Former federal public defender Alexandra Natapoff says 13 million misdemeanors are filed each year in the U.S., trapping the innocent, punishing the poor and making society more unequal. Her book is 'Punishment Without Crime.'
Podcasts/Politics/Race, Culture & History - This podcast traces the ACTUAL policy history of the US and causes you to ask the question of whether America is as color blind and impartial as it purports to be ...
Listened to this interview and saw the movie, which are a great 1-2 punch! Adam McKay provides great insight into what moved him to create this film and how he put it together. I suggest you listen to this interview as an appropriate appetizer to watching the movie!
This is an astoundingly informative podcast about the backstory to the Watergate investigation. It actually rivals the investigation itself and the only reason it isn't well known is because it involves the relatively unimportant office of the vice presidency and its occupant, Spiro Agnew. PLEASE take the time to listen to this!
In the American Dream sweepstakes, Andrew Yang was a pretty big winner. But for every winner, he came to realize, there are thousands upon thousands of losers — a “war on normal people,” he calls it. Here’s what he plans to do about it.
NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks to author Robin DiAngelo about her latest book, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism.
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Many in the U.S. believed capitalism would never work without political freedom. Then China began to rise.
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The U.S. misunderstood not only how China would respond to economic growth, but how the U.S. would respond to China
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Despite repeated warnings over the past two decades, federal law enforcement officials in the United States have ignored the threat of violence from far-right extremists. Now, they have no idea how to stop it.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell KILLED essentially the same bill in 2015! Why is he on board NOW??? … Listen to the backstory
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A new generation of gene-edited food, through a process called CRISPR, is on its way and expected to change our crops and supermarket shelves. Some …say there needs to be oversight of gene-edited crops and animals.
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President Donald Trump has used the threat of foreign-born terrorists to justify his travel ban – but since 9/11, nearly every terrorist attack in the United States has come from within. On this episode of Reveal, we investigate which domestic terror episodes get tracked and why.
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The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago, but the Confederacy didn’t completely die with it. Reveal teamed up with The Investigative Fund to visit dozens of them and found that for devoted followers they inspire a disturbing – and distorted – view of history:
Plus, the story of New Mexico’s great monument controversy. In 1998, the state was set to celebrate its “cuartocentenario:” the 400th anniversary of the state’s colonization by the Spanish. But a dramatic act of vandalism would turn the making of a monument in Albuquerque into a fight over history the city didn’t expect.
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"In recent years, some scientists have begun to ask, can stories serve as a kind of brain scan? If a plot twist works by exploiting our biases and mental shortcuts, can observing the mechanics of a good story reveal something important about the contours of the mind?"
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For historian Annette Gordon-Reed, the contradictions embedded in Jefferson's life are "a window into us, into who we are as Americans."
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President Trump says the nuclear threat from North Korea is over. But new satellite images of hidden missile bases suggest that the situation has only worsened since his meeting with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader.
Self interest is the standard modus operandi for most people. But this podcast from RadioLab profiles individuals who shunned convenience and more importantly SAFETY to help other human beings.
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Trump’s defense of Mohammed bin Salman and his callous remarks make for bad optics, but in reality, Trump is defending the long, bipartisan tradition of U.S. president’s coddling the Saudi royals.
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IF THE MEDIA’S to be believed, the U.S. is about to be overrun by a horde of terrorists and criminals from Central America … Contrary to Donald Trump’s claims and mainstream reporting, the migrants on this “caravan” are innocent men, women, and children; unarmed people; the most vulnerable of the vulnerable; people fleeing violence, persecution, and extreme poverty.
Daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, reveals what life was like growing up in the household of 'The Greatest'. Hana explains that the former heavyweight champ made a series of audio tapes documenting his life with his family and friends some forty years ago
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