Today we talk to Zakiya Jackson, president of The Expectations Project, a DC-based organization that is doing amazing work advocating for kids in the hood.

Today we talk to Zakiya Jackson, president of The Expectations Project, a DC-based organization that is doing amazing work advocating for kids in the hood.

The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang life, you can understand geopolitics. Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene. 

The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang life, you can understand geopolitics. Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene.

Hood Politics with Prop

The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang dynamics, you can understand geopolitics. Hood Politics demystifies complex issues by connecting them to real-world experiences. Join rapper, poet, and author Propaganda as he uses street smarts, cultural insights and lived experience to break down news and politics in a clear and relatable way. Through candid conversations, he reveals how urban culture can offer a powerful, unique and often overlooked lens for understanding the world.

 

 

The political landscape can be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. If you've survived junior high, lived in an urban city or understand gang dynamics, you can understand geopolitics. Hood Politics demystifies complex issues by connecting them to real-world experiences. Join rapper, poet, and author Propaganda as he uses street smarts, cultural insights and lived experience to break down news and politics in a clear and relatable way. Through candid conversations, he reveals how urban culture can offer a powerful, unique and often overlooked lens for understanding the world.
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Blackness: Terraform - The Expectations Project

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Some chumps who retired from the NBA and averaged something like 11 points a game are declaring in the WNBA draft. Enes Kanter has decided it was his job to keep trans women out of the WNBA...and we at Cool Zone Media decided it's time to roast the heck out of this lame dude.

Some chumps who retired from the NBA and averaged something like 11 points a game are declaring in the WNBA draft. Enes Kanter has decided it was his job to keep trans women out of the WNBA...and we at Cool Zone Media decided it's time to roast the heck out of this lame dude.

Tap In: Aye, Enes Kanter Freedom, Boi if yont SYBADSASTFUHAN

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Doge was supposed to be this revolutionary thing that would save us billions by cutting programs we didn't need. Instead, it created many more problems that were previously easily solved by the very programs DOGE cut.

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-presence-new-world-screwworm-united-states

https://www.factcheck.org/2026/07/democrats-and-republicans-screwworm-blam e-spin/

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/24/new-world-screwworm-texas-sterile-flies-usda-trump-brooke-rollins/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/nearly-1000-people-have-died-from-ebola-in-dr-congo

Doge was supposed to be this revolutionary thing that would save us billions by cutting programs we didn't need. Instead, it created many more problems that were previously easily solved by the very programs DOGE cut.
<a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-presence-new-world-screwworm-united-states">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-presence-new-world-screwworm-united-states</a><a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2026/07/democrats-and-republicans-screwworm-blame-spin/"></a>
<a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2026/07/democrats-and-republicans-screwworm-blame-spin/">https://www.factcheck.org/2026/07/democrats-and-republicans-screwworm-blam e-spin/</a><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/24/new-world-screwworm-texas-sterile-flies-usda-trump-brooke-rollins/"></a>
<a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/24/new-world-screwworm-texas-sterile-flies-usda-trump-brooke-rollins/">https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/24/new-world-screwworm-texas-sterile-flies-usda-trump-brooke-rollins/</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/nearly-1000-people-have-died-from-ebola-in-dr-congo"></a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/nearly-1000-people-have-died-from-ebola-in-dr-congo">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/22/nearly-1000-people-have-died-from-ebola-in-dr-congo</a>

DOGE around and find out — three issues we wouldn’t have if DOGE never was

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So the polls are saying Karen Bass is up by double digits...but the polls are made up — literally. Why would anyone just make up polls? This is obviously a hustle. I'll explain the licc to ya.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-17/poll-showing-bass-leading-raman-by-double-digits-was-bogus-company-says

So the polls are saying Karen Bass is up by double digits...but the polls are made up &mdash; literally. Why would anyone just make up polls? This is obviously a hustle. I'll explain the licc to ya.
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-17/poll-showing-bass-leading-raman-by-double-digits-was-bogus-company-says">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-17/poll-showing-bass-leading-raman-by-double-digits-was-bogus-company-says</a>

Tap In: What the licc read. The polls are CAP!

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Blackness: Terraform - The Expectations Project

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