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Vic Mensa is on the vanguard of commentators reclaiming spaces for radical Black tradition in the spheres of hip-hop discourse.
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Discursive Verses: Vic Mensa and the rise of a rap manosphere counterculture
Rodney Carmichael
NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: an unbothered, radically different, equal but opposite response to rap's podcast bros.
Suicide is up among Black Americans. We need to talk about it.
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The long-deployed USS Lincoln is returning home to San Diego
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores wave after his swearing-in ceremony for a third term at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 10, 2025.
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New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture
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‘He’s trying to divide’: What Bo French’s racist posts mean for him, Republicans and US politics
The impact of the posts by Bo French, the Republican candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, could extend beyond his campaign, testing the GOP in Texas.
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