We break bread with Kali Akuno in an ongoing series called “Shifting Focus” which builds on a recent article about changing the political landscape and challenging capitalism. Guest: Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. Kali served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the Mayoral Administration of the late … Continued
We start the first of several conversations with Kali Akuno about an article he and his comrades Brian Drolet and Doug Norberg wrote called ‘Shifting Focus: Organization For Revolution, Not Crisis Avoidance‘. Guest: Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson. Kali served as the Director of Special Projects and External Funding in the … Continued
Social Media is a huge part of everyday life, impacting Americans in both positive and negative manners. Davey speaks with Dr. Desmond Upton Patton of SAFE Lab about the role social media plays in the facilitation of youth behavior and gang violence. Guests: Dr. Professor Desmond Upton Patton’s research uses qualitative and computational data collection methods to … Continued
We speak with political sportswriter Dave Zirin about his latest book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Dave Zirin, is the author of ten books on the politics of sports, most recently, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Zirin … Continued
We speak with chef, author and publisher Bryant Terry about food justice and his latest book, Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora.
We speak with Dr. Venus Evans-Winters and Hodari B. Davis about the education of Black children, in particular Black girls. Guests: Dr. Venus Evans-Winters is former Professor of Education Policy and Research at Illinois State University in the Department of Educational Administration. She is also the Founder of Planet Venus and creator of the Write Like A Scholar … Continued
We look at the history of African American healing and medicine with Michele E. Lee. African American traditional medicine is an American classic that emerged out of the necessity of its people to survive. It began with the healing knowledge brought with the African captives on the slave ships and later merged with Native American, … Continued
We pay tribute to John Lewis and CT Vivian with historian Jelani Cobb and Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
We speak with Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson about the ongoing water crises. Cooperation Jackson is an emerging vehicle for sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community ownership. Our long term vision is to develop a cooperative network based in Jackson, Mississippi that will consist of four interconnected and interdependent institutions: a federation of local … Continued
We speak with professor Dr. Jared Ball about his new book, The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying. This Palgrave Pivot offers a history of and proof against claims of “buying power” and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the United States. For generations Black people have … Continued
