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Air Date: 07-31-2015

Today we take a look at the #BlackLivesMatter protest at Netroots Nation and the positive results that have emerged in it’s wake

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Today we take a look at the history of race and white supremacy in America to understand the incredibly loud echoes of the past that continue to reverberate strongly in modern society

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Today we examine the complicated dynamics of the race of Rachel Dolezal and the simple dynamics of the white supremacist terrorist attack on a historical black church on Charleston, SC

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Today we take an in-depth look at the response to Freddie Gray’s murder at the hands of Baltimore police

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Today we take a brief look at the Walter Scott killing, just one of several recent police killings of unarmed black men in America, as well as examining the broader system in which these killings are allowed to happen

Today we take a look at the history of housing discrimination in the US and the connection of those policies to the systemic racism and social unrest in places like Ferguson, MO

We at Best of the Left created a Storify of the conversation between Nicole Sandler, Elon James White and others regarding Patricia Arquette's comments back stage at the Oscars. These events took place 3 weeks ago from the time of this posting, my intention is not to stir up an old debate but to archive it in a way that I hope some will find instructive and enlightening. - Jay!

Today we hammer home the details about white privilege once and for all so that there will never be any further confusion about it ever

Today we take a look at the legacy of Martin Luther King as it was taught to us and fill in the gaps that were left out. Turns out it was no accident those gaps were left in the first place.

Today we look at the interplay between a system of structural racism and our (in)justice system and beg the question: is the system broken or is it working just as intended?