Sitemap - 2022 - The North Star with Shaun King
Here's what they do to "good cops" who speak out on police brutality
Understanding the Inside/Outside Ways of Fighting for Change
5 Triumphs of the Black Community in 2022: California Reparations & Congressional Medals
American Police Exist to Advance White Power
How do we measure success for Black America?
What is justice? A hard conversation.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
107: How Safe Are Your Accounts?
TNS Weekly Recap 12/11 - 12/17/22
The History of How Suicide Has Been Weaponized In & Against the Black Community
106: Til Death Do Us Part... or Nah
TNS Weekly Recap 12/4 - 12/10/22
3 thoughts on the release of Brittney Griner :: Episode #723 of The Breakdown with Shaun King
To Attend An HBCU Or To Not - That Is the Question Black Gen Z's Must Answer
50% off of EVERY SINGLE ITEM until we sell out
TNS Weekly Recap 11/27 - 12/03/22
Legalized Lynchings: Kevin Johnson, Davel Chinn, & The Uneven Toll of Death Row on Black People
Hundreds of brilliant students in Brooklyn need our help to study abroad in Africa. Let's do this!
Ep. 718 - The #1 reason Republicans refuse to denounce Donald Trump for dining with a Neo-Nazi bigot
Ep. 718 - The #1 reason Republicans refuse to denounce Donald Trump for dining with a Neo-Nazi bigot
104: Resilience and Grit Are Key
TNS Weekly Recap 11/20 - 11/26/22
The Fight For Georgia: $1 Million Police Violence Settlement Underscores Senate Runoff
TNS Weekly Recap 11/13 - 11/19/22
Hello Friends! Today I am asking for your support.
Making Sense of the Elections That Just Took Place: Here Are the Results You Need to Know
Ep. 709 - The one MAJOR reason ALL of us need to help Raphael Warnock get elected in Georgia
I wanted to take a moment to just say hello and reintroduce myself
102: Elections, Politics the Discotheque
Ep. 707- Let's have a serious conversation about OWNERSHIP
Ep. 703 - Why I expect today will be a horrible day for Democrats across the country
(LISTEN NOW) Why I won’t be canceling Kyrie Irving :: Episode 702 of The Breakdown with Shaun King
101: We're in a Flood and a Draught
TNS Weekly Recap 10/31 - 11/06/22
On the Passing of Takeoff & The State of Rap: How White Teens Have Increased Violence in the Genre
Ep. 701 - Can we agree on these 4 thoughts about gun violence? I'm searching for some common ground.
Ep. 700 - When the world is feeling overwhelming, don't watch the news 24/7.
TNS Weekly Recap 10/24 - 10/30/22
Ep. 698 - Democrats are losing on 2 key issues that are ALWAYS essential to voters
The Black History They Buried: Reverse Freedom Rides, & How They Still Exist Today
Ep. 697 - The Kanye West Rorschach Test
Ep. 696 - How Kanye West is causing a spike in Neo-Nazi hate and bigotry
TNS Weekly Recap 10/17 - 10/22/22
Ep. 695 - I think we've put far too many of our eggs in the wrong basket
On "The Woman King": White People Love Making "Black Power" Slave Narratives
Ep. 694 - An emergency update on the condition of Kastellio Vaughan
98: The Oxpecker, Rhinoceros, and New Entrepreneur
Ep. 692 - My #1 favorite school in the entire country
Ep. 690 - The 2 reasons I think the racist members of the Los Angeles City Council REFUSE to resign
The Thievery of Black Joy: Eric André Sues Atlanta Police Over Airport Drug Search
Ep. 689 - 3 overtly racist members of the Los Angeles City Council must resign immediately
TNS Weekly Recap 10/3 - 10/8/22
Ep. 688 - Why we can't simply ignore Kanye West
Ep. 687 - Herschel Walker may be the single worst candidate ever for the United States Senate
Ep. 686 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has taken the bitter & grumpy approach to being an elder
Kanye West, Candace Owens, & the Paradox of African-American Celebrities
Ep. 685 - America will ALWAYS make a place for Black white supremacists
Ep. 684 - Why we must STOP saying NFL players "got their bell rung."
