Ruth Wilson Gilmore Makes the Case for Abolition (Part 1)
Chenjerai Kumanyika, assistant professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, hosts a special two part discussion. Kumanyika is co-host of the podcasts Uncivil and Scene on Radio. He...
10 Jun 202054min
The Rebellion in Defense of Black Lives Is Rooted in U.S. History. So Too Is Trump’s Authoritarian Rule
With the threat of a widespread military deployment in U.S. cities looming, the president is acting as an authoritarian dictator. Dr. Keisha Blain, author of "Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist ...
3 Jun 20201h 11min
The Disenfranchiser: Donald Trump’s Attack on Voting Rights and the Threat to Native Sovereignty
The modern Republican Party has mastered the art of voter suppression and gerrymandering, but the president is now seeking to exploit the pandemic to aid these efforts. In between tweets accusing Joe ...
27 Mai 20201h 9min
The Jungle and the Pandemic: The Meat Industry, Coronavirus, and an Economy in Crisis
As the Covid-19 U.S. death toll climbs toward 100,000 and unemployment is nearing 20 percent, House Democrats have offered up a bill that is intended to offer a sharp contrast to the corporatist Repub...
20 Mai 20201h 4min
What Reconstruction and the New Deal Can Teach Us About What Comes After the Pandemic Presidency
David Blight, Pulitzer prize winning author of "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" and a Yale history professor, discusses the era of Reconstruction, the swift dismantling of its hard fought gain...
13 Mai 20201h 19min
Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the Politics of Sexual Misconduct
Two dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault, including rape. Trump has responded by denigrating, mocking and attacking his accusers. Eight women have made al...
6 Mai 20201h 23min
BONUS: Race, Trust, and the Chicago Police — The Investigation of Courtney Copeland’s Murder
The new podcast Somebody documents Shapearl Wells’s quest to find out what happened to Courtney Copeland, her 22-year-old son who wound up with a bullet in his back outside a Chicago police station in...
1 Mai 202049min
Viral Injustice
While the statistics are grim, the harsh reality is how the Trump administration — as well as some governors and mayors — handled this crisis made the situation much more deadly than it should have be...
29 Apr 20201h 9min
