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When Black America Championed Mass Incarceration

July 19, 2018 Politics, Race/Identity

Former public defender James Forman Jr. joins us to talk about how policies from the 1970s lead to an overrepresentation of people of color in American prisons.

How Society Fails Trans Kids

July 18, 2018 Race/Identity

Sociologist Ann Travers joins us to talk about the experience of transgender kids – and about how parents can guide their discovery.

Colson Whitehead On ‘The Underground Railroad’

July 5, 2018 Literature, Race/Identity

Colson Whitehead joins us to talk about how he wove the nation’s history into the experiences of the main characters in his book,”The Underground Railroad.”

Why Latino Is A Race

June 26, 2018 Race/Identity

UCLA professor Laura E. Gómez joins us to talk about the role Mexican Americans have played in U.S. racial history.

How TV And Movies Keep Women In Their Place

June 22, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

Carina Chocano joins us to talk about how girls absorb images from popular culture into their own identities.

Refugees Are More Than Their Struggles

June 20, 2018 Global Issues, Race/Identity

Clemantine Wamaryia joins us to talk about how her experience as a refugee is just one part of the person she’s become.

Straddling The Border: The Lives Of Mexican Americans

June 18, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

Journalist Alfredo Corchado joins us to tell the story of how Mexicans have changed America.

The Purpose Of Pride

June 11, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

Vincent E. Slatt and Jade Salazar join us to talk about how gay pride has evolved.

When Black America Championed Mass Incarceration

May 14, 2018 Politics, Race/Identity

Former public defender James Forman Jr. joins us to talk about how policies from the 1970s lead to an overrepresentation of people of color in American prisons.

‘Why I Stopped Being A Skinhead’

May 3, 2018 Race/Identity

Former neo-Nazi Christian Picciolini joins us to talk about how a moment of racial violence shook him out of his ways.

Islamophobia Didn’t Begin With 9/11

April 25, 2018 Politics, Race/Identity

Khaled A. Beydoun joins us to talk about how anti-Muslim ideas have been ingrained in our legal system since the days of slavery.

The Invisible Victims Of Sexual Assault

April 25, 2018 Culture, Race/Identity

Bernice Yeung joins us to talk about how women working jobs at the bottom of the economic spectrum are so blatantly taken advantage of by the men who employ them.