Puerto Ricans Stand Up
It took less than two weeks for Puerto Ricans to topple their governor following the publication of unsavory private text messages. We tell the story of how small protests evolved into a political upr...
31 Jul 201924min
Chicago's Red Summer
Almost exactly 100 years ago, race riots broke out all across the United States. The Red Summer, as it came to be known, occurred in more than two dozen cities across the nation, including Chicago, wh...
24 Jul 201918min
Oh So Now It's Racist?
This week, an argument about what to call President Trump's rhetoric. NPR editors Mark Memmott and Keith Woods offer different ideas for how news organizations should try to stay credible.See pcm.adsw...
17 Jul 201925min
The Return Of Race Science
In the 19th century it was mainstream science to believe in a racial hierarchy. But after WWII, the scientific world turned its back on eugenics and the study of racial difference. We speak to author ...
10 Jul 201921min
America's Concentration Camps?
There's a debate over what to call the facilities holding migrant asylum seekers at the southern border. We revisit an earlier controversy to help make sense of it.See pcm.adswizz.com for information ...
3 Jul 201927min
Some Of The People Knew Magic
Fifty years after the Stonewall Uprising, queer and trans folks are uncovering hidden parts of LGBTQ+ history. A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, "Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years Afte...
26 Jun 201926min
Code Switch Book Club: Summer 2019
Our listeners suggestions include American history, compelling fiction, a few memoirs—and Jane Austen, re-imagined with brown people.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...
19 Jun 201925min
E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i
Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker. That was the fate of Hawaiian, until a group of second-language learners put up a fight and declared, "E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i" (The Hawaiian Lan...
12 Jun 201925min
