As the political landscape heats up for 2020, Maria Teresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino joins us to talk about the issues that drive Latinx voters to the polls.
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White Women Weren’t Bystanders To Slavery
UC-Berkeley history professor Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers joins us to talk about how wealth drove white women’s participation in the slave market.
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No Refuge: An Asylum Story Gone Wrong
Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the physical and financial risks of asylum seekers putting their family’s life in the hands of smugglers.
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LGBT In A Small Town Is Not What You Imagined
Daily Beast reporter Samantha Allen joins us to talk about her cross-country trip meeting queer people thriving in conservative strongholds, which she writes about in “Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States.”
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The Perils Of Worshiping Work
Derek Thompson joins us to talk about how work often fills the voids left by relationships, religion and other forms of human connection – and about the dangers of allowing work to be all things. His story “Workism Is Making Americans Miserable” appears in The Atlantic.
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Crossing The Border Was Just The Beginning
Reyna Grande joins us to talk about her journey from undocumented immigrant to celebrated writer.
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The Woman Writing Black Panther
Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor joins us to talk about writing black characters into popular culture – including her recent work on the Marvel “Black Panther” franchise.
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The Excuse For Racism In Hollywood? Money
University of Georgia assistant professor of sociology and African American studies Maryann Erigha joins us to discuss how decisions made behind the scenes affect what audiences see on the screen.
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America Was Built By Black Labor
Joe William Trotter, Jr., director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy at Carnegie Mellon University, joins us to trace the history of black employment, which he writes about in “Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.”
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Stereotypes As Keepsakes
Chico Colvard joins us to talk about the physical embodiments of racism, the subject of his Independent Lens documentary “Black Memorabilia,” which airs tonight on public television stations.
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Fat Shaming Hurts Men, Too
Tommy Tomlinson joins us to talk about his lifelong battle with weight – and about what it’s like to move through the world constantly aware of your size, which he writes about in “The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man’s Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America.”
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Your Housekeeper Knows Your Secrets
Stephanie Land turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and she joins us to talk about her relationship to the people she served. Her new memoir is called “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.”
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