This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Google's boundary redraws, college loans, the Party of Lincoln, and the Kentucky Derby. Then, DeRay sits down with community Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist to discuss criminal justice reform, tech feedback, and how there is a path forward for Flint. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-african-americans-disappeared-kentucky-derby-180963159/ https://www.npr.org/2020/02/05/802904167/watchdog-group-minority-college-graduates-may-pay-higher...
Feb 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss solitary confinement, New York's free college program, prison torture, and the end of Confederate holidays. Then, DeRay sits down with the NFL's Michael Bennett and his wife Pele Bennett to discuss their new podcast, Mouthpeace , which explores sports culture and activism, issues of equity, relationships, and more. Show Notes The Cornell Chronicle - Solitary confinement heightens post-incarceration death risk Apple News - Why New York’s free coll...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Trump's extended travel ban, civil rights statues, birth tourism, and surgical gown shortages. Then, DeRay sits down with community leader Zach Norris to examine our broken mythologies surrounding crime and safety. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/health/surgical-gown-recall-cardinal-health-trnd/index.html https://www.vox.com/2020/1/24/21077138/trump-birth-tourism-immigration-pregnant-women-saipan https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-...
Feb 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Seattle's smartphone voting, Florida's felon fines, Houston's cancer clusters, and criticism of the 1619 Project. Then, DeRay sits down with election specialist Richard L. Hasen to examine frightening gaps in our voting security, regional pockets of governmental incompetence, and why he thinks we're in the midst of democracy's meltdown. Also, please watch Matthew A. Cherry's Oscar-nominated animated short film Hair Love . Show Links The Verge : S...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss facial recognition technology, the link between guns and racism, Johns Hopkins ending legacy admissions, and the public perception of Martin Luther King, Jr. Then, DeRay sits down with Brittany Young, who uses the Baltimore dirt bike community to inspire interest in STEM. SHOW NOTES More about Brittany and her program The New York TImes - The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It The Guardian - 'Dying of whiteness': why racism is...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we've got DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam covering The Royal Family, racism in textbooks, poverty replacing the draft, restitution centers, and the marketing of drugs to jails. Then, DeRay sits down with 2019 MacArthur Fellow Saidiya Hartman to examine the complications in archiving black history. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/pharmaceutical-companies-are-marketing-drugs-jailers/604264/ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2019/09/17/student-loan-crisis-not-m...
Jan 14, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're back! This week DeRay, Brittany, and Clint discuss IRS cheats, drug price increases, and the heartbreaking legacy of January 1 for enslaved people in the US. Then, DeRay sits down with three CEOs from various countrywide organizations within the Teach For All Organization. DeRay is joined by James Kassaga Arinaitwe from Teach for Uganda, Daniel Dotse, from Lead for Ghana, and Folawe Omikunle from Teach for Nigeria. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/03/irs-reforms-free-file-progr...
Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we've got two interviews: The first is with DA Rachael Rollins, who is the first woman to hold the office of Suffolk County D.A. and the first woman of color to serve as a Massachusetts D.A. Then, DeRay chats with the creative team (and one of the subjects) from the Ken Burns produced PBS docuseries College Behind Bars. Lynn Novick, director Sarah Botstein, producer Jule Hall, BPI alum Now streaming at www.pbs.org/collegebehindbars...
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss how an IRS notice saved 700 lives, death penalty repeal, Kentucky's voter rolls, and UNC's Silent Sam problem. DeRay talks to Mondaire Jones, who is running to be the first black and openly gay Congressman. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/upshot/irs-letter-health-insurance-fine-study.html#click=https://t.co/JFuWkzTTaY https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/07/opinions/unc-sons-of-confederate-veterans-silent-sam-cox/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/20...
Dec 17, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss California's police policies, high interest loans, food safety risks, and how McKinsey helped the Trump administration. DeRay talks to DeNora Getachew from Generation Citizen. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/461774-risking-food-safety-usda-plans-to-let-slaughterhouses-self-police https://www.propublica.org/article/they-loan-you-money-then-they-get-a-warrant-for-your-arrest https://twitter.com/samswey/status/1202723007942340609?s=21 https://w...
