Does Representation Give Black Americans Real Power? | Cite Your Source

Does political representation actually lead to real power for our communities? In this episode of Cite Your Source, Angela Rye is joined by former Florida State Representative Angie Nixon to break down the reality of political power versus people power. We examine whether changing who is in office actually shifts systemic control, what it truly takes to transform grassroots momentum into lasting, enforceable change, and who really controls American politics—the voters, the politicians, or the money.   FEATURED GUESTS IN THIS EPISODE Angie Nixon – Florida Leader & Former State Representative Rep. Justin Jones – Tennessee State Representative (District 52) Maurice "Mo" Mitchell – National Director, Working Families Party Dr. David J. Johns – CEO & Executive Director, National Black Justice Collective; Editor, The Black Papers Pastor Lorenzo Sewell – Senior Pastor, 180 Church (Detroit)     CITE YOUR SOURCE BOOK CLUB The Black Papers: A Policy Agenda for Black Liberation in the 21st Century, edited by Dr. David J. Johns   Everybody has a take. Cite Your Source!   SUBSCRIBE:    / @citeyoursource     FOLLOW CITE YOUR SOURCE Instagram:   / citeyoursourceshow   TikTok:   / citeyoursourceshow   Facebook:   / citeyoursourceshow   Website: https://citeyoursourcenow.com   FOLLOW ANGELA RYE YouTube:    / @angelarye   Instagram:   / angelarye   TikTok:   / angela_rye   X: https://x.com/angela_rye   Presented by Native Land Pod and executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God and Geraldine MoribaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator Chris Van Hollen has announced that he’s running for senate majority leader, taking on Chuck Schumer.    Realistically, what are his chances?    Plus, our hosts share who THEIR pick for senate leader would be.    Join hosts Angela Rye and Bakari Sellers for this week’s MiniPod.  SUBMIT A QUESTION   If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ and send to @nativelandpod.    Welcome home y’all!    —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that we’re past election day, it’s time to address some drama.    A content creator who we’re calling “Content Creator B” made waves on election week for claiming that Angela Rye got her disinvited from an Abdul El-Sayed watch party. This is a lie.    Content Creator B surfaced some old comments from Angela that folks understandably took as “elitist.” There’s accountability to be had here.    But where is the accountability for Content Creator B, who engaged in a campaign of harassment against Angela, and spread lies?    We’re setting the record straight.    Join hosts Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum for episode 157 of Native Land Pod. We are 726 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all!  LINKS AND RESOURCES   Angela’s Full Statement that Content Creator B clipped: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeXhP4mj2Iw/?hl=en SUBMIT A QUESTION   Have a question for our hosts? Send a 60-second video to @nativelandpod and they may answer it on the show!    Tutorial video for submitting questions: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/   —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that election results are in, Haley Stevens’ decision to betray her party and endorse the MAGA candidate, Mike Rogers, for Michigan’s Senate seat is all-the-more laughable and confounding.    She endorsed Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed at a Black church, the Perfecting Church led by pastor Marvin Winans. Y’all gotta stop letting them use our community as a prop!!    Angela Rye has some choice words for all involved…    Join hosts Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum for this segment from episode #156 that aired on 11-04-26 LINKS & RESOURCES   Pastor Marvin Winans’ Statement: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/marvin-winans-breaks-silence-haley-164836710.html SUBMIT A QUESTION   If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/   Welcome home y’all!    —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who really profits from the GENDER WARS? On this episode of Cite Your Source, Angela Rye investigates whether gender is being politicized as a distraction, the real history of non-binary identities, and if traditional gender roles still exist.   While data shows trans and non-binary people make up around 1.6% of the U.S. adult population, hundreds of millions of dollars are poured into culture-war messaging, political campaigns, and viral debates. With everyday issues like the economy, healthcare, and education topping national concerns, why has gender discourse taken center stage? Angela serves as resident fact-checker alongside an expert panel to separate manufactured outrage from reality, bringing the data, historical context, and receipts.   FEATURED GUESTS IN THIS EPISODE • Soraya Nadia McDonald – Cultural Critic, Journalist, and Publisher of Soraya Press • Shaheem McLaurin – Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, and Mental Health Educator • Roxie Beckles – Writer, Content Creator, and Host of "That Black Catholic Chick" • John Graham Jr. – Relationship Advisor, Founder and CEO of UpFront Marital Technologies Inc.   Everybody has a take. Cite Your Source!   SUBSCRIBE:    / @citeyoursource     FOLLOW CITE YOUR SOURCE Instagram:   / citeyoursourceshow   TikTok:   / citeyoursourceshow   Facebook:   / citeyoursourceshow   Website: https://citeyoursourcenow.com   FOLLOW ANGELA RYE YouTube:    / @angelarye   Instagram:   / angelarye   TikTok:   / angela_rye   X: https://x.com/angela_rye   Presented by Native Land Pod and executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God and Geraldine MoribaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia’s Governor-elect, Keisha Lance Bottoms, joins NLP following her historic election as the first female Black governor.    