Ta-Nehisi Coates on Reparations and Racist U.S. Atrocities
“Reparations is not just about enslavement,” says acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, following up on his congressional testimony about H.R. 40 and the case for reparations on Wednesday....
Police Held Family at Gunpoint After 4-Year-Old Took Doll
“An African-American family is suing the city of Phoenix, Arizona after police held them at gunpoint because their 4-year-old daughter had allegedly taken a doll from a Family Dollar store. In a...
Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers
“Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and...
Horrific Conditions Revealed in Migrant Detention Centers
“An investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found deplorable conditions in detention facilities housing some of the 52,000 immigrants held in private,...
“They Are Not the Central Park 5”: Ava DuVernay’s Series on an Injustice
“We spend the hour with Ava DuVernay, whose damning new four-part television series “When They See Us” tells the story of five teenagers of color from Harlem—four African-American and one...
On Billionaire’s Pledge to Pay Debt of Morehouse Graduating Class
“Earlier this month, the billionaire investor Robert Smith stunned many when he offered to pay off the student loans of the 2019 graduating class at the historically black Morehouse College. The...
How ICE Is Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Asylum Seekers
“Since 2012, ICE has used solitary confinement as a routine punishment for thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers locked up in immigration jails across the country. We look at a new, damning...
The Alabama Doctor Who Could Face Prison For Performing Abortions
“Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion ban into law on Wednesday, effectively banning the procedure except in cases where a pregnant person’s life is at...