Dec 10, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss the hidden history of slavery in the North, alien encouragement provisions, misguigded magistrates, and Iraqi protests. DeRay talks to author Nic Stone about her book "Dear Martin" and her flurry of new releases that aim to influence a younger generation's understanding of racism and fantastical visions of processing the past. https://www.propublica.org/article/these-judges-can-have-less-training-than-barbers-but-still-decide-thousands-of-cases-each-year h...
Dec 03, 2019•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss WeWork's collapse, refugee resettlement, real estate investigations, and ballot organization lawsuits. DeRay talks to author and historian Ibram X. Kendi about what it means to be an Anti-Racist. https://qz.com/1741113/no-refugees-were-resettled-in-the-us-in-october-2019/ https://mashable.com/article/wework-2400-layoffs/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-sue-three-battleground-states-over-law-that-gop-candidates-names-be-listed-first-on-bal...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Brooklyn's attempt to integrate middle schools, the psychology of inequality, partisan District Attorney problems, and Trump's EPA lighting the planet on fire. Then, DeRay chats with Randi Weingarten, the leader of the American Federation of Teachers, regarding union fights facing the nation. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/the-psychology-of-inequality https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/11/15/what-happened-when-brooklyn-tried-integ...
Nov 19, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Twitter banning political ads, Harvard's reparations, Native peoples' adoption opportunities, and the oppressive National Vetting Center just created by the Trump administration. DeRay talks to Ambassador Susan Rice about her new book "Tough Love" and her work in both the Clinton and Obama administrations. https://www.propublica.org/article/border-agents-can-now-get-classified-intelligence-information-experts-call-that-dangerous https://www.washingtonpost....
Nov 12, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss college admissions, standardized testing, NCAA student athletes, and diversity in the suburbs. DeRay talks to actress Kerry Washington about her work on Netflix's "American Son". Then, DeRay and presidential candidate Julián Castro chat by phone briefly to discuss Castro's police reform plan. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/us/democrats-republicans-suburbs.html?smid=tw-nytnational&smtyp=cur https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-civil-rights-cha...
Nov 05, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Deray, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss how Facebook bought a police force, cell phones driving the fall of crime rates in the 90s, the destruction of Central Park communities, and Historically Black Colleges. DeRay talks to Ramesh Srinivasan about his new book Beyond The Valley and the intersection between technology and political bias. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/05/how-mobile-phones-could-have-changed-the-drug-game/590503/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/arts/lyons-...
Oct 29, 2019•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Deray, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Puerto Rico's indefinitely delayed financial relief, environmental effects of urban living, genetic mutations worth testing for, and the LAPD's use of undue force against the homeless. DeRay talks to Alphonso David, who is the first person of color to lead the Human Rights Campaign. https://e360.yale.edu/features/can-we-turn-down-the-temperature-on-urban-heat-islands https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-access-billions-disaster-relief-delayed-hud-violating...
Oct 22, 2019•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Deray, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss the effect of incarcerated family members on children, the transgender Supreme Court battle, Baltimore's mass sweep of illegal convictions, and the trap-release-trap process of avoiding medical bills for inmates. DeRay talks to Ashlee Marie Preston about Trans-representation and what the media is doing wrong across the board. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-young-adults-exposed-incarceration-children.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay talks to Krista Tippett about the On Being Project that explores spiritual equity and the art of living. The News Crew will be back together next week. SimpliSafe.com/PEOPLE GETQUIP.com/SAVETHEPEOPLE Casper.com/DERAY100 and use DERAY100 at checkout Buffy.co. with code PST The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater is available wherever books are sold....
Oct 08, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint and Sam discuss the racial disparity in student debt, remaking the charity system, mandatory minimums hiding police misconduct, and Trump cutting 500,000 student lunches for cruelty's sake. DeRay talks to residents and corrections officers at the Young Men Emerging unit in the D.C. Department of Corrections about policing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-administration-rule-could-end-free-school-lunches-for-about-500000-children/2019/09/24/4c488f66-def...