Can you actually name a single victim of police brutality from 2022?
Ep. 683 - The NFL and the Miami Dolphins failed Tua Tagovailoa - and it could've cost him his life
Ep. 682 - Call and save THIS number to help save the life of Kastellio Vaughan.
The Black History They Buried: Robert Frazier & The Origin of “Negro” College Mascots
Ep. 680 - Let me explain what's REALLY happening to Kastellio Vaughn
Ep. 678 - 3 reasons you should care about the protests in Iran
96: What You Must Know Before You Start Investing--That Most People Never Learn
Ep. 678 - I am increasingly convinced that police violence will never go away in our lifetime
Ep. 677 - All charges need to immediately be dropped against the revered executive Chaka Zulu
Why you should consider becoming a subscriber to The North Star today
Ep. 676 - Why it's horribly wrong to trick and ship undocumented immigrants all over the country
95: The Mis-education (of All of us)
TNS Weekly Recap 9/12 - 9/17/22
Ep. 673 - Pennsylvania conservatives are trying to remove Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner from office
On The Tragic Death of Rapper PnB Rock: Stop Blaming His Partner & Start Looking At the System
Ep. 672 - The murder of PnB Rock and the exhausting cycle of gun violence in America
Ep. 671 - If you don't know these 4 names, you are setting your own money on fire
Ep. 670 - When white racists say something is "too woke" they clearly mean it's too Black.
Queen Elizabeth of England Is Gone, & The Black Diaspora Has a Lot to Say
Ep. 667 - 3 questions that prove Israel assassinated Shireen Abu Akleh. It was not an accident.
Black Exodus: Tyler, the Creator, Magic Carpets, and Forming Footsteps
TNS Weekly Recap 8/29 - 9/3/22
93: 21 Questions (to Ask Your Financial Advisor)
Learning our History, & Amassing Generational Wealth: Good News Stories From Communities of Color.
Ep. 665 - Of all people, a brutal cop with the NYPD was just given "restorative justice."
Inflation is Obvious, Segregation is Subtle: A Black Girl’s Way Home - By Ava Emilione
Ep. 663 - West Point has a literal monument to the KKK and refuses to take it down!
Ep. 662 - Government prisons ARE also FOR-PROFIT
92: Student Loan Relief? Joe Did.
Spending a week with family before school begins for the kids. See you next week.
TNS Weekly Recap 8/15 - 8/20/22
TNS Weekly Recap 8/8 - 8/13/22
Street Gang or Group of Black People - According to the RICO Act, Courts See Little Difference
Ep. 655 - Let me tell you about the single most corrupt DA's office in America
Ep. 654 - 4 great leaders that won their primaries last night!
It's WILD to see white conservatives now calling to defund the police...that are investigating them
Brittney Griner & The Commodification of Black Women in America
Ep. 650 - Finally, a measure of justice and accountability for Breonna Taylor
Tell me everything you can about Kevin Sheehan of the New York Post
Ep. 648 - My raw thoughts on Deshaun Watson
TNS Weekly Recap: 7/24- 7/30/2022
Ep. 646 - The single biggest factor impacting public safety in America? THE ECONOMY
Ep. 644 - Pastors shouldn't be wearing a million dollars worth of jewelry. Let's start there.
Black Exodus: Evidence That It’s OK From the Other Side
TNS Weekly Recap: 7/18-7/22/2022
Let's all support our brilliant writer and editor, Donney Rose, in his next endeavor, OK?
Ep. 642 - Return all land stolen from African Americans back to the rightful owners and descendants
Ep. 641 - Police DO NOT make cities safer. Here are the 3 things that do.
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: How Safe is Your Community Amid This Record-Setting Heatwave?
