Gary, Indiana went without power for two weeks following major storms, much longer than surrounding areas. The city has a population of 70K, 80% of whom are Black. As the food in their fridge rotted and temperatures soared, conditions became dire. Gary’s mayor, Eddie Melton, joins NLP to explain the situation.  

Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for episode 146 of Native Land Pod. We are 68 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all! 

FYSA HEADLINES

–Musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80.

–Meta ordered by court to pay $17.1 billion in damages because of addictive features for kids. 

—The Washington Post has been to reinstate opinion columnist Karen Attiah. Karen was fired for a post she made after Charlie Kirk was killed.

–The New York Times has been ordered to pay former college basketball player Kai Spears $9.25 million in damages, the first time the paper has lost a defamation lawsuit in more than 50 years. 

–The Iran War is entering its sixth month. The Trump administration is pivoting back to economic warfare. 

–Two unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, the first recorded measles deaths in Pennsylvania in 35 years.

–Hakeem Jeffries took a meeting with Jared Kushner this week which the House Minority leader received a lot of heat for. 

–Target has officially apologized for a racist costume on their website that was compared to black-face before being taken down. 

–California makes progress in reparations.

LINKS AND RESOURCES

Support Gary, Indiana: gary.gov/stormrecovery

Donate to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: https://imaginationlibrary.com/the-dollywood-foundation/

WAPO reinstates Karen Attiah: https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-karen-attiah-black-media-fired-4a8baf98ba45959a2a8120e9981d0643

NYT Ordered to pay Kai Spears: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-times-defamed-kai-spears-millions-damages/

Iran War Enters Sixth Month: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-war-warnings-9d7f289a

Study, NFL Players and CTE: https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-100418

Football Caps: https://shop.guardiansports.com/collections/guardian-caps

Chicago Compels Contractors to Admit Slave Profits: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/04/usa.oliverburkeman

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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 Smith is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. 

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