The Mornin' Experience W/ Marquis Lupton

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This Topic Tuesday hits you with the good, the wild, and the deeply disturbing. We’re kicking things off with a climate experiment straight out of sci-fi: California researchers secretly planned to spray salt water into the atmosphere over an ocean area bigger than Puerto Rico — all in an effort to dim the sun’s rays. (No, seriously. We’re apparently auditioning for Mad Max: Cloud Edition now.) Meanwhile, President Trump denied disaster relief to Maryland after catastrophic flooding devastated Allegany and Garrett counties — while greenlighting aid for four other states. Governor Wes Moore asked for $16 million in FEMA funds, but got ghosted. So… climate change is real, but fairness in relief? Not so much. And in Oregon, a Black man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit after being racially profiled, assaulted, and detained by cowboy cosplayers in the local sheriff’s “posse.” Armed volunteers, zero accountability, and yeehaw-level racial profiling? Welcome to the Wild West of law enforcement. Main Segment: Topic Tuesday — Black Superheroes & Sidekicks.
Who made us proud? Who made us cringe? From Blade to Blankman, we break down the best and worst Black superhero portrayals ever put on screen.
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The Mornin' Experience W/ Marquis LuptonBy M.Lupton