Affordable housing consultant Leah Rothstein discusses solutions to alleviate inequalities that remain in communities to this day.
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Nobody’s Trying to Abolish the Suburbs
Kriston Capps, Staff writer at Bloomberg CityLab, joins us to talk about Trump’s take on federal fair housing—his thoughts on who’s allowed to live where— and why he hopes some voters hear his call.
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Three Ideas For Police Reform
This hour, we’ll talk about the multiple ways we can think about policing in America.
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The Link Between Policing And Segregation
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.
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Living In The Shadow Of George Wallace
Peggy Wallace Kennedy talks to us about her work to change her family’s legacy.
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One Of The Little Rock Nine Remembers
Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the ‘Little Rock Nine,’ joins us to talk about the day in 1957 when Little Rock’s schools became integrated– and the long aftermath.
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How America Became Segregated
Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute joins us to talk about the cumulative impact of racial zoning policies.
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The Self-Segregation Of White America
Vox reporter Alvin Chang joins us to talk about why white Americans who say they want to live in diverse neighborhoods still end up living in traditionally white areas.
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The Resegregation Of America
America’s racial unrest has manifested itself this year in everything from #OscarsSoWhite to Black Lives Matter. This hour, we’ll talk about where we go from here with Jeff Chang, executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University.
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