Caleb McDaniel on Slavery and Restitution

Caleb McDaniel on Slavery and Restitution

Thanks to the work of activists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jamelle Bouie, Black peoples' demand for reparations have garnered growing attention among politicians, business leaders, university officials, and journalists. For those that argue that reparations are not possible or that too much time has passed, today's guest has an important story to tell about a formerly enslaved woman named Henrietta Wood who sued for restitution in 1870 and won; paid $2,500, what is likely the largest sum ever awarded by a court in the United States in restitution for slavery. Wood's story, which crosses multiple boundaries between lower and upper South, the antebellum and postbellum period, blurring the distinctions between, offers us valuable lessons about the history of slavery and freedom, and the lengths that different people went to in order to achieve both. More importantly, Henrietta Wood raises the question once again on people's lips: what is owed to the formerly enslaved and their descendants? And demonstrates that such restitution is long overdue.

Jaksot(125)

Sherene Seikaly on Economic Thought in British Mandate Palestine

Sherene Seikaly on Economic Thought in British Mandate Palestine

Historian Sherene Seikaly uncovered a group of elite Palestinian men in 1930s and 1940s who articulated a national economic vision for Palestine before the founding of Israel. Listen to learn more abo...

2 Touko 201634min

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on Black Lives Matter and Black Liberation

Few social justice struggles have captivated recent political history like the broad Black Lives Matter movement. From the streets of Ferguson and Baltimore to campaign rally interruptions of leading ...

1 Huhti 201645min

Eric Rauchway on How FDR and Keynes Ended the Depression

Eric Rauchway on How FDR and Keynes Ended the Depression

We've been hearing a lot about economist John Maynard Keynes' midcentury economic plans for the U.S. since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008. Are the measures that Keynes and FDR took to c...

1 Helmi 201643min

Leigh Claire La Berge on Financial Fiction of the Long 1980s

Leigh Claire La Berge on Financial Fiction of the Long 1980s

What stories do we tell about finance? How does financial print culture shape our lives? Our guest today explores the narratives we have been told, and tell, about finance. A literary scholar, Leigh C...

1 Tammi 201648min

Jennifer Mittelstadt on the Rise of the Military Welfare State

Jennifer Mittelstadt on the Rise of the Military Welfare State

Have you seen those Facebook memes floating around, arguing that we shouldn't support a $15 minimum wage for service sector workers because the military doesn't earn a living wage? Jennifer Mittelstad...

2 Joulu 201548min

Mike Elk on Media Workers Unite

Mike Elk on Media Workers Unite

On this month’s episode, we talk to the journalist Mike Elk about a new group called Media Workers Unite and their “Louisville Statement of Media Workers Rights.” Media Workers Unite are creating a pu...

1 Marras 201522min

Phil Tiemeyer on Male Flight Attendants and Sexuality in the Workplace

Phil Tiemeyer on Male Flight Attendants and Sexuality in the Workplace

Today’s guest discusses the history of sexuality in the workplace through the lens of male flight attendants. We speak with Phil Tiemeyer about the shifts and changes in the airline industry across th...

1 Syys 201537min

Live Show: Who Makes Cents with Belabored

Live Show: Who Makes Cents with Belabored

In July, we joined our friends from Dissent magazine's Belabored podcast to discuss the history of capitalism and how journalists and academics writing about labor and business can work together. List...

1 Elo 20151h 18min

Suosittua kategoriassa Yhteiskunta

olipa-kerran-otsikko
i-dont-like-mondays
sita
siita-on-vaikea-puhua
kaksi-aitia
gogin-ja-janin-maailmanhistoria
uutiscast
antin-palautepalvelu
poks
joku-tietaa-jotain-2
kolme-kaannekohtaa
mamma-mia
aikalisa
yopuolen-tarinoita-2
rss-murhan-anatomia
rss-palmujen-varjoissa
rss-nikotellen
meidan-pitais-puhua
naakkavalta
loukussa