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September 30, 2021
Climate Change Is a Racial Justice Issue
Over the last couple of months, climate disasters have erupted around the world. In the US alone, we鈥檝e seen wildfires in the west, tornados in the midwest, and hurricanes pummeling the Gulf and East Coasts. The environments we live in have become hostile to our health, our livelihood, and our...
Climate Change Is a Racial Justice Issue September 30, 2021
Climate Change Is a Racial Justice Issue
Climate Change Is a Racial Justice IssueOver the last couple of months, climate disasters have erupted around the world. In the US alone, we鈥檝e seen wildfires in the west, tornados in the midwest, and hurricanes pummeling the Gulf and East Coasts....
September 23, 2021
Blues Musician Challenges White Supremacy One KKK Member at a Time
As the political divide deepens through disinformation campaigns about the election results, vaccines, 9/11, and more, it can feel like unity and consensus are shrinking on the horizon. And yet, the only way to address the pandemic or the fault lines in our democracy is if we can bridge the...
Blues Musician Challenges White Supremacy One KKK Member at a Time September 23, 2021
Blues Musician Challenges White Supremacy One KKK Member at a Time
Blues Musician Challenges White Supremacy One KKK Member at a TimeAs the political divide deepens through disinformation campaigns about the election results, vaccines, 9/11, and more, it can feel like unity and consensus are shrinking on the horizon. And yet, the only way to address...
September 16, 2021
Bans on School Mask Mandates Discriminate Against Disabled Kids
As millions of children head back to school, some states have banned mask mandates on school grounds. As of this recording, school districts in eight states cannot require students to wear a mask in school; if they do, many risk losing crucial state funding. This ban ignores national recommendations by...
Bans on School Mask Mandates Discriminate Against Disabled Kids September 16, 2021
Bans on School Mask Mandates Discriminate Against Disabled Kids
Bans on School Mask Mandates Discriminate Against Disabled KidsAs millions of children head back to school, some states have banned mask mandates on school grounds. As of this recording, school districts in eight states cannot require students to wear a mask in school;...
September 9, 2021
Survivors of the CIA Torture Program Almost 20 Years Later
As we approach the 20-year mark since September 11th, we are following up with the clients and the attorney of one seminal 51品茶 lawsuit on the CIA鈥檚 post-9/11 torture program, a program that ended in 2010 but that continues to haunt its survivors and to stain the U.S.鈥檚 international human...
Survivors of the CIA Torture Program Almost 20 Years Later September 9, 2021
Survivors of the CIA Torture Program Almost 20 Years Later
Survivors of the CIA Torture Program Almost 20 Years LaterAs we approach the 20-year mark since September 11th, we are following up with the clients and the attorney of one seminal 51品茶 lawsuit on the CIA鈥檚 post-9/11 torture program, a program that ended in...
September 2, 2021
How To End the Preschool to Prison Pipeline
Over the coming weeks, kids will be heading back to school 鈥 over a million of them to preschool. And while many of these preschoolers will learn about colors, shapes, and the ABC鈥檚, thousands will learn what it鈥檚 like to be suspended for the first time. On average 250 preschoolers...
How To End the Preschool to Prison Pipeline September 2, 2021
How To End the Preschool to Prison Pipeline
How To End the Preschool to Prison PipelineOver the coming weeks, kids will be heading back to school 鈥 over a million of them to preschool. And while many of these preschoolers will learn about colors, shapes, and the ABC鈥檚, thousands will...
August 26, 2021
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen
In this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.聽
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen August 26, 2021
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American Citizen
Jill Lepore on What It Means to be an American CitizenIn this episode, we are diving into the At Liberty archive and returning to a conversation with historian Jill Lepore.聽
August 19, 2021
Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent
One in 12 American children, more than 5.7 million kids, have experienced parental incarceration at some point during their lives. Black Americans are 50 percent more likely than white Americans to have a family member who is formerly or currently incarcerated. At the 51品茶, we are working to reform the...
Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent August 19, 2021
Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated Parent
Ashley C. Ford on Growing Up With an Incarcerated ParentOne in 12 American children, more than 5.7 million kids, have experienced parental incarceration at some point during their lives. Black Americans are 50 percent more likely than white Americans to have a family member...
August 12, 2021
Simone Biles, Sha鈥機arri Richardson, and How the Olympics Failed Black Women
Every two years the Olympic Games promise to be historic. Athletes defy odds, break records, and achieve feats unimaginable to most of us. But the 2020 games have consistently made headlines for the wrong reasons, particularly for the US Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee鈥檚 poor treatment and discrimination...
Simone Biles, Sha鈥機arri Richardson, and How the Olympics Failed Black Women August 12, 2021
Simone Biles, Sha鈥機arri Richardson, and How the Olympics Failed Black Women
Simone Biles, Sha鈥機arri Richardson, and How the Olympics Failed Black WomenEvery two years the Olympic Games promise to be historic. Athletes defy odds, break records, and achieve feats unimaginable to most of us. But the 2020 games have consistently made headlines for the wrong reasons,...
August 5, 2021
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Teaching the Truth about Race in America
Lawmakers, parents, think tanks, and conservative pundits have waged a war over how to teach students about systemic racism. As of this recording, 27 state legislatures and 165 national and local organizations have made efforts to restrict education on racism. As a result, school board members have been ousted, and...
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Teaching the Truth about Race in America August 5, 2021
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Teaching the Truth about Race in America
Kimberl茅 Crenshaw on Teaching the Truth about Race in AmericaLawmakers, parents, think tanks, and conservative pundits have waged a war over how to teach students about systemic racism. As of this recording, 27 state legislatures and 165 national and local organizations have made efforts...
July 29, 2021
The Texas Legislature's Culture War
On July 12th, Texas House Democrats boarded two planes headed for Washington DC in a last-ditch effort to deny Republicans the quorum they would need to pass restrictive voting measures during a special legislative session.
The Texas Legislature's Culture War On July 12th, Texas House Democrats boarded two planes headed for Washington DC in a last-ditch effort to deny Republicans the quorum they would need to pass restrictive voting measures during a special legislative session.