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February 18, 2021
Google This: Algorithmic Oppression
Imagine youāve forgotten once again the difference between a gorilla and a chimpanzee, so you do a quick Google image search of āgorilla.ā But instead of finding images of adorable banana-obsessed animals, photos of a Black couple pop up.Ā
Google This: Algorithmic Oppression Imagine youāve forgotten once again the difference between a gorilla and a chimpanzee, so you do a quick Google image search of āgorilla.ā But instead of finding images of adorable banana-obsessed animals, photos of a...
February 11, 2021
How To Build Systemic Equality Post Trump
The riot on the Capitol building in the last days of Trumpās presidency was a powerful inflection point in an era of racial reckoning. In its wake, many pundits and politicians declared that āThis is not America.ā Our guest, ³Ō¹ĻÖ±²„ deputy legal director, Jeff Robinson would disagree. The image of...
How To Build Systemic Equality Post Trump February 11, 2021
How To Build Systemic Equality Post Trump
How To Build Systemic Equality Post TrumpThe riot on the Capitol building in the last days of Trumpās presidency was a powerful inflection point in an era of racial reckoning. In its wake, many pundits and politicians declared that āThis is...
February 4, 2021
Filmmaker Garrett Bradley on Time in the Criminal Justice System
This month, in honor of Black History Month, weāll be featuring a slew of incredible Black leaders who are tackling issues that impact their communities. This week, weāre speaking with Garrett Bradley, a filmmaker passionate about criminal justice reform.
Filmmaker Garrett Bradley on Time in the Criminal Justice System February 4, 2021
Filmmaker Garrett Bradley on Time in the Criminal Justice System
Filmmaker Garrett Bradley on Time in the Criminal Justice SystemThis month, in honor of Black History Month, weāll be featuring a slew of incredible Black leaders who are tackling issues that impact their communities. This week, weāre speaking with Garrett Bradley, a filmmaker passionate...
November 18, 2020
Reframing and Re-learning American History With Nikole Hannah-Jones
Thanksgiving is a holiday framed by our history books as a joyful celebration between those who arrived on the Mayflower to Plymouth, Massachusetts and the indigenous Americans already living on the land. In reality, the day had marked the end of a brutal battle where white colonizers attacked Indigenous Americans...
Reframing and Re-learning American History With Nikole Hannah-Jones November 18, 2020
Reframing and Re-learning American History With Nikole Hannah-Jones
Reframing and Re-learning American History With Nikole Hannah-JonesThanksgiving is a holiday framed by our history books as a joyful celebration between those who arrived on the Mayflower to Plymouth, Massachusetts and the indigenous Americans already living on the land. In reality, the...
November 5, 2020
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted
The Trump campaign is pursuing legal challenges in battleground states as the pathways to President Trumpās reelection narrow. These challenges involve attempts to stop or challenge the vote count. And because of the record number of mail-in ballots cast during the pandemic, the votes affected are disproportionately those of mail-in...
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted November 5, 2020
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted
Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is CountedThe Trump campaign is pursuing legal challenges in battleground states as the pathways to President Trumpās reelection narrow. These challenges involve attempts to stop or challenge the vote count. And because of the record number...
October 15, 2020
Photographer Josue Rivas on Indigenous Representation
This week on Monday, October 12th, a growing number of states and cities across the country celebrated Indigenous Peoplesā Day.Ā
Photographer Josue Rivas on Indigenous Representation October 15, 2020
Photographer Josue Rivas on Indigenous Representation
Photographer Josue Rivas on Indigenous RepresentationThis week on Monday, October 12th, a growing number of states and cities across the country celebrated Indigenous Peoplesā Day.Ā
September 3, 2020
Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad for Our Democracy
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, people across the country face the economic devastation left in its wake. Along with staggering unemployment numbers, millions of renters now face eviction ā a situation made even more dire by the global health crisis. Congress responded by instating an eviction moratorium for more...
Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad for Our Democracy September 3, 2020
Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad for Our Democracy
Why Evicting Millions During a Pandemic is Bad for Our DemocracyAs the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, people across the country face the economic devastation left in its wake. Along with staggering unemployment numbers, millions of renters now face eviction ā a situation made even more...
August 26, 2020
A Not So Happy Meal: McDonald's Can't Fix America's Race Problem
The golden arches. The happy meal. These are phrases that immediately mean something to most Americans. In fact, with more than 36,000 restaurants in 100 countries, McDonald's may well be one of the most recognizable brands in the world. But today, we're focusing on a much lesser known side of...
A Not So Happy Meal: McDonald's Can't Fix America's Race Problem August 26, 2020
A Not So Happy Meal: McDonald's Can't Fix America's Race Problem
A Not So Happy Meal: McDonald's Can't Fix America's Race ProblemThe golden arches. The happy meal. These are phrases that immediately mean something to most Americans. In fact, with more than 36,000 restaurants in 100 countries, McDonald's may well be one of the most recognizable...
August 13, 2020
The Black Women Behind the Ongoing Fight for Suffrage
Weāre coming up on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which was ratified on August 18th, 1920 and then certified eight days later. The 19th Amendment inked womenās suffrage into American history, a culminating moment in an effort to win political power. But the ordained heroes of womenās suffrage...
The Black Women Behind the Ongoing Fight for Suffrage August 13, 2020
The Black Women Behind the Ongoing Fight for Suffrage
The Black Women Behind the Ongoing Fight for SuffrageWeāre coming up on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which was ratified on August 18th, 1920 and then certified eight days later. The 19th Amendment inked womenās suffrage into American history, a culminating...
July 2, 2020
Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Building a Lasting Movement
In the last month, protests have erupted across the country calling for justice for Black lives, a wholesale restructuring of policing, and a greater racial reckoning across all facets of American society.Ā
Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Building a Lasting Movement July 2, 2020
Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Building a Lasting Movement
Activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham on Building a Lasting MovementIn the last month, protests have erupted across the country calling for justice for Black lives, a wholesale restructuring of policing, and a greater racial reckoning across all facets of American society.Ā