From Ari Lennox’s emotional moment on Martin to Ciara’s honorary citizenship in Benin, this episode digs deep into what it means to be Black American on a global stage, and whether our culture is admired for its greatness or consumed through the lens of American imperialism.

We open with Kamala Harris’s recent appearance with labor leader Chris Smalls (6:55) and follow his controversial visit to Israel, alongside growing outrage over a $2 billion payout to Jewish communities in Colombia (10:53). Next, we unpack the fallout from Shannon Sharpe’s firing from his podcast network amid legal controversies (27:59).

In our national roundup (49:30), we examine headlines from around the country, including the chilling case of a Blackstone executive shot in NYC ( ...