America continues to burn. This administration continues to lie. The far-right is hell bent on painting protest as villains. The liberal media wants to put us to sleep.
Fire and Tears
On Op-Ed by S.M.Love for Black House News. A nation grieves as it burns. The ashes from the west have carried over to the east. Death and deception remain at the core of everyone’s minds.
Listen Up! Who You Calling ‘Hispanic’?
But seriously, who? Because while it is Hispanic Heritage Month, the notion of a multiracial, multinational, pan-ethnic identity called “Hispanic” is a relatively recent — …
Listen Up! The Making And Remaking Of Afghanistan
For two decades, many Americans have seen Afghanistan depicted primarily through the lens of war. But that’s not the full story — not even close. …
Listen Up! The Folk Devil Made Me Do It
What moral panics reveal about the ongoing freakout over critical race theory in schools.
Listen Up! The Lost Summer
Twenty years ago, during the dog days of summer , a fledgling journalist named Shereen Marisol Meraji — maybe you’ve heard of her? — headed …
Listen Up! ‘Seeing Ghosts’ Across Generations
Kat Chow was 13 when her mother died, and with that loss came profound and lasting questions about identity, family and history. In her memoir, …
Listen Up! Who Runs The World? Kids.
OK, they’re not all kids. But they’re all students, they’re all amazing, and frankly, we’re concerned that they might be coming for our jobs. That’s …
Listen Up! Care To Explain Yourself?
It’s hot out, places are shutting down again, and things might just be feeling a little bit slow. So in the spirit of spicing things …
Listen Up! Violence That Doesn’t Go Viral
We talk a lot on this show about people who have been killed by police officers. But there is so much police violence that falls …
Listen Up! To Love And Not Forgive
For much of her childhood, Ashley Ford’s father was incarcerated, and her mother struggled to raise her while grappling with her own upended life plans. …
Listen Up! What Does It Mean To Be Latino? The ‘Light-Skinned Privilege’ Edition
Maria Garcia and Maria Hinojosa are both Mexican American, both mestiza, and both relatively light-skinned. But Maria Hinojosa strongly identifies as a woman of color, …