Ep. 639 - Let's help the dear family of Millie Packer today
On the Un-Severed Head of American White Supremacy
TNS Weekly Recap 7/11-7/15/2022
Gun Control Is Historically Racist. So Why Are Black People Buying More Guns Than Ever Before?
Carolyn Bryant Donham [Also] Claims Victimhood in Her Memoir About the Murder of Emmett Till
Ep. 637 - Of course the US is leading coups around the world.
Ep. 636 - The devastating poll that should cause other Democrats to run for President
Ep. 635 - Reflecting on my Self-Care Journey
TNS Weekly Recap: 7/4-7/8/2022
The Come Up: Documenting the Newest Generation of Black & Brown Artists
White Supremacist Killers Benefit From the Moral Debate Surrounding Capital Punishment
Ep. 634 - Israel killed an American journalist. The Biden administration chose to protect Israel.
Ep. 633 - Violence IS the primary brand of America
Community Conversation: Has American Life Worsened Since the End of Social Distancing?
TNS In the Neighborhood: Women of Color on Roe V. Wade
84: Tiffany's Birthday Celebration: 40 Questions for 40 Years
TNS Weekly Recap: 6/27-7/1/2022
We Outside! Black Families are Taking to Camping in Record Numbers to Rest, Retreat and Heal
Ep. 632 - Akron Police basically executed Jayland Walker by a firing squad. He was unarmed.
NYC Pride Through the Eyes of Those Who Found Joy in Spite of America Being America...
83: Something's Fishy in the Job Market
TNS Weekly Recap: 6/20-6/24/2022
A Miranda Rights Remix Ghost-Written by the Supreme Court
Introducing The North Star Publishing and our very first book, Lemons and Stones
Black people deserve a day off. It's as simple as that.
TNS Weekly Recap: 6/13-6/17/2022
Ep. 628 - Please support this retreat for Black fathers of police brutality victims
Hate Don't Live There Anymore, Hope Does — On the Reclamation of a Former KKK Headquarters
We need ALL listeners of The Breakdown podcast to please complete this quick survey
Ep. 627 - Joe Biden should NOT run for reelection
Ep. 627 - Joe Biden should NOT run for reelection
Ep. 626 - Inflation vs. Price-Gouging vs. Corporate Profiteering
Ep. 626 - Inflation vs. Price-Gouging vs. Corporate Profiteering
Ep. 625 - The January 6th Congressional Hearings are 16 Months Too Late
White Peoples' Original Name For Gun Violence; “Black-on-Black Crime”
Ep. 625 - The January 6th Congressional Hearings are 16 Months Too Late
81: HENRY to HER, Part Two of High Income to High Wealth
TNS Weekly Recap: 6/6-6/10/2022
Ep. 624 - Families in Buffalo have not seen a dime of the money donated for them
White Domestic Terrorism is Treated Like Political Theater
Racist Museum Menus and the Trouble With Recognizing Microaggressions as the Dangers they Are
Ep. 623 - Merrick Garland is a HORRIBLE Attorney General
Ep. 622 - A bittersweet day for justice
For POC Thinking of Leaving America For Good: Here Are Some Who Already Have
Ep. 621 - Today is the day San Francisco can stop the foolish recall of DA Chesa Boudin
Why You Should Subscribe to The North Star with Shaun King
80: Going from High Income to High Wealth
TNS Weekly Recap: 5/30-6/3/2022
The Audacity of Payton Gendron's Not-Guilty Plea in the Wake of Ending 10 Black Lives
Ep. 619 - A very BIG change for The Breakdown podcast starting on next Wednesday
For People of Color Thinking of Leaving America For Good: Me Too
Ep. 617 - An important lesson my wife taught me
79: Your Investments are (Probably) Funding Gun Violence
TNS Weekly Recap: 5/23-5/27/2022
Why Nothing Gets Done — America's Culture of Violence and the Ghosts of Red Summer
I am Tired of Writing about American Carnage.
Ep. 614 - Action steps for confronting white supremacy…while holding a baby.
On the Need to Get the Language Right When Talking Racial Justice.
