NewsWho Votes?
Remember those twelve months where every ad was asking you to vote? It was inescapable. But even with historic voter turnout, a third of eligible adults didn’t vote.
EventHistorical Fiction: Rachel Beanland, Brian Castleberry & Lauren Francis-Sharma
Novelists Rachel Beanland (Florence Adler Swims Forever), Brian Castleberry (Nine Shiny Objects), and Lauren Francis-Sharma (Book of the Little Axe) discuss their sweeping works of historical fiction, ranging from 18th-century Trinidad to 20th-century America, and grappling with colonialism, family secrets, racism, and questions of belief.
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NewsExpanding the Franchise
Voting is important. But so many Americans can’t do it. This week, we explore one of the biggest civil rights issues of our time: felon disenfranchisement.
NewsY’all Alright?!
The GDP is rebounding while many Americans continue to struggle. Is it time to reconsider how we calculate the nation’s economic wellbeing?
EventMonument Lab & Creative Speculations Where You Live
Paul Farber (Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia) discusses his work as a co-founder of The Monument Lab, which works with community members to reimagine public spaces through stories of …
EventAddressing Hunger in the Midst of Plenty
In the wealthiest country in the world, people still go hungry. The food stamp program was created in the 1960s to ease abundant agricultural surpluses and help feed struggling families …
NewsRace for Profit
In this webinar, recorded August 13, 2020, professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor discusses her highly-acclaimed book Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership in conversation with …
NewsPresenting: “Transcripts”
Trans people of color say that life is harder than ever. And the new podcast “Transcripts” investigates what activists are doing to change that.
NewsReplay: Poetic Justice
When writer and Invisibilia producer Lulu Miller discovered she’d be leaving Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state–one that charges everyday people to stay angry about injustice.
NewsUsual Cruelty
In this webinar, recorded June 18 2020, author Alec Karakatsanis discusses his book Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System, in conversation with Eric Riback. “Alec …
NewsThe End of Richmond Policing?
In our recent show, “The End of Policing,” we talk with Alex Vitale on why he thinks reforming police is not enough. Instead, Vitale argues that we must…
NewsThe End of Policing
After the police killing of George Floyd, some say it’s not enough to make reforms and are calling for the elimination of police altogether.
