572 Episodes

  1. What the 1968 fight for ethnic studies classes teaches us about today

    Published: 12/24/2025

  2. Keep culture and tradition alive at the mahjong table

    Published: 12/20/2025

  3. The fight over public education, from Texas to the White House

    Published: 12/17/2025

  4. The evolution of blackface in the age of AI

    Published: 12/13/2025

  5. In the Trump era, has the word 'racist' lost its meaning?

    Published: 12/10/2025

  6. Remembering disability activist Alice Wong

    Published: 12/6/2025

  7. How the Trump administration is reshaping immigration

    Published: 12/3/2025

  8. Gratitude isn’t just for Thanksgiving

    Published: 11/29/2025

  9. How poetry helps Ada Limon navigate life, even when it’s tough

    Published: 11/26/2025

  10. Fearing deportation, undocumented parents are preparing to leave their kids behind

    Published: 11/22/2025

  11. How undocumented families are navigating the looming threat of ICE

    Published: 11/19/2025

  12. How Trump's cuts to public media threaten the first Native American station

    Published: 11/15/2025

  13. Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat

    Published: 11/12/2025

  14. The hidden history of demonizing SNAP recipients

    Published: 11/8/2025

  15. Freedom of speech has never been for everyone

    Published: 11/5/2025

  16. How Zohran Mamdani is scrambling establishment Democrat's brains

    Published: 11/1/2025

  17. How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to 'save civilization' with more babies

    Published: 10/29/2025

  18. Unpacking the Trump administration's immigration raid in Chicago

    Published: 10/25/2025

  19. Racist slurs, naughty words, and how dictionary editors define them

    Published: 10/22/2025

  20. What does Israel mean to American Jews?

    Published: 10/15/2025

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