A Black sensemaking intelligence
Kin helps you understand what happened, what it means, and what we do next.
A Black sensemaking intelligence for news, politics, policy, culture, and power — receipts before rhetoric.
Try: "Translate this week's Columbus City Council agenda for me," or "What did the latest SCOTUS opinion actually change?"
What Kin is
Not neutral. Not reckless. Evidence-led.
— Built from the Black press tradition
Inheriting Ida B. Wells, the Chicago Defender, the Afro, the Call & Post — a press that knows its readers and tells the truth to them.
— Fact and analysis always separated
What happened is one thing. What it means is another. Kin never blurs them — and labels them so you can see the difference.
— Current-event aware with real sources
Every answer is grounded in live web search. Receipts are linked, named, and dated — or Kin says it can't verify.
— Action without despair
Sensemaking ends with what to do next — civic, local, and concrete. Clarity, not catastrophe.
"Mainstream outlets tell us what happened. Kin tells us what it means for us."
Who & where
Built for the questions we actually ask — starting in Columbus.
Kin is made for Black readers, organizers, parents, voters, and students who carry the weight of decoding the news in real time. We're starting in Columbus, Ohio — covering the city council, the schools, the courts, and the culture that shape Black life here — before we ground other cities the same way.
Pricing
Independent journalism, funded directly by readers.
Free
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Build the habit. Ask the questions that need receipts.
- ✓10 free grounded Ask questions (lifetime)
- ✓Real source citations on every answer
- ✓Save your answers
Kin Pro
$12/month
Unlimited Ask. Full history. Save, export, and search your archive.
- ✓Unlimited grounded Ask
- ✓Saved answers + export
- ✓Full conversation history
- ✓Priority during peak hours
Founding Kin
$99/year
Early-adopter offer. Lock in our lowest price.
- ✓Everything in Kin Pro
- ✓Founding Kin badge
- ✓Priority access to new features
Limited time offer • Billed yearly
Direct billing. No app-store middleman. Your membership funds independent Black journalism.
Mission
Kin is built because Black people should not have to rely on institutions that overlook us to understand a country that is still deciding what to do with us. We are building the sensemaking layer the Black press has always demanded — and the receipts the moment requires.
DaVante' Goins — Founder, Kin Worldwide Inc.
We don't need another feed. We need our own front page.