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Roots & Crowns

The language of hair

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DocumentaryS1 · E3 · 44 min

Roots & Crowns

The language of hair

A meditation on the ritual, resistance, and radical joy embedded in Black hair culture across three generations.

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DocumentaryS2 · E1 · 38 min

Sunday Dinners

Food as inheritance

How recipes become archives. Four families, four cities, one unbroken line.

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Block Report

EP. 84 — Code Switch · 52 min

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Block Report

EP. 84 — Code Switch

Language, identity, and the exhaustion of explaining yourself to rooms that weren't built for you.

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After the Bell

EP. 31 — Generational Wealth · 45 min

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Hosted by Darnell Hughes

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After the Bell

EP. 31 — Generational Wealth

What our parents built, what we inherited, and what we owe the next generation.

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Essay

The Audacity of Softness

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Zora Mensah · 8 min read · Feb 2026

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from performing strength for an audience that never asked you to. This essay is about the radical act of rest...

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Feature

What the Barbershop Taught Me About Democracy

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Isaiah Tatum · 12 min read · Feb 2026

Every Saturday morning, my grandfather's barbershop held a kind of parliament. No motions, no minutes — just men deciding what mattered, and why...

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