Alone Together During COVID-19: Live Call-in
Part of the mission of our show is to address our collective anxieties. The COVID-19 pandemic has already drastically reshaped our lives, our politics, and our health -- both physical and mental. Righ...
13 Maalis 20201h 16min
Black Power at the Polls
A lot of people have a lot of opinions about the choices black people are making in the Democratic primary. But as we've seen in other election cycles, when the dust settles, the country seems to move...
12 Maalis 202027min
Keeping White Power at the Polls
The United States of Anxiety presents: What Next "One person, one vote" has not always been a given in America. After the Civil War, there was some debate over who should be counted in a congressional...
5 Maalis 202022min
A Secret Meeting in South Bend
Mike Jackson, like many descendants of the Great Migration, has a family home that was built from protest, resilience and ingenuity. In the spring of 1950, his parents met in secret with 25 other fami...
27 Helmi 202044min
Fragility in Liberty
Many of us associate the Statue of Liberty with the poem mounted on her pedestal: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The monument has become a symbol of imm...
20 Helmi 202041min
Paralysis at the Crossroads
As primary season kicks off, Democratic voters around the country face a deeper choice than electability: Is the best response to Donald Trump a return to comity and unity in our politics, or must the...
13 Helmi 202022min
Two Schools in Marin County
Last year, the California Attorney General held a tense press conference at a tiny elementary school in the one working class, black neighborhood of the mostly wealthy and white Marin County. His offi...
6 Helmi 202051min
40 Acres in Mississippi
Elbert Lester has lived his full 94 years in Quitman County, Mississippi, on land he and his family own. That’s exceptional for black people in this area, and some family members even say the land cam...
30 Tammi 202043min
