News Beat's New Artist in Residence Is...

August 15, 2017

News Beat, political & cultural podcast that fuses journalism & music, announces first Artist in Residence, recording & performing artist, Silent Knight.

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An American Socialist in Cuba

July 11, 2017

In the brief moment the door between our nations opened a crack, a flood of hope, optimism and cash flooded in. The genie is officially out of the bottle and the most interesting days are ahead. The y

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Treat The Symptoms, But Cure The Disease

July 06, 2017

The system that gave us Trump—the very same that may one day contribute to his downfall—is itself part of an infected establishment.

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Rebel Diaz and the Newbie

July 01, 2017

I got an insane crash course on the origins of hip-hop and how so many of the expressions of this art form rose from the ashes of neoliberal policies.

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The Secret Truth About Eid: Family, Roasted Marshmallows & Muslim Bans

June 29, 2017

Ironic that the most powerful court in the land decided to hear the travel ban case just days after the supposedly non-Islamophobic administration broke with two-decade-old tradition and decided again

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Introducing News Beat

June 26, 2017

We want every News Beat to be a work of art—bringing together the activist communities in both hip-hop and journalism to preach a new narrative.

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