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The White House just opened its own gas stations, twenty-five of them, all selling gas at three forty-seven a gallon. Former NFL star and ESPN analyst Marcellus Wiley has been arrested for domestic violence, and his wife has filed for divorce. And Jay-Z kicks off a historic three-night run at Yankee Stadium tonight  with ticket prices falling days before showtime. From the Black Effect Podcas...

FIFA has opened an investigation after IShowSpeed was targeted with a racist remark by a fan at the World Cup. Trump Accounts officially launched on July 4th and every eligible baby is getting a thousand dollars from the government to start. And the Treasury Department confirms Harriet Tubman is off the twenty-dollar bill. Again. From the Black Effect Podcast Network. See omnystudio.com/listener f...

An eighteen-year-old football player from Mississippi, Nolan Xavier Wells, has been found dead after going missing on a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island. His family has hired Attorney Ben Crump. Karmelo Anthony's new legal team has filed an appeal and is asking Judge John Roach to be removed from the case over the interviews he has given since the verdict. And Big Tigger's estranged wife Alicia...

The final installment of  AI and Your Paycheck.  Mimi Brown closes out her three-part series with Ian Dunlap, founder of Red Panda. What to teach your kids right now so they are not left behind. Which careers AI cannot replace. How he ranks the major language models. And the math on AI spending that Ian says is going to start unraveling in 2027. Faith over fear. Craft...

AI is here and the people learning how to use it are about to leave everybody else behind. In Part Two of her conversation with Ian Dunlap founder of Red Panda. Mimi Brown gets into the practical playbook. Which AI tools to download today. How to prompt them so you actually get something back. How to use them to make extra money on the side, sharpen your investments, and become indispensable at wo...

AI is no longer the future — it is the now. More than forty-five CEOs have publicly talked about cutting staff because AI can do certain jobs faster and cheaper. So, what does that mean for you? Your paycheck? Your career? Your kids coming out of college this summer? Mimi Brown sits down with Ian Dunlap founder of Red Panda to break down what's actually happening in the job market, which ind...

Part Three. The final installment. Mimi Brown closes out her three-part series with The Student Loan Doctor,  Sonia Lewis  and this is the episode that pulls it all together. The big picture from Part One. The default playbook from Part Two. Today,  the step-by-step. What every borrower should be doing this week, this month, before the July 1st deadline hits. The paperwork to file....

Part Two of Mimi Brown's conversation with The Student Loan Doctor,  Sonia Lewis. This time the practical playbook. How to keep the federal government from garnishing your wages. How to avoid default before it ever hits. What to do  step by step  if you are already in default and need a way out. Plus, the brand-new borrowing caps on Parent PLUS loans every parent needs to understand...

Forty-two million Americans owe the federal government a combined one-point-eight-seven trillion dollars in student loans. On July 1, the rules change. Under President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," several existing repayment plans  including the Biden-era SAVE plan  are being eliminated. Anyone who borrows starting July 1 will have just two repayment options on the table. In Part One of...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. A one-year-old baby, Kohen Wiley  has been shot and killed by police in Senatobia, Mississippi, after officers responded to a call about an alleged shoplifted box of diapers. Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump is now representing the family. A new Federal Reserve survey shows Americans are more pessimistic about their finances than they have been in over three yea...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. UFC fighter Josh Hokit used his post-fight interview at the White House to spread a false conspiracy theory about former First Lady Michelle Obama. A federal judge orders the Trump administration to put history exhibits about slavery, civil rights, and climate change back into national parks within twenty-one days. And Tyra Banks is suing Netflix over how she was po...

Today's episode is set up in two parts on the Karmelo Anthony case. First , three people who say they personally requested and viewed the security footage from the trial held a press conference to give their account of what is on the video. We hear from them directly. Then, Mimi Brown plays Part Three of her exclusive sit-down with Karmelo Anthony's parents, where the parents share their own persp...

