It’s Casual Friday! Sam hosts Osita Nwanevu, contributing editor at The New Republic, to wrap up the week in news and discuss his recent piece in the New York Times, “Trump Isn’t the Only One To Blame for the Capitol Riot.” Osita sits down to unpack the project of Republican grievance that has been built over […]

Sam and Emma host Yale professor of history Elizabeth Hinton to discuss her new book America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s and the importance of recasting what were once considered “riots” as rebellion, and how the original framing of those events helped elected officials stall on civil rights. […]

What the riots in Baltimore tell us. Why Police brutality is the underlying story. The culture of Police abuse in Baltimore. The stupidity of the “moral” question and how the Police beat Freddie Grey. Baltimore gang members explain what they are trying to do at the Baltimore protests and why they are trying to prevent […]