News Beat blends high-level social justice journalism, including interviews with academics, activists, and directly to those affected by injustice, lays it all down over a mood-setting musical bed, and often interspersing original lyrical contributions from independent Hip-Hop artists.

This compelling podcast was awarded Best Journalism Podcast at the 2018 New York Press Club Journalism Awards, as well as the 2019 and 2020 Society of Professional Journalists/PCLI Awards.

This episode is part of the September 2020 LIVE episode series of "Hip-Hop Can Save America!"

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