#970 The power of solidarity (Racial Justice)
Air Date: 11-20-15
Today we look at the University of Missouri protests that ousted the university president and look back at the anniversary of the Tamir Rice police killing
Read more#966 Criminalizing the classroom (School-to-Prison Pipeline)
Air Date: 11-6-15
Today we take a look at the structural systems in place that work to funnel many children, disproportionately children of color, out of the school system and directly into the (in)justice system
Read more#965 Death by stereotype, the dehumanizing of women of color
Air Date: 11-3-15
Today we take a look at the dangerous intersection women of color inhabit, how their very lives are at risk for simply being who they are and how society tends to turn a blind eye
Read more#961 Working our way toward anti-democracy (Voter Suppression)
Air date: 10-16-15
Today we take a look at a few of the tactics used to suppress voter turnout from the civil rights era to the modern era
Read more#960 Reconsidering Columbus (Indigenous Peoples day)
Air date: 10-13-15
Today we take a look at the legacy of Christopher Columbus and the echoes of that legacy that can still be strongly felt today
Read more#947 Understanding the schism in the progressive movement (#BlackLivesMatter)
Air date: 8-18-15
Today we see what we can learn from the recent #BlackLivesMatter protests against Bernie Sanders and the reactions from some Sanders supporters that they sparked.
Read more#942 Productive progressive infighting (#BlackLivesMatter at #NetrootsNation)
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
Read more#934 The long shadow of southern white supremacy (Racism)
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
Read more#933 Heritage (Rachel Dolezal and the Charleston Shooting)
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
Read more#920 Continued injustice, continued response (#BaltimoreUprising)
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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