The Short Life and Early Death of Voting Rights
Birth, August 1965. Death, July 2021. So now what for multiracial democracy? Mark Joseph Stern, who covers the Supreme Court for Slate, explains how the Roberts Court has rewritten the Voting Rights A...
12 Juli 202150min
Can America Be Redeemed?
Eddie Glaude and Imani Perry consider the question through the work of James Baldwin and Richard Wright. Plus: How our country could enter a period of “post-traumatic growth.” The two professors of Af...
5 Juli 202150min
How the Right’s Anti-Trans Hate Machine Works
More than 100 anti-Trans bills have been introduced across 30 states since January. We find out what’s happening — both in the courts and in society — and what still needs to be done. Executive Produ...
28 Juni 202151min
Why We Must Vote
New York City faces a consequential election. We look at the history of our local election laws. Plus, the mastermind behind new voting restrictions nationally. Senior Reporter Arun Venugopal guest ho...
21 Juni 202149min
David Dinkins vs. the NYPD
How NYC’s first Black mayor tried to balance concerns about public safety with demands for a more accountable police force -- and the violent resistance he faced from the police union. Under the Dinki...
14 Juni 202149min
The Dawn of ‘Anti-Racist’ America
Ibram X. Kendi reflects on a shifting political culture -- and the fierce backlash against it. Plus, a remembrance of the 1921 Tulsa massacre. With five best-selling books, including How to Be an Ant...
7 Juni 202150min
The ‘Big Bang’ in Jazz History
Jazz pianist Jason Moran brings us an exploration into the life and work of James Reese Europe and how the infamous 369th Infantry Regiment - also known as the Harlem Hellfighters - crossed racial lin...
31 Maj 202159min
How NYPD ‘Kettled’ the Spirit of Reform
New Yorkers reacted to George Floyd’s murder with mass protests demanding police accountability. NYPD met them with targeted violence and abuse. On June 4, 2020, a few hundred people gathered in the S...
24 Maj 202148min
