The Black Pack with Adrianne Shropshire

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Hosted by veteran political strategist Adrianne Shropshire, The Black Pack is your weekly deep-dive into the forces shaping Black America — from the ballot box to the boardroom, the courtroom to the culture.

We break down the data, dissect the rhetoric, and spotlight the movements that don't wait for November to make history. On The Black Pack, we're navigating power, policy, and politics year-round. 

What's really driving voter engagement — or disengagement — in Black communities? How are local elections, judicial races, and the battle for Congress reshaping our collective future? Who's building power outside the two-party system? And how are culture, media, and identity influencing political strategy — and vice versa?

Every Friday from 4–6 pm PT, tune in for sharp analysis, unfiltered conversations, and the kind of context you won't get anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned organizer, a curious voter, or just trying to make sense of the world, The Black Pack is your compass.

Black politics doesn't pause. And neither do we.

Episode Date
Checking in on the Twin Cities and revisiting Dr. King's Three Evils Speech
Jan 19, 2026
Reflections on MLK and The Role of Clergy in Justice Movements
Jan 19, 2026
Community Recovery and Rebuilding in Altadena One Year Later
Jan 12, 2026
Minneapolis Advocates Demand Action and Trump's Hunger for War at Home and Abroad
Jan 12, 2026
Protecting Black Futures and Grounding Ourselves in Joy Ahead of the New Year
Dec 21, 2025
Black Jobs Matter and State of the Economy
Dec 21, 2025
Processing News Updates As Democracy Dies in the Headlines
Dec 16, 2025
SCOTUS Rundown and the Conservative Resegregation Plan
Dec 16, 2025
Trump's Killer Imperialism
Dec 16, 2025
Michael Harriot Talks High Horse and Montgomery Bus Boycott at 70
Dec 16, 2025
Trump Dismantles DOE and Racist Texas Maps Blocked
Nov 26, 2025
Black Cowboys Made America
Nov 26, 2025
ACA Tax Credit Stakes And Lessons from 2025 Elections
Nov 18, 2025
Shutdown Aftermath, Epstein File Dump, and More
Nov 18, 2025
SNAP Crisis and Trump Fleecing the Federal Flock + DOJ Sends Poll Monitor to Dem Strongholds and Prop 50 Final Push
Nov 13, 2025
Shutdown Update, Voting on Prop 50, and SCOTUS Revisits the VRA
Oct 20, 2025
Separating Church and Hate with John Fugelsang
Oct 20, 2025
DOJ Meddles In State Voter Rolls
Oct 17, 2025
Navigating the Media Landscape
Oct 17, 2025
No Kings in America and Saving Our Healthcare
Oct 17, 2025
Chicago Under Siege
Oct 17, 2025
Prop 50 & California Standing on Business
Oct 17, 2025
SCOTUS Racial Profiling and Countdown to Fall Term
Oct 17, 2025
National Guard in Memphis & Missouri Fights Mid-Decade Power Grab
Sep 15, 2025
Processing Political Violence and Another Shutdown Showdown
Sep 15, 2025
California Prop 50 and Leveling the Redistricting Playing Field
Sep 08, 2025
Trump’s Attack on US Cities and Federal Court Oversight
Sep 08, 2025
Workers Over Billionaires with Stacy Davis Gates
Aug 30, 2025
Katrina at 20: Lessons in Resilience and Community
Aug 30, 2025
California Balances the Scales And Trump’s Attacks on Black Culture
Aug 26, 2025
Battleground Texas: The Fight to Protect and Expand Democracy
Aug 26, 2025
Tech Policy for Black Lives with Danielle Davis
Aug 11, 2025
Texas Legislators Fight Back & GOP Apartheid Policy
Aug 11, 2025
Voting Rights Act at 60 and Building Black Political Power
Aug 05, 2025
Black Workers and Trump’s Economy
Aug 05, 2025
Texas Special Session Power Grab and Mid-Decade Redistricting Issues
Jul 26, 2025
Reckoning with Public Media Attacks and Harm to Black Communties
Jul 26, 2025
Good Trouble Lives On & LA Organizer Check-In
Jul 22, 2025
Trump Administration Resegregating Public Schools
Jul 22, 2025
Democracy Defenders Take Action On Birthright Citizenship
Jul 14, 2025
Decolonizing Narratives of Identity and Community with Raquel Willis
Jul 14, 2025
Zohran Mamdani Wins Big in NYC and SCOTUS Bends the Knee
Jun 30, 2025
SCOTUS Undermining the Rule of Law and LA Organizing Update
Jun 30, 2025
Organizing People, Power, and Progress in LA
Jun 23, 2025
LA Protests in Context and Organizing People, Power, and Progress
Jun 23, 2025
Political Remix: Building Black Power
Jun 18, 2025
LA State of the People Power
Jun 18, 2025
Five Years After George Floyd Black Lives Still Matter
Jun 04, 2025
Building Black Economic and Political Power
Jun 04, 2025
Protecting Our Families From The Big Ugly Republican Bill
May 24, 2025
Organizing 5 Years After George Floyd
May 24, 2025
Trump’s Refugee Policy Hypocrisy
May 24, 2025
Alabama Voting Rights Win and LDF's Legacy of Resilience and Resistance
May 24, 2025
New Pope's Black Roots and Funding Public Media
May 13, 2025
Connecting Through Community and Culture
May 13, 2025
Trump's 100 Days and How We Fight Back pt 2
May 06, 2025
Trump's 100 Days and How We Fight Back pt 1
May 06, 2025
The State of Our People
Apr 22, 2025
Black Health Equity
Apr 22, 2025
Building a 21st Century Labor Movement
Apr 15, 2025
The Save Act Won't Save Us
Apr 15, 2025
Cory Booker’s Defiance and Louisiana Black Voters Hold The Line
Apr 06, 2025
Hands Off National Day of Action, Faith, and Resilience
Apr 06, 2025
Education Equity or Else with Jitu Brown, National Director of Journey for Justice Alliance
Mar 28, 2025
Standing Ground in the Senate and Medicaid Matters with Former U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Dr. Regina Davis Moss
Mar 28, 2025
Neo-Segregation and Protecting Our Civil Rights with Jitu Brown (Part 2)
Mar 25, 2025
Neo-Segregation and Protecting Our Civil Rights with Amanda Hollowell (Part 1)
Mar 25, 2025
Protecting Public Education with Dr. Weadé James
Mar 25, 2025
History-Making Black Media Makers with Leslie Fields-Cruz
Mar 25, 2025
Black Political Participation with Christopher Towler
Mar 25, 2025
Just Immigration with Nana Gyamfi
Mar 25, 2025
Protecting Public Education and History-Making Black Media Makers with Dr. Weadé James
Mar 03, 2025
For the Culture: Organizing Across Communities with Judith Browne Dianis
Mar 03, 2025