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| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 41 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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The Civil Rights Act was signed into law on July 2, 1964. President Lyndon B. Johnson called it a way for America to honor its promise of liberty. But 60 years on, how well has it lived up to that promise?
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In the post-apocalyptic world of A Quiet Place, aliens kill anyone who makes a sound, forcing humans into a near-silent existence. The new movie A Quiet Place: Day One takes us back to the beginning, but this time through the eyes of a terminally ill... more
For many Black people, transitioning to natural hair can feel frustrating, especially if you're doing it for the first time. Experts share what you need to know about growing out natural hair, from washing it and styling it – to learning to love it. more
With the news of O.J. Simpson's death on Thursday, we're revisiting our reporting from 2016, where we took a look into how Simpson went from being "too famous to be Black," to becoming a stand-in for the way Black people writ-large were mistreated by... more
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The podcast might be great, but I’m tired of hearing the same advertisements for this podcast 10x a day on other NPR podcasts. Stop it. This is my voice and I won’t change it for anyone!!
Is what’s needed if we as a people want to live in a functional democracy. This podcast helps me as a privileged mediocre white male to see things through the lens of my fellow Americans, who haven’t had the same opportunity as I.
I also want to comment on how interesting I find it that whenever there is a progressive show that highlights, black brown, and indigenous voices that there is always a slew of one star reviews that pretend to be objective critics. In my opinion, this is what mediocre... more
I really appreciate the effort taken to pull these various episodes into one compendium. I learned, I laughed, and came away with new questions. I hope there’s a second season and if not I be keeping an ear out for the talent showcased!
Just awful
This is all old content, yall! Each episode was exhumed, piecemeal, from other amazing and comprehensive projects that NPR teased, cancelled, shuffled around a bit, and tossed into this chop job of a podcast.
The two things that make me most mad are that:
1. NPR thinks no one would notice this, and
2. Probably none of the wildly talented Black journalists, producers, editors are being compensated or acknowledged for the work they labored over that’s now being used as a performative ploy. A... more










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