Real Black News

Ep. 77 of Real Black News features Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams discussing how he received 10,000 face masks from China for distribution in Brooklyn. He discusses thoughts on rent suspension in New York during the quarantine, gentrification, police accountability, and outlooks on bridging the gap with local activists. Other show topics include Black men and mental health, the benefits of...

Ep. 76 of Real Black News features Color of Change Campaign Director Jade Magnus- Ogunnaike, discussing Color of Changes work to fight newspapers with paywalls, billionaires, governors, and profits over people during the pandemic. French journalist Epee Dingong gives an update on what's really happening in Paris. While other show topics include DJ D-Nice, When They See Us , Power , and why researc...

Episode 75 of Real Black News features three dynamic women starting with activist Rosa Clemente making her case for why she stands with Bernie Sanders and others in the black and brown community should too. Former investment banker and the CEO of Kids Who Bank, Jatali Bellanton, talks money and investing in the coronavirus' lagging pandemic economy. While award-winning actress, author, and poet Li...

Episode 74 of Real Black News features the family of Emmett Till, activist Airickca Gordon-Taylor, co-founder of the Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation. She discusses life being raised by Emmett Till's mother, lynching legislation, and her perspective on the history of black men accused of rape by white women. Other show topics include mental health service for the incarcerated, voting rights i...

Episode 73 of Real Black News features Toni Blackman, US Hip Hop Ambassador, artist, and educator sharing her work traveling throughout Africa as the US State Department's hip hop Envoy. She discusses her time at Howard University and the work today teaching women self-esteem through hip hop while navigating as a woman in the culture. In a special politics report ahead of Super Tuesday, civil righ...

Episode 72 of Real Black News features Jersey activist and teacher Zellie Imani sharing the truth about the school system and what parents need to know,  his #NJShutItDown fight against racism at Predominantly White Institutions and the push for free college tuition for black and indigenous students. Zellie also breaks down reasons behind the anger of some black men. Other show topics include upda...

Episode 71 of Real Black News features AfricanAncestry.com's Dr. Gina Paige breaking down the DNA test results for Real Black News host, Raqiyah Mays. Entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice discusses Netflix's Who Killed Malcolm X docuseries and the Russell Simmons sex assault documentary. Other topics include Gayle King, Kobe, Color of Change's fight against facial recognition technology, a...

Episode 70 of Real Black News features public relations and crisis management expert Rachel Noerdlinger discussing her Olivia Pope-like media activism work over two decades with everyone from Johnny Cochran to Rev. Al Sharpton. In a rare interview, Rachel discusses black media, dealing with her personal media crisis, being adopted by a white family, and her mother's suicide. Other topics include t...

Episode 69 of Real Black News features news on the death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant, Malawi's dreadlock school ban overturned, Iraqi protests across the US, an update on the Flint Water crisis and more. While former investment banker and CEO of Kids Who Bank, Jatali Bellanton, shares money-making investment tips on "The Black Wall Street Report."

Episode 68 of Real Black News features CEO of Girls for a Change, Angela Patton, awarded by Pres. Obama as a White House Champion of Change for heading up an organization dedicated to grooming black girls to be leaders throughout 100 branches nationwide. Angela discusses the importance of preparing black girls to work in all-white spaces, the issues behind asking black women to be silent and prote...

On the finale episode of 2019, before Real Black News returns in January 2020, Episode 67 of Real Black News features host Raqiyah Mays discussing the season finale of Watchmen along with the Top 5 Black News Stories of the week ranging from Eric Garner and research on incarcerated boys of color to black-created apps focused on vocabulary and money.  Veteran entertainment reporter Ronda Racha Penr...

Episode 66 of Real Black News features financial educator and best-selling author Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche sharing tips from her world-renown financial management classes that have attracted millions of women. Aliche also discusses the law she created, making financial education for middle school children mandatory in New Jersey schools. Author Anthony ONeal joins the show to discuss his b...

Episode 65 of Real Black News features host Raqiyah Mays breaking down the top 5 black news stories of the week on topics ranging from marijuana funded reparations and the Laquan McDonald case to black geniuses and African migrants at the Southern Border. Entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice joins "The Screen Grab" to discuss Queen & Slim. While investment expert and founder of Kids Who Ba...

