#1411 Our Democracy is Filibusted, Time to Kill the Filibuster (Repost)
Original Air Date: 4–14-2021
Today we take a look at the one element of our government that, above all others, has contributed to the absolute disfunction of our democracy. The filibuster was never intended by the founders, always anti-democratic, often used for racist ends and is now being abused at a rate never before seen.
Read more#1379 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Democracy in America
Air Date: 11–10-2020
Today we take a look at the long and shifting history of the myth of democracy in America. We've never had it since the beginning but the reasons have shifted, ebbed and flowed over time. Now, in the midst of an attempted slow-motion coup, we look back at this most central American myth.
Read more#1435 A History of White Violence in Policy and Practice
Air Date: 8–18-2021
Today we take a look at history of white people deciding to get their way through violence and the tradition of having the government look the other way
Read more#1433 The legacy of White Supremacy in schools, health care and public pools
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Today we take a look at the mechanisms by which the legacy of White Supremacy is harmful to the health and wellbeing of individuals and society as a whole.
Read more#1425 Remembering and Learning from History (Tulsa Massacre and Juneteenth)
Air Date: 6–23-2021
Today we take a look at the purposeful effort to erase the history of anti-Black terrorism in America and the renewed efforts expose our true history in order to learn from it and create the opportunity for healing.
Read more#1411 Our Democracy is Filibusted, Time to Kill the Filibuster
Air Date: 4–14-2021
Today we take a look at the one element of our government that, above all others, has contributed to the absolute disfunction of our democracy. The filibuster was never intended by the founders, always anti-democratic, often used for racist ends and is now being abused at a rate never before seen.
Read more#1379 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Democracy in America
Air Date: 11–10-2020
Today we take a look at the long and shifting history of the myth of democracy in America. We've never had it since the beginning but the reasons have shifted, ebbed and flowed over time. Now, in the midst of an attempted slow-motion coup, we look back at this most central American myth.
Read more#1359 The Life, Legacy and Lessons of John Lewis
Air Date: 8–5-2020
Today we take a look at the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis at a moment in time when the lessons he has to teach us are as important as when he first learned them himself during the dawn of the civil rights era.
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