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.
NewsA Political History of the Food Stamp Program
Tracy Roof is writing a history of the food stamp program, also known as SNAP. Roof says the book will be the first of its kind. We caught up with her to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing her research.
NewsPresenting: Overcoming Extremism
Skip to show segment Overcoming Extremism Mike Signer and Elliot Majerczyk This week we’re sharing a new podcast series called Overcoming Extremism, supported by the Anti-Defamation League. The series is …
EventVisionaries
View original artworks by students ages 14-18 who, led by JMU Art Professor Susan Zurbrigg, participated in a summer 2019 workshop on racial healing and transformation. In 2019, the Northeast …
