Racial Justice

Racial justice starts in your community

September 13, 2023 Current Events, Economics, Race/Identity

Princeton African American Studies professor Ruha Benjamin talks about emerging racial justice programs and policies making a difference and the inspiration we can take from that work to do better in our own lives.

A photo of someone holding a sign that reads, "equality."

For Racial Justice, We Have To Get Past Our Shame

January 14, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Shakil Choudhury is a consultant with 25 years of experience in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion training, and he joins us to talk about addressing racism with the science of psychology.

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.

Ida B. Wells Is As Relevant As Ever

February 24, 2021 Culture, History, Literature, Race/Identity

Michelle Duster is a great-granddaughter of Wells, and she joins us to talk about the Civil Rights icon’s strategies for giving a voice to the voiceless and how they might be used in present-day America.

The Malcolm X You Never Knew

January 5, 2021 Culture, Current Events, History, Politics, Race/Identity

Principal researcher Tamara Payne, who finished the book written by her late father, joins us to discuss previously unknown details of the man central to the Black freedom movement.