Is Integration Costing Black America Its Power?

<p><strong>On episode 131 of Native Land Pod, hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers field a listener question about whether it's worth voting when the ballot offers no candidate who actually represents her. It&rsquo;s an especially potent question in light of redistricting, the recent Supreme Court gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and the chaos of states redrawing maps in the middle of an election cycle.</strong></p> <p><strong>FOR YOUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS:</strong></p> <p><strong>GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans laughed and said "yes, yes to that" while a radio host told Hakeem Jeffries to </strong><a href="https://x.com/hqnewsnow/status/2053951551203344627"><strong>"get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia."</strong></a><strong> Kiggans later claimed she didn't hear the "cotton-picking" line. Jeffries is calling for her resignation.</strong></p> <p><strong>All six conservative Supreme Court justices </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXzSro0jiMw/"><strong>attended Trump's state dinner honoring King Charles</strong></a><strong> the night before the Louisiana voting rights decision dropped &mdash; a ruling that further guts the Voting Rights Act of 1965.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818172/study-arts-slow-biological-aging"><strong>A new study</strong></a><strong> found that people who regularly engage with arts and culture &mdash; reading, listening to music, visiting museums &mdash; may biologically age slower. The effect may even equal regular exercise.</strong></p> <p><strong>A </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DYNYY4OjbTF/"><strong>suit has been filed against OpenAI</strong></a><strong> over ChatGPT's alleged role in the Florida State University shooting that killed two people.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Trump is calling Black women reporters names when asked questions he doesn&rsquo;t like. First he called Rachel Scott of ABC </strong><a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2052556812365267435/video/1?s=46"><strong>a &ldquo;b**ch&rdquo;</strong></a><strong> and then he called Akayla Gardner of MS NOW a &ldquo;dumb person.&rdquo; How does one even respond?</strong></p> <p><strong>Also, please join the <a href="https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/">All Roads Lead to the South </a>event in Montgomery this Saturday! More information can be found </strong><a href="https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>MORE:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_nYtOI5K2ZLPpfkhDE_fwd691wucKLD8/view?usp=sharing">Read</a> the federal civil complaint for the above OpenAI lawsuit.</strong></p> <p><strong>If you&rsquo;d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: </strong><a href="http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/"><strong>http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/</strong></a><strong> and send to @nativelandpod.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>We are 173 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y&rsquo;all!&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&mdash;---------</strong></p> <p><strong>We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nativelandpod/"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/nativelandpod"><strong>X/Twitter</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555252803861"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://nativelandpod.com"><strong>NativeLandPod.com</strong></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NativeLandPod"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><br /><br /></p> <p><strong>Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks&nbsp; to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br /><strong>Theme music created by</strong><a href="https://www.daniellaurent.com/"><strong> </strong><strong>Daniel Laurent</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>