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The Real News: Law Enforcement Might Be Sweeping Up Your Private Data Without a Warrant

'Several US Senators wrote to the FCC Commissioner expressing concerns over the use of Stingray devices in communities of color and whether police are operating it lawfully.' -- +The Real News Network  

Soweto Uprising: The Story Behind Sam Nzima's Photograph

 '40 years ago, a protest against Afrikaans in the South African town of Soweto was violently put down by police, sparking a growing fight against apartheid with Sam Nzima's photo of Hector Pieterson.' -- +TIME 

Are Themes of Race + Gender Viewed as Legitimate Scholarly Endeavors?

'Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science and co-director of the +Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity, explains how scholars of race and gender are often viewed by their peers.'

Hammer Conversations -- Arthur Jafa & Greg Tate

'From 1990 to 2007 the filmmaker Arthur Jafa filled nearly 200 three-ring binders with images from various sources that reflect aspects of black culture. These “picture books,” on display in Made in L.A. 2016, form unexpected and lyrical juxtapositions that represent Jafa’s interest in black aesthetics and his experiments with context, belonging, and alienation. Jafa will discuss representation and black cultural production with the writer and musician Greg Tate.' -- +Hammer Museum   

The 'New Yorker' Radio Hour -- Kenya Barris Talks 'Black-ish'

'Kenya Barris, the creator of the award-winning ABC sitcom “Black-ish,” wanted to make a show that people hadn’t seen before. In part, this meant putting a black family on prime-time television for the first time in a long time. But it also meant writing a sitcom that deals with the reality of racism and discrimination. Now that “Black-ish” has entered its third season, he’d like the conversation about the sitcom to move beyond diversity and focus on what makes the show really special.' -- +The New Yorker 

#TheSpin: Darnell Moore & Byron Hurt Talk Sexual Violence + Consent + Black Masculinity

As part of #theCONSENTconvo , a collaboration with Ebony.com, Esther Armah is joined by journalist and activist Darnell Moore and filmmaker Byron Hurt, in a conversation about consent, intimacy, sexual violence and Black masculinity. -- #TheSpin 

Calling Out a System that Preys on the Most Vulnerable -- Marc Lamont Hill on the Leonard Lopate Show

'Marc Lamont Hill, journalist, host of BET News, political contributor to CNN and a Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College, examines systemic race and bias in the United States against “those marked as poor, black, brown, immigrant, queer, or trans" in his new book, Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond.'  

The 13th and Criminal Justice

'Nicholas Turner, president of The Vera Institute of Justice,  Khalil Gibran Muhammad , professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, and Cy Vance , Manhattan District Attorney,  talk about the new documentary 13th from filmmaker Ava DuVernay that draws a straight line from slavery to mass incarceration.' -- The Brian Lehrer Show -- +WNYC - New York Public Radio 

Kids in Prison: Getting Tried as An Adult Depends on Skin Color

'Kids who commit certain crimes in New Jersey, like robbery, drug trafficking or homicides, can be tried as adults. Their mugshots and criminal records are made public and they face the same, long prison sentences as adults. But getting "waived up" into the adult system won't happen unless a prosecutor requests it. And according to an analysis by the WNYC Data News Team, most of their requests are for Black kids.' -- +WNYC - New York Public Radio  

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert -- Common @ The White House

'This Tiny Desk Concert was a convergence of art and soul, mixing politics with heart. Common's choice of songs dealt with incarceration as the new slavery, imagined a time where women rule the world and honored the man he looked up to all his life, his father. For this occasion Common put together a special six-piece band of close friends that includes the great Robert Glasper, with his eloquent and delicate touch, on keyboards and Derrick Hodge, whose music spans from hip-hop to folk and has made a big imprint on the world of jazz, on bass. Common also asked his longtime friend and collaborator Bilal to sing on two songs. The performance includes three brand new songs, along with one classic, "I Used To Love H.E.R."' -- +NPR Music