Questions persist about whether or not Bernie Sanders has a “race problem.” One of Sanders’ most prominent African-American surrogates in his last run for the White House was philosopher and political activist Dr. Cornel West, who continues to argue that black America should embrace “Brother Bernie.”
Read MorePediatrician Nadine Burke Harris found an unsettling trend when examining patients at her clinic: trauma. She found that adversity can change a child's biology and result in severe health outcomes.
Read MoreThree decades ago, the highest honor at the Academy Awards was given to a movie about a white passenger learning to love her black chauffeur. In 2019, the same award was given to a film about a white chauffeur learning to love his black passenger. We look at Hollywood’s obsession with fantasies of racial reconciliation.
Read MoreThe financial crisis of 2008 altered so many lives: Millions of people lost their homes, their jobs and their savings. It set off a recession that collectively destroyed over $30 trillion of the world’s wealth. And though the crisis grew out of big banks’ handling of mortgage-backed securities, no Wall Street executive went to jail for it. So what happened?
Read MoreFilmmaker Yoruba Richen's documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, tells the story of the manual that helped African-Americans find safe places to stay, eat, shop and do business on the road.
Read MoreWhen depictions of Virginia politicians in blackface surfaced this month, the New Yorkercontributor Teju Cole was unsurprised. “A white man of a certain age in the U.S.,” he reflects, “is found to have done something racist in his past; So any photograph of a man in blackface—or in any other offensive image—always indicates that “there’s a lot more where that came from.”
Read MoreBefore Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice met, they shared a common belief: New York City gyms didn't have the kind of exercise classes they craved, and each of them wanted to change that. A fitness instructor introduced them over lunch in 2005, and before the meal was done they were set on opening a stationary bike studio, with a chic and aspirational vibe.
Read MoreFor 100 days, Jia Jiang did a bunch of random things - asking a stranger for $100, requesting a burger refill at a restaurant, ASKING FOR A HAIRCUT at PetSmart - all to conquer his fear of rejection. Jia Jiang runs the website Rejection Therapy, which provides inspiration, knowledge and products for people to overcome their fear of rejection.
Read MoreDeep inside the human embryo, a band of nomadic cells embarks on an epic journey, with the future of humanity resting on their microscopic shoulders. A FASCINATING podcast!
Read MoreReveal unravels how refugee families destined for Australia ended up stuck in an immigrant detention camp more than a thousand miles away on the tiny island nation of Nauru. And why, after years of confinement, kids are succumbing to a surreal mental illness spreading through the camp like a contagion.
Read MoreAll 50 states and Washington, D.C., have laws to protect high school athletes from concussions. Are they keeping kids safe? We tell the story of a star quarterback in Oregon whose school followed protocol, but concussions caught up with him in a way no one saw coming.
Read MoreA 6-year-old child sleeps in a vacant office building, surrounded by strangers. An infant is taken from his breastfeeding mother. We examine the stories of two families separated in 2018 at the U.S.-Mexico border, comparing their experiences with what the government said was supposed to happen.
Read MoreAre you a nature nerd? Do you also love high drama? Then this documentary on BBC is for you! Dynasties executive producer Michael Gunton provides behind the scenes details about the subjects and dangers of producing this outstanding show
Read MoreStacey Abrams talks to The New Yorker’s Jelani Cobb on voter suppression and a host of other issues at The Brookings Institution. Take a listen.
Read MoreDenise Ho was one of the most popular singers in Asia. She performed the style known as Cantopop. But she says, I started to think, Should I be doing more?” She began to sing about issues like the lives of marginalized people, political freedom, and mental illness. But when Ho became associated with the Umbrella movement, in which protesters demanded civil liberties promised to Hong Kong by Beijing, the government took action.
Read MoreA long-standing complaint of black fans of fantasy is that authors can imagine dwarves and elves and orcs, but not black characters. That was one origin point of Marlon James’s “Dark Star” trilogy, which he describes as “an African ‘Game of Thrones.’
Read MoreIn 1973, Yvon Chouinard started the company to make climbing gear he couldn't find elsewhere. Over decades of growth, he has implemented a unique philosophy about business, leadership and profit.
Read MoreRepresentative Will Hurd’s district runs along the southwestern border. His vision for border security is starkly different from the president’s.
Read MoreThe Trump administration has downplayed the science of climate change and sought to silence scientists working for the federal government. Reveal’s Elizabeth Shogren details the pressures one researcher faced as she worked on a project for the National Park Service.
Read MoreDecember 1944, Adolf Hitler surprised the Allies with a secret counterattack known today as the Battle of the Bulge. In the carnage that followed, there was one incident that top military commanders hoped would be concealed.
... It’s the story of an American war crime nearly forgotten to history ...
