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April 26, 2022
Ask an Expert: What Is Free Speech?
This is "Ask an Expert," a special mini-series where our constitutional experts answer your civil rights and civil liberties questions. For our first edition, we are diving deep into Free Speech, and talking to expert Ben Wizner, the Director of the 51品茶鈥檚 Speech, Privacy, and Technology project. Free Speech is...
Ask an Expert: What Is Free Speech? This is "Ask an Expert," a special mini-series where our constitutional experts answer your civil rights and civil liberties questions. For our first edition, we are diving deep into Free Speech, and talking to expert...
April 21, 2022
Black Lives Matter DC v. Trump
On June 1, 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters gathered in Lafayette Square Park near the White House to protest against police brutality and the police killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In a violation of civil rights and what the New York Times named 鈥渙ne of the defining moments...
Black Lives Matter DC v. Trump On June 1, 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters gathered in Lafayette Square Park near the White House to protest against police brutality and the police killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In a violation...
April 14, 2022
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Anti-Racism Education Bans
Lawmakers, parents, think tanks, and conservative pundits have waged a war over how to teach students about systemic racism. As a result, school board members have been ousted, and some educators have resigned over the death threats, social media bullying, and harassment they鈥檝e received from those who are adamant that...
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Anti-Racism Education Bans April 14, 2022
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Anti-Racism Education Bans
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Anti-Racism Education BansLawmakers, parents, think tanks, and conservative pundits have waged a war over how to teach students about systemic racism. As a result, school board members have been ousted, and some educators have resigned over the...
April 7, 2022
鈥淪exual Justice鈥� Doesn鈥檛 Have to Mean Criminal Justice
April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month and with that, we are bringing you a conversation today about Title IX. One of the protections against sexual assault within our education system and in our workplaces. In May of 2020, then Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos gutted Title IX protections for schools,...
鈥淪exual Justice鈥� Doesn鈥檛 Have to Mean Criminal Justice April 7, 2022
鈥淪exual Justice鈥� Doesn鈥檛 Have to Mean Criminal Justice
鈥淪exual Justice鈥� Doesn鈥檛 Have to Mean Criminal JusticeApril marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month and with that, we are bringing you a conversation today about Title IX. One of the protections against sexual assault within our education system and in our workplaces. In...
March 31, 2022
Affirmative Action Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling
For over half a century, Affirmative Action has woven its way into the fabric of our society through nondiscrimination policies and initiatives aimed at establishing equal opportunity for women, people of color, and other minorities across schools and the workplace. Over the years, courts and colleges have repeatedly clashed over...
Affirmative Action Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling March 31, 2022
Affirmative Action Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling
Affirmative Action Is the Floor, Not the CeilingFor over half a century, Affirmative Action has woven its way into the fabric of our society through nondiscrimination policies and initiatives aimed at establishing equal opportunity for women, people of color, and other minorities...
March 24, 2022
Refugees of Color Matter Too
This week, we鈥檒l be talking about something that鈥檚 on everyone鈥檚 mind: Ukraine. After weeks of building forces on the border, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, the UN has reported that nearly 700 civilians in Ukraine have lost their lives...
Refugees of Color Matter Too This week, we鈥檒l be talking about something that鈥檚 on everyone鈥檚 mind: Ukraine. After weeks of building forces on the border, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since...
March 17, 2022
鈥淧rotecting Women and Children" Is a Shield for Transphobia
This week, we鈥檙e bringing you a conversation about the recent surge of anti-trans bills that have been levied in state legislatures. 2020 saw 79 different anti-trans state bills dealing with everything from education to athletics, and healthcare to bathroom access. In 2021, that count nearly doubled, with 147 proposals aimed...
鈥淧rotecting Women and Children" Is a Shield for Transphobia March 17, 2022
鈥淧rotecting Women and Children" Is a Shield for Transphobia
鈥淧rotecting Women and Children" Is a Shield for TransphobiaThis week, we鈥檙e bringing you a conversation about the recent surge of anti-trans bills that have been levied in state legislatures. 2020 saw 79 different anti-trans state bills dealing with everything from education to athletics,...
March 10, 2022
Jon Batiste on Social Music, Family, and Freedom
Today we鈥檙e speaking with music legend Jon Batiste. He鈥檚 an Oscar-winning composer, pianist, bandleader and singer who is going into the 2022 Grammy Awards with 11 nominations 鈥� the most of any artist this year. You may have seen him on 鈥淭he Late Show With Stephen Colbert鈥� where he鈥檚 been...
Jon Batiste on Social Music, Family, and Freedom March 10, 2022
Jon Batiste on Social Music, Family, and Freedom
Jon Batiste on Social Music, Family, and FreedomToday we鈥檙e speaking with music legend Jon Batiste. He鈥檚 an Oscar-winning composer, pianist, bandleader and singer who is going into the 2022 Grammy Awards with 11 nominations 鈥� the most of any artist this year....
March 3, 2022
The Politics of Pleasure
For some of us, simply living in our bodies is a daily act against oppression, against marginalization, criminalization and hate. This work is exhausting鈥ost justice work is. That鈥檚 why finding what brings us joy is so central to both our individual and our collective liberation. While seemingly simple, when put...
The Politics of Pleasure For some of us, simply living in our bodies is a daily act against oppression, against marginalization, criminalization and hate. This work is exhausting鈥ost justice work is. That鈥檚 why finding what brings us joy is...
February 24, 2022
Imani Perry Thinks You鈥檙e Wrong About the South
Our guest today is Imani Perry. Her latest book is 鈥淪outh to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.鈥� In it she writes that understanding this country starts with the South. Imani challenges the idea of the South as a backward place, a...
Imani Perry Thinks You鈥檙e Wrong About the South February 24, 2022
Imani Perry Thinks You鈥檙e Wrong About the South
Imani Perry Thinks You鈥檙e Wrong About the SouthOur guest today is Imani Perry. Her latest book is 鈥淪outh to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.鈥� In it she writes that understanding this country starts...