California attorneys Rosezetta Upshaw and Candace Neal join the Know Your Rights Camp Podcast to share how personal experiences with injustice shaped their careers in law. Rosezetta exposes how poverty and over-policing, not abuse, drive unnecessary family separation in LA's child welfare system, while also helping everyday people protect their businesses. Candace built her practice around protecting families and ensuring people are compensated when harmed. Together, they bre

What does police accountability actually mean and why is it so hard to achieve in America? In this powerful episode of the Know Your Rights Camp Podcast, hosts Diana Barbadillo and Amir Whitaker sit down with civil rights attorney Lauren Bonds, Executive Director of the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP), to break down the legal, political, and structural barriers protecting police, ICE agents, and correctional officers from consequences. Watch the episode here: Li

On this week's episode of the KYRC podcast, host Amir Whitaker sits down with entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster Nicole Walters for a powerful conversation about surviving and thriving in a rigged economy. Nicole shares her journey from a six-figure corporate job to self-made millionaire, breaks down why the "good corporate job" was never truly secure, and offers practical strategies for Black women and marginalized professionals to become "walking businesses." F

The KYRC Podcast crew breaks down the real story behind diversity, equity, and inclusion in America, from the GI Bill and Social Security to today's executive orders gutting DEI programs. Discover how "anticipatory compliance" is reshaping museums, corporations, and federal agencies, why Costco stood firm while Target faced boycotts, and how cuts are pushing Black women out of the workforce. We expose the hidden costs of "colorblind" policies and explain why intentional inclu

Dr. Terence Keel, UCLA interdisciplinary scholar, joins the Know Your Rights Camp podcast to unpack how race, science, religion, and law intersect to structure power and justify inequality. Keel exposes race as a social construct, critiques how coroners obscure police violence by labeling in-custody deaths "natural," and calls for independent autopsy offices and systemic reform. Drawing from his books The Coroner's Silence and Divine Variations, he traces Christianity's role

Civil rights attorney Oliver Ma joins the Know Your Rights Camp Podcast to break down America's escalating constitutional crisis. From ACLU immigration raids in Kern County to the Los Angeles "No Kings" protest, where demonstrators faced tear gas, rubber bullets, and baton strikes, this episode exposes the collapse of institutional checks on executive power. Guests unpack the profit-driven detention system, the history of anti-Asian exclusion laws, housing injustice, and ho