The Breakdown with Shaun King

Across the country, as certain types of crime have increased, people are defaulting to the same tired answer we've seen before... more police and more money for the police. But this actually doesn't work. At all. And for Black communities, it can actually make things much worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, on the first day of the ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians, the brutality and Apartheid conditions from Israeli police and military forces have absolutely continued. As long as the Apartheid continues, peace will not be sustainable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police murdered Ronald Greene in Louisiana and have worked with politicians for the past 2 years to cover it up, but now the body camera footage has been leaked - exposing them all as the murderous monsters they are Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I want to teach a quick, but important lesson on why, in spite of so much of our hard work on causes, we don't see the deep systemic change we all want to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I want you to hear from two voices I trust on Palestine and the struggle for basic human rights and freedom there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday Congressman Jim Clyburn, one of the leading Democrats in the country, basically crushed any chance qualified immunity had of passing on the federal level. It's disgusting. Let me break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's weird, but the Summer Olympics are less than 3 months away. And athletes are just now starting to get detailed notifications that they can't wear anything that says or represents "Black Lives Matter" in any way whatsoever. Black power fists are banned. Taking a knee is banned. But they should all ignore this...together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blanca and Rai sit down with Dr. Hasina Mohyuddin, a scholar and DEI professional at Vanderbilt University, to hear her story of being a Muslim woman in America. She shares her research with us about the effects of Islamaphobia on children. We also discuss what your workplace can do right now to support its Muslim workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we raised nearly $100,000 for Myon Burrell, who was wrongly convicted for a murder he had nothing to do with in Minneapolis nearly 20 years ago. He was just a kid and spent 18 years of his life in prison. I'm so grateful for everybody who gave. And I just want to be clear - no matter how many lies people tell on me across the Internet, I am literally never going to stop raising money for...

This past week New York City announced that all non-violent mental health calls will be rerouted away from the NYPD and sent instead to mental health professionals. This amounts to nearly 154,000 calls a year - or over 400 calls a day to 911. When it gets instituted, this is going to change the city and change policing in a major way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday, I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was, when a judge ruled that police did NOT have to release body camera footage of their murder of Andrew Brown. Hours later we learned that crime charges would be filed against the men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery. And this morning we just learned that my friend and brother Gary Chambers is launching a brand new organization called Bigger Than Me. L...

I need you to know this name and know this story. Police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina executed a Black man named Andrew Brown, Jr. and they refuse to release the body camera footage or even really admit to any of what went down, but what we know so far tells me this is going to be a national case and local police know it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chances are, you've heard of the term "compound interest," but do you know how it really works? If not, you're in the majority: 69% of Americans don't understand it. Compound interest is the "magic pill" that converts your "modest savings" into massive wealth. Through the power of compound interest is how most "everyday" people  become millionaires. On this episode we are breaking down how compoun...

Today we have an episode of another podcast produced by The North Star - W.O.C. at Work.  Hosted by Rai King and Dr. Blanca Ruiz, it explores what it means to be a W.O.C. at Work by elevating the voices of female-identifying leaders of color in order to shed light on their common experiences as they push for transformational change in organizations across the country. Feel stuck in a job that you...

When you contribute to your retirement savings do you know what your investments are contributing to? Are your investment dollars circulating wealth into the communities that matter to you the most? Unfortunately, the answer is probably: NO. And the worse news is that your retirement and investment dollars are likely supporting companies and institutions that would rather support immigration, pris...

Yesterday Derek Chauvin was held fully accountable for his murder of George Floyd. He was convicted on all charges. And it was an important victory in the pursuit of justice. While that was being celebrated - we learned of the horrible shooting death of 16 year old Makiyah Bryant in Columbus, Ohio. I'll talk about all of this and more today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

There is something ugly about the waiting game we are playing right now as the jury deliberates in the trial of Derek Chauvin. The jury is doing what they have to do, but it's like the whole nation knows that our country could fall apart if Chauvin isn't held accountable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The closing arguments in the prosecution of Derek Chauvin are today. For the past 3 weeks, the prosecution did a very good job. Maybe better than I've ever seen in a case against a police officer. I'll explain why and tell you what I truly think will happen next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chicago Police shot and killed an unarmed, compliant 13 year old boy and then lied to cover it up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this past Monday, like millions of Americans I got the news that yet another school shooting happened in Knoxville, Tennessee. Except what police and reporters initially stated was all a lie. There was no school shooter. And the only officer who got shot, shot himself. And a young Black boy named Anthony Thompson is dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've read my book, you've seen the concept I have for "The Dip." It's what happens in American society when white people in power feel threatened or insecure. I think we're experiencing some of those tremors right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since yesterday we've learned so much more not only about the officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, but about the deeply racist origins of the town where he was killed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday police outside of Minneapolis shot and killed an unarmed, non-violent Black man named Daunte Wright after pulling him over for having an air freshener hanging from his rear view mirror. And it's all just too much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we saw something that we rarely see in murder trials against police officers - we saw and heard the direct supervisor of Derek Chauvin testify against him. I'll play the key moment and break it down for you. I think it could be the single most important moment of the entire trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 years ago the LAPD brutally beat a Black man named Rodney King and a man with a camcorder a few blocks away just happened to catch it all on film. It was obviously a crime, but not a single officer was held responsible. The question today is this - as we try the men who murdered George Floyd, who clearly committed multiple crimes, will they be held responsible? Clearly police in our nation are...