Ep. 613 - Meet Me Tonight For an Emergency Townhall
TNS Weekly Recap: 5/15-5/20/2022
Ep. 612 - America clearly does NOT have a substantive plan to confront white supremacy
Why The Victims of the Hate Crime in Buffalo Aren’t On Gen Z Timelines Nearly Enough
Ep. 611 - Important from Shaun King at the site of the white supremacist attack in Buffalo.
The Only Politics is Blood — On Replacement Theory in America
Ep. 610 - We're Going to Have to Do Something We've Never Done Before
When Feminists Forget Us: Women of Color In Today’s Image of the Feminist Movement
Ep. 609 - What Israel did today is one of the grossest things I've seen in my entire life
Good News Stories From Communities of Color: A Caribbean Princess
Ep. 608 - The Assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh
I Know Why The (Un)Caged Bird Sings a Prison Song and Other Vestiges of Jim Crow Louisiana.
Ep. 607 - The US Senate Passes Bills When It Wants To. Just Not For African Americans
Ep. 606 - I Don't Believe the Democratic Party Will Protect a Woman's Right to Choose
76: Blood in the (Financial) Streets
TNS Weekly Recap: 5/1-5/6/2022
Ep. 605 - 4 things America would do if it actually loved mothers
Ep. 604 - Let's help Thomas James after he served 32 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit
Mixed In Media: How Mixed Race People Are Portrayed in Film & TV
The Case for Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations Lives On
Ep. 603 - One masterful thing we should all learn from Republicans
Ep. 602 - Let me explain last night's leak from the Supreme Court
Throwback Episode: We are the most incarcerated nation in the history of the world
Book Bans, Bad Bills, & Why the Black and LGBT+ Community Need to Come Together Now More Than Ever
75: Is the Government Moving the Needle on Your Finances?
TNS Weekly Recap: 4/25-4/29/2022
America, The Country of Contradiction
Will the Latest Attempt at Police Reform Actually Offer the Transparency its Advertising?
The Oppressors' Relationship With "Freedom of Speech" - Friend or Foe?
An Open Letter to NYC Housing Insecurity
Ep. 601 - I'm clearly living rent free in the head of Donald Trump Jr.
Ep. 600 - Why Elon Musk purchasing Twitter is mainly about white power and white control
74: Fine Print (The Devil is in the Details)
TNS Weekly Recap: 4/18-4/22/2022
Community Conversation: What Should We Be Doing About Police Brutality Against Black Children?
It’s Always Felt Like the World Was Ending and Other Lessons I Learned From Spike Lee
TNS Weekly Recap: 4/11-4/15/2022
PSA: Black Women it’s Fair to ‘Screen’ Calls for Justice.
Ep. 599 - Taking a week off of work and social media to be with my wife and kids
Patrick Lyoya Was Executed in a Land Where His Family Sought Refuge from Violence
Ep. 597 - The mass shooting on New York's subways CANNOT become an excuse for more police
Ep. 596 - America is a Deeply Violent Place
Ep. 595 - Grand Rapids Police brutally executed a young Black man named Patrick Lyoya.
Art Imitates...White Privilege
72: Unfair Isaac- our guide to managing your credit score
TNS Weekly Recap: 4/4-4/8/2022
Ep. 594 - Ketanji Brown Jackson is about to walk into a conservative lion's den on the Supreme Court
Throwback Episode: Building a Socially Responsible Portfolio
It's Funny How Justice is Never in the Budget...
Ep. 593 - Why We Just Launched The North Star Publishing
There Still is No Hierarchy of Oppression
Throwback Episode: Is Your Money Racist
TNS Weekly Recap: 3/28-4/1/2022
Between a Rock and A Hard Hand: Chris Rock’s Hairy History with Black People
Throwback Episode: 10 Ways to Defund the Police Today - Part 2
For Marginalized People: Why Do We Carry So Much Shame?
