's president is now on leave.

In the first episode of 2024: DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles cover the underreported news of the week —  sickle cell treatments advance with limited accessibility, Taraji. P. Henson criticizes 'The Color Purple' production, GOP active in Iowa but absent for the state's only minority-focused forum, Democrats begin election-time appeal to Black voters.

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The Right Is Dancing on Claudine Gay’s Grave. But It Was the Center-Left That Did Her In.

Thousands of Black children with sickle cell disease struggle to access disability payments

FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell, bringing hope to thousands with the disease

GOP candidates skip Iowa’s only minority-focused forum

In South Carolina, Democrats See a Test of Biden’s Appeal to Black Voters

Taraji P. Henson Criticizes 'The Color Purple' Production for Making Cast Drive Themselves to Set in Rental Cars

In the final episode of 2023: DeRay, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, widening disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers, and a debate the American vote.

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Mother of 6-year-old who shot his teacher sentenced to 2 years in prison for child neglect

Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds

America’s Thirst for Authoritarianism

The nation’s largest credit union rejected more than half its Black conventional mortgage applicants