The Biden administration is reviving the legal and moral case for slavery reparations. Continue reading
- February 12, 2021
The health effects caused by decades of systemic racism are staggering. Continue reading
- February 5, 2021Race has been at the core of the American past and its present.
- January 4, 2021If we're going to throw terms like "structural racism" around, we should understand what they mean and the work white people have to do. This film lays it out.
- December 7, 2020
Black, Native, and Latinx people are between three and four times more likely to be hospitalized with the coronavirus than white people. Continue reading
- November 18, 2020
At 22, working for the non-profit organization Demos in New York, Heather McGhee plunged into the fight for debt reform, then tackled Wall Street corruption and consumer protection, and wound up president of Demos, leading its campaign against political and economic inequality. Heather McGhee decided to change the world, or at least try. Her new book is THE SUM OF US. Continue reading
- November 18, 2020
The summer of unrest sharpens the nation’s attention to issues of racial justice. Continue reading
- October 6, 2020
When climate catastrophes strike in the United States, it is the nation’s Black people that are hit the hardest – while lacking the resources and social mobility to confront them. Continue reading
- August 14, 2020Donald Trump rode to power on the wings of a dark lie — one of the most malignant and ugly lies in American history. Bill Moyers and four historians on Donald Trump and white supremacy.
- August 13, 2020
In January 2018, I spoke with the Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks about The Force, his feature documentary about Oakland’s deeply troubled police department and its history of violence. This is a new interview with Pete, discussing those issues in the post-George Floyd world. Continue reading