Throwback Episode: 10 Ways to Defund the Police Today - Part 1
Throwback Episode: Joe Biden is the Father of Modern Mass Incarceration
Ep. 592 - Stop Calling Joe Biden Your Damn Uncle
Why White Men Like to Be the Devil…’s Advocate, As Explained To Me By a White Man
Every “N**ga Moment” a Black Person Has is NOT the Burden of All of Black America.
Ep. 591 - 4 things that concern me about what went down between Will Smith and Chris Rock
TNS Weekly Recap: 3/21-3/25/2022
When Keepin' It Colonizer Goes Wrong: On William and Kate's Not-So-Warm Caribbean Welcome
Ep. 590 - How do we measure success for Black America?
Why Our Praise of Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson Isn’t the Support We Think It Is
Ep. 589 - How to pronounce Ketanji
Justice is Hardly Ever on Time but Black Death Never Has to Wait.
Ep. 588 - The most important part of Kentanji Brown Jackson's legal background
Ep. 587 - Why some people were upset at an HBCU for allowing Ukrainian refugees attend at no cost
Ep. 586 - Let's talk about Deshaun Watson
70: The Best Advice You've Never Heard
TNS Weekly Recap: 3/14-3/18/2021
Black Police Officers Trying To Take Down the System From Within the Force
Throwback Episode: How to Make Police Brutality Illegal - Part 3 of 3
Throwback Episode: Graham v. Garner - Police Brutality is Legal - Part 2 of 3
America is All the Way Back Outside. But Did We Learn Anything from Isolation?
Throwback Episode: Tennessee v Garner - Police Brutality is Legal
In Eternal Memory of Breonna...In Forever Solidarity with Tamika
Ep. 585 - How to be consistent about human rights
69: Good Times: How to Retire with more than enough Money
TNS Weekly Recap: 3/7-3/11/2022
Community Conversation: How Do You Define Representation?
Ep. 584 - I so badly wonder who and what Biggie would be if he was still alive
The 72-year-old War: DEI, CRT and the Integrating of American Education
Ep. 583 - Mitch McConnell just did something evil AND brilliant. Let me explain.
On the Mysterious Conditions Surrounding the Death of Johnny Lee Perry in Montana
Ep. 582 - He pointed his gun at police and didn't even get arrested.
68: What's Happening with Russia and How it Impacts Your Finances
TNS Weekly Recap: 2/28-3/4/2022
A Lament For Mixed Kids: Understanding America Through The Erasure of Its Bi-Racial Citizens
Ep. 581 - When the US desperately needed moral authority on war crimes - it has none
Ep. 580 - My heart for refugees, widows, and orphans
Black Americans Believe in Heaven More than Every Other Racial Group. There are Reasons Why that Is
(At Least) 7 Black Women Whose Image Should Be the Universal Logo of Women's History Month.
Ep. 579 - What we are doing to help African immigrants caught at the borders of Ukraine
Our Ancestors' Legacy: Reflecting On Voting Rights This Black History Month
Ep. 578 - What I think about African immigrants being mistreated at the Ukrainian border
TNS Weekly Recap: 2/21-2/25/2022
Stop Making Jokes About Ukraine and Start Seeing It As the War Zone It Has Become
Ep. 577 - What we can expect from Kentanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court
Ep. 576 - Let me explain what "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" truly means.
Good News Stories From Communities of Color: A List of Brand New Black-Owned Businesses
Ep. 575 - 4 reasons we should care about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine
Photo Essay: Clarifying What Lincoln REALLY Believed about Black Folks on Presidents' Day 2022
66: Get Off the Menu and Get Your Seat at the Table
TNS Weekly Recap: 2/14-2/18/2022
Black Twitter Responds to Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch Defending Corporate Racism
Travis and Greg McMichael Talked Like Racists Talk and Their Words Informed Their Actions.
Ep. 573 - Israel's Apartheid Against Palestinians
These Songs of Freedom Live featuring Yamin Semali
Ep. 572 - Let me talk a little bit about love today
When it Comes to Fighting for Our Voting Rights, Have We Lost Our Spunk?
