DeRay, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — a mother in need misplaced by NYPD, the first of its kind Black fine art print fair, and one man's personal vendetta against affirmative action.

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DeRay Family says mother has been missing since NYPD officers took her to hospital back in April

Kaya Conservative activist behind US affirmative action cases sues venture capital fund

De’Ara What’s Expected To Be The Largest-Ever Black Fine Art Print Fair To Amplify Artists

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — misappropriation of taxpayer funds, Texas libraries converted to disciplinary centers, unengaged Democratic voters, and the life and legacy of Sinead O' Connor. 

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DeRay Elizabeth Warren says the Pentagon’s health care system is the victim of price gouging — and it’s not doing enough to stop it.

Myles Life and Legacy of Sinead O’Connor

De’Ara Democrats worry their most loyal voters won’t turn out for Biden in 2024

Kaya Largest School District in Texas Eliminates Libraries, Converts Them to Disciplinary Centers

DeRay, Myles and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — Southern GOP refuse majority-Black district, famed forensic scientist indicted for fabrication, and an anti-trans message from Jess. DeRay interviews author Christian Cooper to about his new book Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World.

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DeRay Judge finds forensic scientist Henry Lee liable for fabricating evidence in a murder case

Myles Jess Hilarious says who will stand up for women

De’Ara Alabama Republicans Refuse to Create New Majority-Black District
 

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles  cover the underreported news of the week on affirmative action — the irony of opposition, a push for adversity scores, and the future of diversity policies in Hollywood and corporate employment. DeRay interviews author and journalist Donovan Ramsey on the pod to chat about his newest book When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era.

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GOP attorneys general tee off on large corporations over diversity policies

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With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores

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Hollywood Diversity Initiatives May Be Challenged After Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling

Myles

White women benefit most from affirmative action. So why do they oppose it?

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles  cover the underreported news of the week — Minneapolis crime decreases with a shortage of police officers, the small group of conservative doctors behind restrictive trans & abortion policies, celebrity baby daddy drama makes CNN, and the editor of Elle Decor crafting his soft life. DeRay interviews Michigan State law professor Justin Simard to chat about the advent of the Citing Slavery Project.

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Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.

De’Ara

How the Editor in Chief of Elle Decor Spends His Sundays

Myles

Imagine Trash-Talking Keke Palmer

Kaya

Documents show how conservative doctors influenced abortion, trans rights

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — the world's first known drag queen, Black entrepreneurship in under-resourced D.C. neighborhood, an alarming trend of missing children in Cleveland, and the heightening  suicide rate within the Black male community.

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Cleveland police address "misinformation" on missing children

How Bad Is Cleveland’s ‘Alarming’ Missing Children Trend? Data Suggests An Existing Problem

Myles

The Suicide Method Never Discussed in the Black Community Regarding Men

De’Ara

All Black-Owned Local Shopping Center Debuts In Ward 8

Kaya

Update: Dupont’s Swann Street Dedicated To William Dorsey Swann, The First Self-Described ‘Queen Of Drag’

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — hundreds of vacated convictions tied to rogue police officers, reparations versus resources in Minnesota, America's only Black boarding school in Mississippi, and the devolution of reality television. 

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DeRay Bragg vacates convictions tied to rogue NYPD officers convicted of criminal conduct

Kaya Slave Descendants in Minnesota and Dakotas to Receive $50M in Grants

Myles Joseline Hernandez Accuses Amber Rose Of ‘Wanting To Be White A Girl’ 

De’Ara Piney Woods School strives for Black excellence

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — community policing in Brooklyn, the evolution of artificial intelligence, ongoing tragedy at Rikers and the life and legacy of Tina Turner. 

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NYC DOC Commissioner Louis Molina lied

Federal judge demands answers after Rikers detainee dies with a fractured skull

Myles

Tina Turner, Queen of Rock & Roll, Dead at 83

Kaya

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.

De’Ara

A Brooklyn Neighborhood Went 5 Days Without the Police

DeRay, Kaya, and Don cover the underreported news of the week —  the push back against Florida book bans, the end of affirmative action as we know it, and the disproportionate mortality rate of  babies in the South.

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DeRay A striking gap between deaths of Black and White babies plagues the South

Kaya Why the world's largest publisher found a book-ban lawsuit in Florida 'irresistable'

Don Higher Ed. at Harvard Event Addresses Looming End of Affirmative Action

DeRay, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — Republicans plan to release Black youth criminal records, corporations infiltrate primary care services, and the harmful effects of Biden's open border on Black communities. DeRay interviews  award-winning author Jonathan Eig about his new book King: A Life.

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DeRay Louisiana Lawmakers Want to Release Youth Criminal Records. But First, Only In Majority Black Areas

Kaya Corporate Giants Buy Up Primary Care Practices at Rapid Pace

De’Ara Biden's Open Border Hurts Black Americans Most of All—and We Know It