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Black Candidates, Black Media: Making Coverage Complex—And Better

New York City will likely elect its second African American mayor in November. Eric Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in July. A former police officer...

Did a Summer Camp Help Spark a Disability Revolution?

Crip Camp is a Peabody Award-winning documentary from Netflix and Higher Ground Productions that tells the story of Camp Jened, a summer camp in the 1960s where disabled youth could be themselves. The film...

Kimberlé Crenshaw & Soledad O’Brien Call Out the Media on Critical Race Theory

The right wing has found its newest racist wedge issue: Critical Race Theory. This decades-old movement in legal scholarship has suddenly become a talking point for GOP activists, and a widely misused term in...

Black, Latinx Media: Cause for Celebration & Critique

The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contributor to Palabra, a journalism site run by the National Association of...
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Full Uncut: Trans Liberation Depends on Owning Our Stories

This is the full, uncut interview from our recent episode Trans Lives Depend on Owning Our Stories.Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director...

Laverne Cox, Sam Feder: “Trans Lives Depend on Owning Our Stories”

Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Amy Scholder use over a century’s worth of film to show that...

BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism

BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the centuries-long war on Black bodies through systemic racism and...
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Uncut Interview: Sylvia Bugg

This is the full interview with Sylvia Bugg from the episode A New Day for Public Television? It’s a new day, and the nation’s most trusted media institution has some new direction. Sylvia Bugg...
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A New Deal for Democracy? Invest in Public Media

Non invasive, not-for-profit, and did I mention free? If ever there was a time to invest in public media surely this is that time.  The Covid-19 pandemic has proved that there’s a lot to be...

A New Day for Public Television?

It’s a new day, and the nation’s most trusted media institution has some new direction. Sylvia Bugg was named the Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of General Audience Programming in winter 2020. She...

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