Judge John Roach Jr.  who presided over the Karmelo Anthony murder trial is speaking publicly for the first time since the verdict. Mimi Brown breaks down what the judge said about cameras in the courtroom, the all-non-Black jury,  and the rumors about his relationship with the Metcalf family. Then — Part Two of Mimi's exclusive sit-down with Karmelo Anthony's parents, recorded hou...

Part one. Just hours after a Texas jury found their son guilty of murder and a judge sentenced him to thirty-five years in prison, Karmelo Anthony's parents sit down with Mimi Brown. They reflect on the verdict. The sentence. The fifteen months of harassment, swatting calls, and threats their family has lived through. The trial they watched from inside a Collin County Texas courtroom. And the son...

Karmelo Anthony has been sentenced to thirty-five years in prison for the 2025 stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet. Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt,  who lives in Frisco, Texas — joins Mimi Brown to break it all down. What thirty-five years actually means under Texas law and parole rules. The politics of Collin County and why this verdict landed the way it did in t...

Mimi Brown dedicates the entire episode to the verdict that just came down out of Collin County, Texas — Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty of murder in the 2025 stabbing death of seventeen-year-old Austin Metcalf. The self-defense claim did not hold. The sentencing phase is now underway. Attorney David Otunga joins Mimi to break down what the jury heard, why the verdict landed where it d...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. The Jury in the Carmelo Anthony case listened to the closing arguments from prosecution and defense. A federal judge approves a settlement to help low to moderate income borrowers pay for their mortgages. Meta begins to send consumers payments related to their $725 million settlement. Plus, the Front Page Two-Minute Take. From the Black Effect Podcast Network. See o...

 Mimi Brown breaks down the day. A Colorado appeals court overturns the homicide convictions of two paramedics in the killing of Elijah McClain. The May jobs report says the economy is strong  but Black unemployment is nearly double the national rate, and people are not feeling this report. And tonight, at Madison Square Garden, President Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. The Supreme Court hands Alabama a congressional map a lower court called intentionally racist. Testimony begins in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial, and no Black jurors will hear the case. And Halle Berry has a new mission that starts at the gynecologist's office. Plus, the Front Page Friday Quiz.   From the Black Effect Podcast Network. See omnystudio.com/list...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. President Trump signs an executive order that strips civil service protections from eight thousand career federal workers. The Minnesota Republican Party holds a moment of silence for convicted killer Derek Chauvin at a state convention. And BET unveils its first-ever Board of Advisors  featuring Bob Johnson, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, and Troy Vincent. Plus &md...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. A South Carolina jury has acquitted a store owner of murder in the killing of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton over four water bottles. Los Angeles prosecutors are now reviewing a new sexual assault case against Sean "Diddy" Combs. And Serena Williams is coming out of retirement to play in London. Plus,  The Underplayed. The 105th anniversary of the Tulsa Race...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. It's primary election day in five states — what's on the ballot and what's at stake. Jury selection has begun in Texas in the high-profile Karmelo Anthony murder trial. And Issa Rae just made TikTok history with the biggest micro-drama in the platform's history. Plus,  the Front Page Two-Minute Take. The internet has been trying Karmelo Anthony for over a...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi admits to redaction errors in the Epstein files — and points the finger at Trump's acting AG. A federal judge orders Trump's name off the Kennedy Center. And a growing list of artists are pulling out of the Trump-aligned Freedom 250 concert on the National Mall. Plus, your Monday Brief  four  things to watch this wee...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. The Trump administration is preparing a $250 bill featuring the President's face. A New York Giants rookie quarterback set off his locker room after introducing Trump at a rally. And one of the biggest Black-owned liquor brands in America is in serious legal and financial trouble. Plus, the Front Page Friday Quiz. From the Black Effect Podcast Network. See omnystudi...

Mimi Brown breaks down the day. Construction crews are bolting together a UFC octagon on the South Lawn of the White House for President Trump's eightieth birthday. While federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and student loans hit millions of Americans this summer. And NPR Tiny Desk is paying homage to BET for Black Music Month. Plus, The Headlines We Didn't Take Seriously Enough.  From the Black E...