In this episode, we explore the recent media treatment of Black athletes as the NIL agreements become the law in collegiate sports. We also discuss the unfair treatment of Black athletes in the Olympic rulings, and in this week’s “Do the Right Thing,” we discuss selective outrage by the media in the wake of Bill […]
Earlier this week, the online newspaper The Hill published an article regarding the Sons of Confederate Veterans membership list that was recently leaked. Sons of Confederate Veterans is a neo-Confederate organization that has closely aligned itself in prior with the Ku Klux Klan, and among those listed within its ranks was none other than Virginia […]
On this week’s episode, the Two Mics Up team works to educate our audience on human trafficking. Human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide. According to the Department of State, 2 million women and children are victims of human trafficking every year. In the United States alone, 300 thousand children are forced into child […]
According to a report in USA Today, only 26 players in the National Hockey League are Black with only 3% of the league consisting of different ethnicities. Ever since Willie O’Ree first stepped on the ice in 1958 for the Boston Bruins, he paved the way for many who laced up their skates after him. […]
At 21-years-old, Michelle Garcia independently published her first book. Cul-de-sac Angels is a collection of poetry, memoir work, and creative nonfiction that was shaped by her upbringing in suburban Lake Ridge, VA and fueled by her love of nostalgia. Since its publication in April of this year, the book reached Amazon’s Top 100 Bestsellers List […]
It’s no secret that women do a lot. We are mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, wives, coaches, entrepreneurs, the list goes on and on. How can we maintain our sense of responsibility of being all things to everyone, but keep our inner peace and joy and practice self-love? Let’s find out from a well-experienced woman to […]
Pastor Jerome Gay Jr., was raised in Southeast Washington, DC, and moved to Raleigh, NC in 1997 to attend Saint Augustine’s College for his undergraduate studies, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. While there he founded a campus ministry that emphasized the gospel and biblical orthodoxy in the urban context. The ministry grew […]
My interest in journalism started with a newspaper clipping preserved in laminate from Charlottesville’s The Daily Progress. “A street called home,” reads the headline and above it, a picture of a few of my many aunts and uncles. In 2002, my family’s migration story from the Philippines to Charlottesville, Virginia, hit the front page of […]
On today’s show co-hosts John Reid and Aneesa Johnson discuss the results of last week’s Democratic primaries and look forward to November’s general elections. What were some of the biggest takeaways from what is one of the most contentious elections in the commonwealth’s history?
The world is opening up, it’s almost summer, and we are excited to be hitting the streets! But, many of us have been in the house so long we may have forgotten a few tips to keep us looking and feeling good as we venture out. Drink lots and lots of water Hydration is key […]