What’s next for the Democrats who have taken power?    Join hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers for this week’s LIVE MiniPod. SUBMIT A QUESTION   If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ and send to @nativelandpod.    Welcome home y’all!    —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They're calling it a "blue tsunami"!    Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum unpack the 2026 midterm election results: the biggest surprises and predictions for what comes next.    Join hosts Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum for episode 156 of Native Land Pod. We are 735 days away from the 2028 elections.    Welcome home y’all!  SUBMIT A QUESTION   Have a question for our hosts? Send a 60-second video to @nativelandpod and they may answer it on the show!    Tutorial video for submitting questions: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/   —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Native Land Pod and The Breakfast Club are coming together for The People’s Election Night, a four-hour live broadcast as 2026 midterm election results roll in!    Election coverage will be led by Native Land Pod co-hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum and Bakari Sellers, along with The Breakfast Club crew: DJ Envy, Loren LoRosa, and Mimi Brown. Plus, friends of the show, Fat Joe, Elie Mystal, Garrison Hayes, and more.    Broadcasting from the Manhattan Center in New York City, the event will feature live election results and analysis about how the outcomes could impact health care, housing, education and economic opportunities across the country.   Correspondents reporting from communities nationwide, including the rural South, will share what voters are experiencing on election day, and the issues that matter most to them.   The special guest lineup includes Nick Cannon, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Janai Nelson, Service Employees International Union President April Verrett, Global Black Economic Forum President Alphonso David, ActBlue President Regina Wallace-Jones, Voto Latino Founding President and CEO María Teresa Kumar, Color of Change President Nadine Smith and civil rights leader and author Rashad Robinson.   Also scheduled to participate in the conversation are Camille Rivera, Ed Gordon, Cari Champion, Adrian Carrasquillo, Elie Mystal, Garrison Hayes, Elizabeth Booker-Houston, Keith Boykin and Kevin Ortega-Rojas, and political strategist Joshua Doss. Correspondents reporting from communities across the country will share on-the-ground voter experiences and perspectives throughout the night.   It is election night fam, welcome home!  LINKS & RESOURCES   AP Election Results: https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/ —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terrance Woodbury, president of HIT Strategies, joins the pod to forecast Black voter turnout and other results from this Tuesday’s election.   What is moving Black voters to go to the polls this election season? The data has answers.    Join hosts Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum for this segment from episode #155 that aired on 10-29-26 LINKS & RESOURCES   Learn more about HIT Strategies Black Opps Project: https://hitstrat.com/blackopps/ SUBMIT A QUESTION   If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/   Welcome home y’all!    —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast.    Instagram  X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com   Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media.   Thank you to the Native Land Pod team:    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  to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.    Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Cite Your Source with Angela Rye tackles the N-word debate head on and what it really means in 2026 -- Who gets to say it, who gets a pass, and who benefits from keeping the debate alive?   The word has been argued over for decades stemming from its racial disparagement roots and the conversation hasn’t gotten any simpler. Angela sits down with a panel of experts including Charlamagne Tha God, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Delano Squires, and more to separate history from hot takes, and to ask whether the fight over the word is taking up space that could go towards bigger issues.   Subscribe to Cite Your Source with Angela Rye for in-depth investigative breakdowns challenging the claims shaping politics, policy, and society. FEATURED GUESTS IN THIS EPISODE   Charlamagne Tha God - Co-Host, The Breakfast Club; Founder, The Black Effect Podcast Network Michael Eric Dyson - Distinguished University Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University Derrick Johnson - President & CEO of the NAACP Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor “Liz” - Professor of History, Smith College; Author, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me Delano Squires - Director of the DeVos Center for Human Flourishing at the Heritage Foundation; Author, The Vanishing Black Family Jordan Pierre - Founder, The Classroom Podcast Special Guest: Dr. Hiram L. Smith - Linguistics Chair, Bucknell University   CITE YOUR SOURCE BOOK CLUB   Wassup, My N***a: The Hidden History of a Controversial Word by Hiram L. Smith Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable by Delano Squires   Everybody has a take. Cite Your Source!    SUBSCRIBE:    / @citeyoursource     FOLLOW CITE YOUR SOURCE  Instagram:   / citeyoursourceshow   T ikTok:   / citeyoursourceshow   Facebook:   / citeyoursourceshow   Website: https://citeyoursourcenow.com   FOLLOW ANGELA RYE YouTube:    / @angelarye   Instagram:   / angelarye   TikTok:   / angela_rye   X: https://x.com/angela_rye   Presented by Native Land Pod and executive produced by Charlamagne Tha God and Geraldine MoribaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.