On this podcast we are joined by LaTisha Nixon, the mother of Gemmell Moore, journalist/advocate Jasmyne Cannick and attorney Hussien Turk fresh off of a victory almost ten years in the making with the jury awarding $2 million dollars in the civil lawsuit against wealthy political donor and convicted predator Ed Buck for the wrongful death of Gemmel Moore.

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Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter is the Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at UCLA. He is the author of Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation. On this podcast Dr. Hunter shares the controversy around a Washington State reparations study and how the process and procedures exposed deeply problematic gatekeeping and harm in the execution of the work of the commission raising the question of whether the perpetrators of harm have the ability to be part of its repair? #FreedmenFriday


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Dominique DiPrima and Ed Sanders go in on the firing of Christy Noem, the war in Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Cuba and the racism inside elite private schools as unmasked by a young Black water polo player suing Harvard Westlake. Ed Sanders is the President and Founder of ES Advisors, a public policy and electoral consulting firm and a KBLA contributor.

Twitter: @EdwardMSanders ‪@DiPrimaRadio‬ 

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Paris McCoy is the Executive Director of Tec Leimert. Ms. McCoy is a multifaceted professional, who transforms intricate ideas into visually compelling narratives as a Transmedia Creative Producer and Technologist, Cinematographer, and Business Strategist. Tec Leimert is a hub of Technology Entertainment Convergence, of Art & Tech leaders in South LA.

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Dominique opens the phone lines on our Think Tank Thursday question of the day - how do we end the war in Iran? DEI, alternative futures in Africa and our nation's budget are all in the convo.

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The City of Los Angeles is rewriting their rules - the municipal constitution known as the city charter. On this podcast we look at how the Los Angeles Black Worker Center is lobbying to write equity and opportunity for Black workers into the charter in order to repair centuries of discrimination and gatekeeping. 

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Listed amongst the Most Influential People of 2021 by TIME100, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 Most Influential African Americans, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, and the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker of the Year, Attorney Ben Crump is referred to as Black America’s Attorney General. On this podcast he reflects on his new venture as a crime novelist, how to fight to win in hostile times and how he hopes to inspire through fiction while continuing to fight in the courtroom.

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Why does one athlete play for decades like LeBron and another can't last one season? How do we get strong without getting hurt? Is the weight room okay for kids? How do we develop a winning mentality? Veteran speed and performance Coach Lyntrel C. Smith shares his more than 20 years of experience training champions like Trevor Ariza and Kevon Looney - his formula for Righteous Fitness.

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At Social Good Solutions (SGS) are consultants, catalysts for transformative social change. Founded by a Black woman, they are a boutique firm that specializes in operationalizing equity. They guide philanthropic institutions, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and institutions of higher education toward becoming racial justice practitioners, change champions, and resource mobilizers. On this podcast we look at how that looks in real time and how and why we need to build a more equitable funding infrastructure. Kaci Patterson is the firm's founder and chief architect.

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People are sick of billionaires and celebrities. Will the MAGA era leave these characters in the dust? Who will protect the legacy of the greats like Tupac and Eazy? Which way will the pendulum swing as we kick off the election season with the start of the primaries? Miles Low is a rap artist and radio production specialist; Attorney Chirs Martin is a civil rights attorney running for LA City Council.

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