In Search of Black Power
In Search of Black Power challenges conventional narratives around Black policy, Black movements, and Black Life. We focus on creating a new language to discuss the issues presenting Black America, with a focus on independent institutional building and seeing Black folks as the solutions to our own problems.
Podcasting since 2019 • 76 episodes
In Search of Black Power
Latest Episodes
Is It Time To Go Beyond "The New Jim Crow"? The Limits of Michelle Alexander's View of Mass Incarceration
This year marks the 15-year anniversary of the first publication of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. The text was praised as challenging the post-racial ethos that rose after the election of Obama by presenting a compelling a...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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#BaltimoreUprising Ten Years Later: Grassroots Truths vs the Ivory Tower
April 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the #BaltimoreUprising, a series of protests sparked by Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore Police custody in 2015.Baltimore has long reflected America’s racial and political anxieties, making the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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Who deserves credit for the decline in murders? Police, Public Health, or the Grassroots?
Despite media fearmongering about crime in cities, violent crimes like shootings and murders have declined nationwide in 2024. In Baltimore, murders have dropped even as police departments claim to be understaffed and demoralized, yet many stil...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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56:18
Beyond the Squad: AOC, Ryan Grim, and Left Media vs. Black Political Analysis
In his book The Squad, journalist Ryan Grim provides an account of the experiences of “The Squad,” a group of progressive legislators elected to the House of Representatives, as they attempted to govern. Their journey—from election victories to...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:00:07
The Baltimore Model of Community Controlled Reparations
Over the past decade, reparations have shifted from a fringe issue championed by Black nationalists to a mainstream topic in Democratic and nonprofit circles.In Baltimore, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) has advanced a reparations...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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