Oct 01, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint and Sam discuss D.C. statehood, Baltimore's refusal to internally review their police department, a recently unearthed secret plan to circumvent Brown vs. Board of Education in Texas, and why South Dakota (of all places) leads the nation in jail admissions. Stephanie Wittels Wachs, host of the new podcast, "Last Day," and co-founder of Lemonada Media, and Ithaca's Mayor Svante Myrick, join DeRay to talk about America's opioid crisis. https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/b...
Sep 24, 2019•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint and Sam discuss Felicity Huffman, LA's draconian proposal for anti-homeless measures, California's public prison ban, the complicated history of sugar in America, and post-incarceration finances. Paul Tough, author of "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us" joins DeRay to discuss the broken collegiate system. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/09/10/what-gate-money-can-and-cannot-buy https://www.latimes.com/projects/homeless-sleeping-maps/ https:/...
Sep 17, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Clint and Sam discuss the man behind modern Republican gerrymandering, the connection between the firing of NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo and a decrease in arrests, how one Trump-Appointed prosecutor is interfering in local reform, and the perpetuation of whiteness in classical sculpture. Anthony Graves, death row exoneree, and Cassandra Stubbs, join DeRay to talk about capital punishment and their work at the ACLU. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiten...
Sep 10, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint discuss Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio's attempt to reclaim his post, what will happen during the upcoming partial shut down of the Federal Election Commission, one woman's experience giving birth in prison, and how the Phoenix police purge officer discipline records. Grammy-award winning musician PJ Morton joins DeRay to talk about his new album, "PAUL." https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-sheriff-joe-arpaio-bid-reclaim-arizona-post-20190826-iro3fbygrzcr7hksz...
Sep 03, 2019•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Sam, Brittany and Clint discuss a new rule that enables the Trump administration to change the asylum law, global wildfires, a new way the Fair Housing Act may be crippled, and some unexpected results from legalizing hemp. Chef Roy Choi joins DeRay to discuss his career in the food industry and his new TV show, "Broken Bread." https://onezero.medium.com/a-proposed-trump-administration-rule-could-let-lenders-discriminate-through-a-i-2f9a729b0f3c https://apple.news/AXDDdvQRcRvG8u7ZH_IUMwQ h...
Aug 27, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss The 1619 Project from The New York Times, prison gerrymandering, how Google plans to tackle disaster relief, and bias in hate speech detection algorithms. Missouri Democratic Congressional Candidate Cori Bush joins DeRay to talk about protesting in Ferguson, her campaign and how she navigates activism and politics. https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/15/20806384/social-media-hate-speech-bias-black-african-american-facebook-twitter https://www.vox.com/future-p...
Aug 20, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Clint and Sam discuss how the PATRIOT Act targets drug use more than terrorism, unequal access to opportunities for students, and the lasting effects of the bombing of Nagasaki. Physician Jonathan Metzl joins DeRay to discuss his book, "Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland." https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/10/patriot-act-warrants-used-more-drugs-terrorism/ https://1gyhoq479ufd3yna29x7ubjn-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/up...
Aug 13, 2019•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss detention centers for immigrant children, ways Black WWII veterans were denied benefits from the GI Bill, how a school in DC founded by nuns gained profits from selling enslaved people, and a lawsuit to change how governors are elected in Mississippi. Comedian Gastor Almonte joins DeRay to talk about his album, ‘Immigrant Made.”’
Aug 06, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint discuss the history of the motto "In God We Trust," low-wage health care jobs, a proposal to ban facial recognition in public housing, and ensuring that formerly incarcerated Floridians maintain the right to vote. David Treuer joins DeRay to talk about his book, "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present."
Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast DeRay, Sam, Brittany and Clint discuss a plan to fix inequality in San Francisco, officers illegally using information from sealed arrests, why women are more vulnerable in cars, and protests against the construction of a telescope at Mauna Kea. Samara Freemark and Natalie Jablonski join DeRay to talk about the latest season of 'In the Dark' and the Supreme Court case, Flowers v. Mississippi.
Jul 23, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
