Atima Omara on The Instigators — the roadmap Black women have written for saving democracy, and why it's required reading before the midterms.

Germar Reed breaks down LAPD's Flock camera retreat, ICE's Medicaid data grab, France's kids' social media ban, and the NJ noncitizen voter story — real data versus manufactured panic.

William Godwin and Isaac Wilson break down the Paramount-Warner freeze, Google's ICE censorship, and the fight for Black power from Maryland to South Carolina. Then we say his name: 18-year-old Nolan Wells.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jose Antonio Vargas returns with the updated Dear America — proof that telling the truth about who belongs here was never safe, and he did it anyway.

NBC News "Meet the Press" Contributor Ashley Etienne joins Dr. Nii-Quartelai to talk California's 14 ballot measures, the Graham Platner fallout in Maine, and her new Essence op-ed, "The Party We Built, The Bill Has Come Due."

Atlanta photographer Zuri Stanback joins us on Black visual storytelling as both art and armor — and why owning your work is the real power move in this creative economy.

Data Justice leader Germar Reed on how AI is quietly shaping who gets hired — and why a wave of data centers just hit pause.

Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown on her new book, Revolutionary Leadership: A Power Playbook for Black Women.

Alain Leroy joins Dr. Nii-Quartelai to talk about his new book, Venture Philanthropy Blueprint — a real playbook for funding Black and Brown-led impact work without waiting on billionaire mercy.

Ben Crump is now representing the family of Nolan Wells, the Mississippi teen found dead after a July 4th boat trip. Plus: the E. Jean Carroll payout, AI creeping into political ads, McConnell health rumors, LAPD's Olympic staffing gamble, and a sobering WHO report on cancer's future worldwide. Beyond Impact CEO Vincent Jones and Political/Pop Culture Contributor Al Reynolds help us separate fact from fiction.