Episode 64 of Real Black News features Emmy and NAACP Image Award-winning producer P. Frank Williams. He discusses his latest hit docu-series Copwatch, inspiring more to record the police and his own experience with police brutality. Frank also shares thoughts on the murder of Biggie, Tupac, and how the mental health epidemic among black men moves him to share his struggles. Other topics include t...

Ep. 63 features Speech Thomas, founder of legendary Grammy award-winning hip hop group Arrested Development. He discusses his new documentary 16 Bars that features his work with incarcerated drug offenders. He talks about black business boycotts, sacred serial numbers, Christianity, and his outlook on Kanye West. Brooklyn Advocate Anthony Beckford shares details on the fare evasion protests agains...

Ep. 62 features McKinney Texas Councilman   La'Shadion Anthony Shemwell discussing the Texas police union's push to remove him from office after calling for a "Black State of Emergency" in response to the murder of Atatiana Jefferson. He explains why black people should not travel to Texas, the McKinney pool party case with Dajerria Becton, and he sits on the hot seat to answer questions about his...

Ep. 61 features battle rapper, Ferguson activist turned Missouri politician, and star of the upcoming MTV documentary  St. Louis Superman,  Bruce Franks Jr. He discusses passing a bill to help inner-city youth, character assassination, the murder of his brother, activist mental health, and why he left office to take care of his health. Former investment banker and the CEO of Kids Who Bank, Jatali...

Episode 60 of Real Black News features two activists making change. Christopher "City" Mungin, one of the faces of BET's new docuseries Copwatch America, discusses his work following and recording the police in Atlanta, knowing your rights, and why he openly carries a gun. While education advocate Virginia Walden Ford, who helped create the nation's first opportunity scholarship program for low-in...

This week's Episode 59 of Real Black News features a discussion on black children and the school system with the SVP of Policy at the National Black Child Development Institute Cemeré James who discusses the Trump administration taking away data about black children, the rise in black parents homeschooling their kids, mental health, the poor stats on charter schools, and how parents can protect th...

Ep. 58 features host Raqiyah Mays, entertainment reporter Ronda Racha Penrice, & investment expert/CEO of Kids Who Bank Jatali Bellanton, discussing everything from the murder of Botham Jean's neighbor Joshua Brown & Amber Guyger's infamous hug to the atheist group suing the judge for giving that hug. Other topics include The Joker, suicide, billion-dollar black-owned investment firms, investing i...

This week's Episode 57 of Real Black News features actor and Executive Producer of Godfather of Harlem, Markuann Smith, who discusses the show's depictions of Islam, Forest Whitaker, acting, and how his late Godmother - Bumpy Johnson's granddaughter - inspired him to work 18 years to get this show made. Entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice joins "The Screen Grab" to talk about the last sea...

This week's Episode 56 of Real Black News features Paralympic champion swimmer Jamal Hill discussing life training for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, being diagnosed with and hiding his hereditary neurological condition, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), and his plan to teach one million people to swim. Entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice joins "The Screen Grab" to talk about  Hustlers,  The Urb...

Episode 55 of Real Black News features activist Erica Ford discussing her 30+ years dedicated to reducing gun violence and healing the hood in South Jamaica Queens via peace mobiles with the NYC Crisis Management System and as the CEO and Founder of Life Camp. She shares details on the latest rash of violence in Queens, working with Deepak Chopra to bring mindfulness training to the hood, ceasing...

This week's Episode 54 of Real Black News features Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson discussing his 40-plus year career chronicling the African American experience and his new critically acclaimed film "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool." Entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice joins "The Screen Grab" to talk about the new Wu-Tang Clan TV show, Top Boy, and The...

This week's Episode 53 of Real Black News features journalist Joy-Ann Reid discussing her life and work hosting AM Joy on MSNBC and her New York Times  bestseller The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story. Entertainment journalist Ronda Racha Penrice joins "The Screen Grab" to talk about Ballers and the Power premiere, party and concert at Madison Square Garden. Newa...