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From the “mean” streets of Baltimore to Stanford Ph.D. to Black Woman Millionaire. Dr. Venus Opal Reese has some shit to say. Starting with an audio performance of The Raw Truth: A Pimp Daughter’s Diary, followed by a series of topics that cover real-life & money matters, this show is all about giving yourself permission. Permission to be wounded AND wealthy. Permission to flaunt your freak flag unafraid. Permission to be a bunch of contradictions that somehow, someway, make a perfect whole. Real talk: life, like money, is not neat. But that’s the good news! You don’t have to be ...

Black Law and Legal Lies is a weekly podcast where Ann, a licensed and practicing attorney, and Dan, a middle-school dropout both discuss various topics from legal and not-so-legal points of view. Subjects include trending topics, current events, Black culture, anything taboo, and a whole slew of complete and utter randomness. Both hosts are equally experienced in law, but only one is an attorney.

Our brains do their best to help us out, but every so often they can be real assholes - having meltdowns, getting addicted to things, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments. Your brain knows it's not good to do these things, but it can't help it sometimes - especially if it's obsessing about trauma it can't overcome. That's where this life-changing book comes in. With humor, patience, science, and lots of good-ole swearing, Dr. Faith explains what's going on in your skull, and talks you through the process of retraining your brain to respond appropriately....

In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and drawing from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths.

In 2013 Assata Shakur, founding member of the Black Liberation Army, former Black Panther and godmother of Tupac Shakur, became the first ever woman to make the FBI's most wanted list. Assata Shakur's trial and conviction for the murder of a white State Trooper in the spring of 1973 divided America. Her case quickly became emblematic of race relations and police brutality in the USA. While Assata's detractors continue to label her a ruthless killer, her defenders cite her as the victim of a systematic, racist campaign.

As President Trump’s national security advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves. The result is one of the few White House memoirs to date by a top-level official. With almost daily access to the president, John Bolton has produced a precise rendering of his days in and around the Oval Office. What Bolton saw astonished him: a president for whom getting reelected was the only thing that mattered, even if it meant endangering or weakening the nation.