Speak Up and Honest (with Samira Sangare)
Pod Save the People11 Tammi 2022

Speak Up and Honest (with Samira Sangare)

DeRay, Myles, Kaya, and De’Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including Black climbers on Mount Everest, false positive drug tests in state prisons, and the life and death of Black political icons Sidney Poiter and Lani Guinier. DeRay interviews activist Samira Sangare about her work and advocacy with Saratoga Black Lives Matter in New York State.

News:

DeRay https://www.news10.com/news/nys-inspector-general-report-reveals-rampant-false-positive-drug-test-results-in-state-prisons-led-to-undue-punishment/


Myles https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a38695714/oprah-sidney-poitier-interview/


Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/mount-everest-black-climbers/2021/12/31/b5d28a70-3757-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html


De’Ara https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/politics/lani-guinier-dead.html

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