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Sen. Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.), holds a copy of the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders as he and two other members of the commission discuss the study on the television-radio program "Issues and Answers," in Washington, March 3, 1968. With him are the commission's chairman, Gov. Otto Kerner of Illinois, right, and Roy Wilkins, center, executive director of the NAACP.

A 1968 Report Could’ve Brought Us Closer to Racial Justice, But We Ignored It

August 31, 2021 Culture, History, Race/Identity

Columbia University journalism professor Jelani Cobb has written a new introduction for the Kerner Commission Report, and he joins us to discuss why the document is a landmark of American history and remains salient today.

A file photo shows New York City Police facing off with activists during a protest march in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the Brooklyn borough of New York.

How More Policing Leads To Greater Unrest

June 30, 2021 Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Elizabeth Hinton joins us to discuss why the word “riot” is a racist trope and masks a long arm of history of over policing and neighborhood crackdowns.

The Night 5 Officers Died In Dallas

September 28, 2020 Culture, Current Events, History

Jamie Thompson, a contributing editor for D Magazine, joins us to talk about the viewpoints of bystanders and key players to offer a 360-degree view of events.

We Ask A Lot Of Police — Here’s What We Can Outsource

June 25, 2020 Current Events, History

Patrick Sharkey, professor of sociology and public affairs at New York University and founder of AmericanViolence.org, joins us to talk about strategies for offloading elements that stand in the way of effective policing.

The Link Between Policing And Segregation

June 18, 2020 Current Events, Race/Identity

Monica Bell of the Yale School of Law joins us to argue that “segregation rots community life at the root” and that police reform is empty until we examine how people live in proximity to one another.