Kevin Tidmarsh

As protests continue across the country, we look at the way policing is depicted on television.

Scott Spencer’s new novel, “ An Ocean Without a Shore,”  is about a life seeped in unfulfilled desires.

The Crenshaw Dairy Mart highlights art’s importance in activist movements. Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors performs a prayer for Ahmaud Arbery.

For this week’s Freeform Friday mix, we are joined by producer and Brainfeeder label boss Steve Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus.

David France’s new HBO documentary, “Welcome to Chechnya” looks at the ongoing campaign to eradicate gay people in the Chechen Republic.

Dominique Fung’s paintings unpack her understanding of her own cultural identity. Paul Sepuya’s photographs bring emotions to disembodied digital communication.

KCRW and the California African American Museum have co-commissioned artist Lynnée Denise’s art piece, “Feet Prayer,” and a contextual conversation with the artist, crunk-funk dancer…

Valida seamlessly blends a variety of music styles that include: indie rock, house, electro, disco, world rhythms, golden-era hip-hop, and some classic 80s, pop, punk, and reggae…

Brit Bennett pushes questions of race and color to their extremes in her new novel, The Vanishing Half.