Dick Gregory In His Own Words: Remembering the Pioneering Comedian and Civil Rights Activist.
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We are nearing seven months under President Donald Trump, and many of us who have been paying close attention, and maybe even those of you who haven’t been aware-have been hitting extreme poles of emotions from anger, to indignation. The events in Charlottesville, Virginia are another example of the extremist display by white supremacists and … 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
On today’s show, Salima Hamirani explores the solar eclipse passing over the continental US on Monday. We’ll hear from a composer turning it into live music, an eclipse chaser about why it’s so spectacular, and a scientist about what an eclipse even is and how to watch it safely. Before that, Salima talks to Rohini Ramkrishnan … Continued
Anne Frank Center: Trump’s Personal Twitter Account Amplifies Hate and Should Be Suspended; Nephew of Fascist Who Marched in Charlottesville & Former Neo-Nazi on Confronting Racists.
Donald Trump has abandoned his Advisory Councils after they began hemorrhaging corporate CEO members in the wake of his Charlottesville defense of Nazis. On today’s show, Nicole Carty of the group SumOfUs will explain what the development means. Then, staying on Charlottesville, we’ll tackle the question: do hate groups that promise violence have the right … 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
We talk to James Loewen, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Vermont. He worked with a commission studying Confederate monuments in Baltimore. He is the author of such books as Lies My Teacher Told Me, Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong and the Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader.