The March, The Map, and the Med Schools

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4.4 • 14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Mimi Brown breaks down the day. Thousands marched in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights. The Supreme Court rejected Virginia's redistricting appeal. And the DOJ is going after Yale and UCLA medical schools over admissions. Plus, the Monday Brief.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:09.4	Thousands marched in Selma and Montgomery over the weekend calling for action on voting rights.
0:15.0	I don't know if this country deserves black people, but I know that you need us.
0:19.2	The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Virginia's last appeal to redraw its congressional map.
0:24.4	The voices of upwards of three million Virginians are at this point being disregarded for procedural
0:30.2	issues.
0:31.3	And the Justice Department is going after medical schools for racial discrimination.
0:36.0	Medical care is intimate, and people like to be cared for by somebody who's like them.
0:40.7	It's Monday, May 18th.
0:43.4	From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown.
0:47.0	This is front page.
0:50.3	Plus, today on the Monday brief,
0:52.8	what to watch this week from your wallet to the gas pump.
0:56.8	Stay with me.
0:59.4	We're not doing that.
1:01.0	We're not going back.
1:02.7	Black voters are not waiting for the courts to save them.
1:06.8	Over the weekend, thousands of people gathered in Selma at Montgomery, Alabama to kick off what organizers are calling a sustained summer of organizing, voter mobilization, civic education, and direct action leading into the November midterms.
1:22.5	The rally was called All Roads Lead to the South, and it came after a month of stunning setbacks for voting rights.
1:29.6	The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
1:32.5	Tennessee carved up Memphis, Alabama eliminated a black-held seat, and Louisiana is redrawing its map.
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