Reparations and Juneteenth
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is $300,000 per person an extravagant amount to pay Black citizens for generational poverty originating with slavery?
What It Means to Be Black While Blue
Reading Time: 20 minutes A police lieutenant with more than 30 years on the force, who is the president of his Black Police Officers Association, gives a personal and inside look at policing.
Is It 1968 All Over Again?
Reading Time: 12 minutes The riots of 1967 and 1968 over racial injustice resulted in over 70 dead and many injured. How do they compare with what we are witnessing today?
The Real ‘Preexisting Conditions’ That Explain Black COVID Deaths
Reading Time: 5 minutes New report is a stunning indictment of racism and its economic and health consequences.
Will Nationalism and Fascism Rise Along With Sea Levels?
Reading Time: 4 minutes When rising temperatures and sea levels displace tens of millions of people in the near future, will these climate refugees be welcomed elsewhere or met with hostility? Here is a preview of what’s to come.
The ‘Plague’ of Fascism Infecting Trump’s America
Reading Time: 9 minutes The belated recognition of white supremacists as a national security threat highlights historic fears of how a nation succumbs to fascism.
Inside the Ferguson Protests
Reading Time: 17 minutes A close look at what set off the Ferguson riots five years ago, and a closer look at the long-term abuse and predation the police subjected black citizens to every day.
What’s the Cost of Turning History and Racial Politics into Entertainment?
Reading Time: 18 minutes Spoiler Alert! This podcast features a detailed discussion of the story portrayed in the film Green Book. If you haven’t seen it yet, and plan to, please save this podcast for later.The movie Green Book has earned accolades and attacks since it was released in December. The controversies are sure to be rekindled by the Read More
Environmental Case Hinged on Racist Judge’s Opinion
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in an environmental case was based on a dissent by a racist judge who revealed confidential information to a third party.
Yes, America’s Schools Are Still Segregated
Reading Time: 5 minutes Although the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawed segregation in 1954, schools across the country are resegregating at an alarming rate, severely impacting students and their communities.