Happy Monday | EPISODE 150

Evanston, Illinois, becomes the first city in the country to pay reparations to Black residents. The city council voted to allocate $10 million to a reparations fund for Black residents who can prove they were directly harmed by redlining, a discriminatory housing practice that denied Black families access to home loans.

Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas is making a comeback. Douglas, who won gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, announced that she will compete in the upcoming World Championships.

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in an industry-stopping strike. The Writers Guild of America West and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have been deadlocked in negotiations over a new contract for writers. The strike has halted production on many TV shows and movies.

Carlee Russell, who was missing for 48 hours, was found alive. Russell, a 16-year-old girl from New Jersey, was found safe after she went missing on July 14.
Amanda also discusses her own thoughts and feelings on these stories, and she shares some of her own experiences as a Black woman in America.

Listen, laugh, and learn with the Amanda Seales Show!

5:11 – 9:48 Blackurate News

STORY 1:  THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FORGIVING $39 BILLION IN STUDENT DEBT FOR OVER 800,000 STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS.

9:49 – 13:28 Blackurate News: Hollywood actors have joined screenwriters in an industry-stopping strike.

13:29 – 18:56 Amanda shares how the industry works.  She also shares some of her residual checks with us.

18:57 – 60 Second Headlines

23:36 – 28:34 Blackurate News – First City in the Country to Keep Their Promise in Granting Reparations to their Residents.

28:35 – 33:12 Carlee Russell was found alive after missing for 48 Hours.

33:13 – 37:32 Big Up Let Down – The People Let Amanda Down

37:33 – 41:49 Caller talks about UPS Strike

41:49

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  … 

• CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND LONGTIME CONGRESSMAN, JOHN LEWIS DIED ON THIS DAY BACK IN 2020, AT THE AGE OF 80.
• WALT DISNEY OPEN DISNEYLAND ON THIS DAY BACK IN 1955 IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.

BLACKURATE NEWS: IS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST GABBY DOUGLAS HAS A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. ANOTHER INSURANCE COMPANY IS LEAVING FLORIDA… BUT WHY? WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT. SMALL DOSES SEGMENT – SIDE EFFECTS OF…

44:45 – 50:10 Blackurate News AAA Following Farmers Insurance, pulling back in Florida.

50:11 – 54:56 Blackurate News: Gabby Douglas is making a comeback!

54:57 – 57:44 Small Doses with Big Sean

57:46 Caller discussing UPS Strike

101:53 – 105 IT’S TIME TO LISTEN LAUGH AND LEARN… I HAVE THE WORD FOR THE DAY…. AND THE WORD OF THE DAY IS…

105:42 Politicians Say the Darndest Things

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