“Lydia Mason (CAS ’21) won the 2018 Constitution Day Slam, hosted by the NYU Brademas Center and NYU Government Affairs, with her poem called “Dear America.” Listen to her powerful words: “On our 13th date, you promised things would be different. That you would finally learn how to love me. But your love affair with…
“More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States. On a recent visit to the Arizona borderlands, Democracy Now! accompanied Tucson-based artist Alvaro Enciso into the desert at the site where…
“The Trump administration is proposing major changes to rules about how long migrant families can be held in government custody, arguing that the move will yield more humane conditions in detention facilities. But critics fear the regulations will have the opposite effect. William Brangham talks to Warren Binford of Willamette University College of Law, about…
“Over the 20th century, black people in the U.S. were dispossessed of 12 million acres of land. Half of that loss — 6 million acres — occurred over just two decades, from 1950 to 1969, a period largely associated with the civil rights struggle. This mass land dispossession, which affected 98% of black agricultural landowners,…
“Four hundred years ago this month, the first enslaved people from Africa arrived in the Virginia colony. To observe the anniversary of American slavery, The New York Times Magazine launched The 1619 Project to reframe America’s history through the lens of slavery. The project lead, reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.” Stream your…
“The African American community is constantly under fire … by racism, by violence, by the police and countless other situations that happen just because we’re Black. This is the unfortunate reality for many Black Americans today, especially young people. The result is a form of PTSD that most people don’t even know is there. Attorney…
“A new mural symbolizes to the community a manifestation of faces, colors, and ideas from the backcountry and a modern mix of the contemporary American experience with all its goodness and class pain that touches everyone. Ultimately, we all share the same story. Mario Torero is an artist and activist, most known over the last…
“Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario gives a harrowing account of a bus driver’s cash drop she witnessed during a ride-along while reporting for her recent New York Times cover story, “Pay or Die: MS-13 and 18th street gangsters want to run Honduras.” For nearly a decade, gangs have been extorting cash from transportation workers in…
“For years, scientists have warned that we need to stop the planet from warming an additional two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid catastrophic problems. But a new analysis by The Washington Post finds many major areas across the U.S. have already reached that mark. The Post’s Chris Mooney joins Amna Nawaz to discuss…
“Aida Rodriguez talks about her journey from being homeless to having her own Netflix stand-up comedy special. Check out her Netflix special premiering August 13! For more from Aida check her out on Instagram @FunnyAida Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/…“ Check out more awesome videos at Pero Like! https://bzfd.it/2y6R5Vy