Kyle Mays, who teaches at the African American Studies Department and the Native American Center at UCLA, says Hip Hop “builds solidarity between the two communities,” which share a complex history of slavery, displacement and state violence. Mays is author of the book, Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in North America.Water rights and climate change are connected with larger political empowerment issues. “We need to somehow deal with the issue of returning land to native peoples,” said Mays, who is of Black and Native American ancestry.
In this week’s segment, we discuss the increase in racist mob violence against Black and brown immigrants in Britain. First, a discussion of housing policy in New York, and why low and moderate-…
Many apartments in New York City are protected by rent regulations which determine how much rent can be charged and how much any increases, if any, can be.
On June 8th, a knife attack took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the UK, which was seen on video. The assailant was an African asylum seeker, and the victim was a local white resident. In the…
The Black Alliance for Peace and other organizations have called for a boycott of the 2026 World Cup being held in the United States. Before any matches were played, the U.S. banned players, fans,…
It is true that the New York Knicks' journey to a championship brought disparate communities together, but gentrification remains the norm in the city that is the capital of capital. Black people are…