TNS Weekly Recap: 2/7-2/11/2022
Ep. 572 - Joe Biden just literally stole $7 BILLION from Afghanistan
The Unraveling of Black Voting Rights & The Strings Conservatives Continue To Pull
Ep. 571 - 2021 was the deadliest year for police violence ever measured
Episode 8: My Microphone Evolution
C.O.R.E. Values: A Tribute to the Freedom Rides of 1961
Ep. 570 - No. Joe Biden DID NOT allocate $30 million for new crack pipes in the Black community
Ep. 569 - What's truly needed are Black owned sports leagues
Joe Rogan Uses the N-Word, the Sky Is Blue, And Other Facts I Thought We Already Knew
Ep. 568 - Amir Locke is Why We Need a COMPLETE BAN on No-Knock Raids
64: WTF is Going on in the Market Right Now?
TNS Weekly Recap: 1/31-2/4/2022
To Be Black is to Always Pay the Empire's Poll Tax
Ep. 567 - The Brutal Police Execution of Amir Locke
Black Futures Month: What It Means & Where The History Went
Ep. 566 - The price my family has paid for the lies of Deray McKesson
Episode 7: “America is Mine and Yours Too”
The NFL Never Really Attempted to Hide its Racism. It Just Doubled Down on Gaslighting Black Fans
Ep. 565: All of us need to stand with Coach Brian Flores
Lies My Country Told Me: Great Lies and Voting Rights
Ep. 564 - Happy Birthday to Lee Merritt! + An update on what happened in court yesterday
John Bel Edwards' Silence on the Police Killing of Ronald Greene is Rising to the Surface
Ep. 563 - How the DOJ is bungling one of the most important moments in modern American history.
Why Don’t We March When A Police Officer is Murdered?
TNS Weekly Recap: 1/24-1/28/2022
The 'Fine Print' of Democracy or America's Attempt at READING Black Voters for Filth.
Word.Life Podcast: Episode 6: "Fight For You” is Award-Winning Revolution
Bars on the Page vs Bars Inside a Cage: On Legislation Efforts to Decriminalize Rap Lyrics
99 Problems, How to Solve 1: Fixing the Black Teacher Shortage
Ep. 562 - This American city drastically increased their police budgets and murders still DOUBLED.
62: Building a Socially Responsible Portfolio
TNS Weekly Recap: 1/17-1/21/2022
Broken Promises: How Generation Z Refuses To Be Disappointed By Politicians
Ep. 560 - Why Joe Biden is to blame for yesterday's voting rights failure
Episode 5: The Life and (Hard) Times of Etheridge Knight
The Genius of Gary Chambers’ Pro-Marijuana Legalization Campaign Ad
Ep. 559 - One key way we CANNOT respond to racism & bigotry
Ep. 558 - America is addicted to policing to solve EVERY problem
Police Are Using Social Media to Control the Narrative, Here’s What That Looks Like
TNS Weekly Recap: 1/10-1/14/22
Mother Maya Makes the Tail End of a Quarter and America Thinks it an Even Toss
Ep. 557 - Demystifying Therapy for Black Men
Episode 4: I Find it Hard to Say (Rebel)
Ep. 556 - Will Joe Biden & The Democratic Party Actually Protect Voting Rights?
Ep. 555 - LAPD Officers Caught Playing Pokemon Go While a Robbery Was in Progress
On The Ghost of the Three-Fifths Compromise and its Impact on the Battle Over Voting Rights
Ep. 554 - Let me explain the shortcomings of identity politics
60: "Won't You Be My (Financial) Neighbor?"
TNS Weekly Recap: 1/3-1/7/2022
Ep. 554 - This is accountability
Good News Stories From Communities of Color: Amassing Our Own Generational Wealth
The Tale of a Black Photographer Capturing the January 6 Insurrection
Ep. 551 - Our Government is Clearly Afraid of Doing Hard Things
A Look Back On the Landmark Police Accountability of 2021 - Will It Continue?