Christopher Ategeka grew up with the devastating effects of not having health care access, having been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and losing his brother to malaria. But he got the chance to go to school and become an entrepreneur, and now he’s using his influence to recruit health professionals to work in underserved parts of Africa….
Growing up in poverty and being abused by his father did not provide much in the way of escape or new environments. Speak Williams learned to find his “home” in the arts. He will tell us his story of how creative expression provided him the home he desperately needed. Keith “Speak” Williams is a hip-hop…
It’s easy to speak to California State Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell. I asked him for an opportunity to interview him and he said sure. I didn’t have to go through three schedulers, a chief of staff, and an assistant. I texted him and we set to meet on July 4th morning in front of his house. Now,…
In this short documentary, Latinos grapple with defining their ethnic and racial identities.
President Donald Trump is facing widespread criticism from police chiefs across the country following a speech he gave on Friday to police officers in Long Island, New York, that appeared to openly endorse police brutality. Commenting on the need to crack down on gang members, Trump suggested that police officers have license to use excessive…
The Los Angeles-based Chicano band Las Cafeteras recently stopped by the Democracy Now! studio to perform and talk about their music. The Los Angeles Times has described them as “a uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia and rock.” This year they released a new album called “Tastes Like L.A.” Democracy Now! is…
After singing as a background vocalist for award winning gospel artist Donald Lawrence, Anita Wilson has emerged as a prominent gospel solo artist in her own right.
In chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty’s new book, ancestry — both his own and that of Southern food — is a central theme. With “The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South,” Twitty addresses the complicated story of race, culture and food and its legacy today. Jeffrey Brown talks…
