On today’s show, civil rights attorney Dan Siegel joins Brian Edwards-Tiekert to discuss the difference between hate speech and free speech. They also explore how city governments can respond when alt-right demonstrators come to town. Then, Fred Glass speaks to Brian Edwards-Tiekert about the labor history of California. Together they examine the history of the Golden State from the … Continued


Our guest, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, (she/they) is a queer disabled non-binary femme writer and cultural worker of Burger/ Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/ Roma ascent. Her work has been widely published, most recently in The Deaf Poets Society, Glitter and Grit and Octavia’s Brood.  Her memoir, Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her … Continued


The month of August is a time where thousands of black people inside and outside of prison commemorate Black August to honor fallen freedom fighters in the black liberation movement. Today, we explore the history and significance of Black August and the continued incarceration of black bodies inside prison. Host Cat Brooks interviews Mama Ayanna … Continued


Exclusive: Stonewall Jackson’s Great-Great-Grandsons Call for Removal of Confederate Monuments; Life After Hate: Trump Admin Stops Funding Former Neo-Nazis Who Now Fight White Supremacy; “Vile, Hateful & Racist”: A Fargo Family Disowns White Supremacist Relative After Charlottesville; The Monuments Must Go: An Open Letter From Great, Great Grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.


Diversity is measured in large part by the presence or absence of people belonging to one ethnoracial category (Black, Hispanic, etc.) or another. But do those long-standing categories still make sense, given intragroup differences, immigration to the U.S., and race-mixing? David Hollinger thinks that if the goal of anti-discrimination policy is to match reward conferred … Continued