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SUPER TUESDAY 2024: ELECTION GUIDE Mar 15, 2024

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(Airdate 3/5/24) Join us for expert analysis and today’s trending topics with regular contributors Chris Walton & Richard Greene, as they lay out the most important decisions being made on Super Tuesday 2024.

WHAT IS ON THE MINDS OF BLACK MALE VOTERS? PART 2 Mar 15, 2024

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(Air date 3/4/24)Wth Super Tuesday a day away, we continue to delve into the minds of Black voters this election cycle. We are closing out the primary season and gearing up for General elections in the Fall. Tonight, W. Mondale Robinson, Founder of Black Male Voters Project, and Cliff Albright, of Black Voters Matter give keen insights into the minds of Black male voters.

BLACK WOMEN VOTERS CONCERNS IN 2024 Feb 29, 2024

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There is no better time than the present to check in with Black voters as we approach Super Tuesday. Battleground states have a ton of influence in this election cycle, and tonight we want to discuss what is on the minds of Black women voters. To accomplish this we invite voter engagement expert and Founding CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project, Kadida Kenner to share her insights on the minds of Black women voters in a key battleground state.

TEXAS CROWN ACT CASE UPDATE Feb 29, 2024

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Darryl George is an 18 year-old high school student in Texas who is at the epicenter of a court challenge to enforce the CROWN Act for refusing to change his natural hairstyle over a school district policy. This week a judge ruled in favor of the school district and against the George family, shocking supporters and advocates. Texas State Representative Carl Sherman, a co-author of the CROWN Act, returns to the show to give his first hand account of the ruling and aftermath, and he is joined by Vanderbilt University African American Studies, Professor David Ikard who provides us with some much needed cultural context to the history of these racist policies and the challenge ahead of the George family.

BLACK WOMEN ARE 6 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED THAN WHITE WOMEN Feb 29, 2024

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A disturbing trend was found in a study that shows that Black women are six times more likely than white women to be killed. This is such an important issue, and my guests tonight are doing the work everyday. Dr. Bernadine Waller authored the study, and faith-based community organizer Danielle Williams of CONNECTNY come on the show and tell us the story behind the headlines; which cultural and community practices reduce risk factors, and which enhance them?

TAKING ON TODAY'S HEADLINE Feb 27, 2024

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There’s so much going on in national news from Biden and Trump fending off challengers towards a rematch in November, to lawmakers in Alabama and Texas creating legal challenges that will affect peoples’ everyday lives. Our guests, Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey - KBLA’s Chief National Political Analyst and host of “A More Perfect Union” everyday at 1p/4p EST, and Dr. Calvin John Smiley, Professor at Hunter College and author of; PURGATORY CITIZENSHIP: REENTRY, RACE & ABOLITION are perfectly suited to handle the task.

HOW BLACK MALE VOTERS FEEL ABOUT THE 2024 ELECTIONS Feb 27, 2024

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With Super Tuesday right around the corner, we want to take time to talk to Black voters across the country and have them weigh-in on what matters the most to them. Tonight we have Norman Clement, of “Detroit Change Initiative”, and Daniel Rosebud, Principal Consultant at Project Moguls, and voter engagement expert on to get their insights on what matters most to Black male voters in 2024.

FINDING OUR ENSLAVED ANCESTORS Feb 24, 2024

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Many African Americans have difficulty tracing their lineage, but in the midst of discussions about reparations, more and more Black people are discovering their roots. Our guests tonight found themselves in a position to change not only their lives, but countless others’ lives through genealogical research. John Mills, Founded a non-profit, the “Alex Breanne Corporation”, named after his daughter to expand his capacity to do this kind of painstaking research. He is joined by Wendy Tyson-Wood President of the Greater Waterbury NAACP in Connecticut. Listen to their stories of success, and the struggle to properly recognize our enslaved ancestors.

GEORGIA D.A. FANI WILLIS DISMISSAL CASE UPDATE Feb 22, 2024

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Today was an explosive day of testimony in Georgia as District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade both take the stand in their defense. Legal experts Mansfield Collins and Bobby Grace Jr. are back to join Areva in dissecting the testimony from earlier today, looking ahead to possible outcomes, and offering their insights on what this means for the prosecution of former President Trump.

RESEARCH SHOWS ALARMING LINK BETWEEN POOR SLEEP & POLICE VIOLENCE Feb 22, 2024

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Every month there is a new report that lays out what many of us are living everyday. Tonight we examine an issue that affects many of us; losing sleep after exposure to police violence. Whether it is a sensationalized national case, or localized examples, our experts want you to know it is a real thing, and we ask Dr. Carmen Black of Yale Univ. and Dr. Christiana Awosan of Iona University what does exposure to police violence mean for our mental health?ributors, news makers, and everyday people impacted by

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