Jan Grue talks about justice for people with disabilities and why he believes, even with gains in disability rights, the world would still like to keep the differently-abled in the shadows.
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A Plan For Piecing America Back Together
George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins us to discuss what he sees as four separate narratives dividing the country, and what each story says about the health of our nation as a whole.
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The World Needs More Toilets
Science journalist Chelsea Wald joins us to talk about what’s behind the plumbing and introduce the scientists and activists working to make sanitation healthy and accessible for all.
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An Argument For Reparations
Duke University public policy professor William A. Darity Jr. joins us to make the case for monetary compensation for Black Americans.
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What Happened The Last Time We Tried To Cut Off Immigation
Jia Lynn Yang, deputy national editor at the New York Times, joins us to talk about the lawmakers at the forefront of the push to change the law and the immigrants at the center of the fight for equality.
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Thomas Jefferson’s Utopian Vision and the Violent Reality
Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, joins us to talk about how a school founded, in part, to end slavery ultimately preserved it.
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A Pragmatist’s Take On Equality
American University law professor Robert L. Tsai joins us to talk about legal maneuvers that might help the country at least get closer to becoming a more equitable society.
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Democracy In Black
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. joins us to talk about why a total remaking of our democracy is the only path to equality.
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Music To March To
This hour, we’ll learn how African American spirituals once sung in the fields evolved into the protest songs that paved the way for equality with Baylor University associate professor Robert F. Darden.
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