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Tell Them You Love Them (with Elizabeth Hinton) Jun 08, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including Naomi Osaka, AFL-CIO's police reform report, Harlem theater, NFL's race-norming, and childbirth calculators. DeRay interviews Elizabeth Hinton about her new book "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s".

DeRay: https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/03/vbac-calculator-birth-cesarean/

Kaya: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31554110/nfl-halt-race-norming-review-black-claims-1-billion-concussion-settlement

Sam: https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-afl-cio-releases-its-police-reform-report-but-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-it

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/theater/national-black-theater-dasha-zhukova.html

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Don't Let It Go Unchallenged (with Stanley Nelson & Marco Williams) Jun 01, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including San Domingo, Oklahoma mayors, Seasame Street, and unmarked Indigenous graves. DeRay interviews directors Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams of the new documentary "Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre".

DeRay: https://www.thedailybeast.com/chester-pierce-the-forgotten-tale-of-how-a-black-psychiatrist-helped-make-sesame-street

Kaya: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/free-blacks-san-domingo-eastern-shore/2021/05/24/86ed2760-bca5-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html

Sam: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/05/28/the-remains-of-215-children-have-been-found-now-indigenous-leaders-say-canada-must-help-find-the-rest-of-the-unmarked-graves.html

De'Ara: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/_pages/ckp48zyrf00003voj4sbhjayn.html

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Answer Your Calling (with Dr. James Wood) May 25, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, the Citizen app, facial recognition, prison staffing, and population stagnation. DeRay interviews Dr. James Wood about racial disparities in orthopedics.

DeRay: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-prisons-government-and-politics-88fff925b1901a36a10581c28d826916

Kaya: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-shrinking.html

Sam: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7evbx/citizen-app-private-security-leaked-emails

De'Ara: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/60-minutes-omits-black-female-scientists-racial-biases/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Take A Step Back (with Dr. Marcus Johnson) May 18, 2021

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DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including sickle cells, police reform, critical race theory, and the midterms. DeRay interviews Dr. Marcus Johnson about racial and class disparities in the world of dental health.

DeRay: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/african-americans-sickle-cell-police.html

Kaya: https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/black-women-will-be-force-be-reckoned-2022-midterm-elections-ncna1267133

De'Ara: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/gops-critical-race-theory-fixation-explained/618828/

Sam: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/15/brooklyn-center-passes-sweeping-public-safety-resolution-reform-policing/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Let Yourself Be Loved (with Desmond Meade & Channel Powe) May 11, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam cover the underreported news of the week, including inmates released during COVID-19, Deana Lawson, Dollar General, and a sewage crisis. DeRay interviews Desmond Meade about voting rights in Florida and Channel Powe about education reform.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/business/dollar-store-openings-retail/index.html

Kaya: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/06/sewage-crisis-hits-majority-black-town-new-york-mount-vernon

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/magazine/deana-lawson.html

Sam: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/05/05/trump-memo-says-inmates-sent-home-due-covid-must-return-prison/7194735002/

Get Plugged In (with The Sentencing Project) May 04, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam cover the underreported news of the week, including medical race correction, stolen art, Iowa landlords, and Black Pound Day in the UK. DeRay interviews Ashley Nellis about her work with The Sentencing Project.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/30/gov-kim-reynolds-signs-bill-letting-landlords-reject-section-8-housing-hud-tenants/4748580001/

Kaya: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/25/health/race-correction-in-medicine-history-refocused/index.html

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/business/pandemic-black-pound-day-uk.html

Sam: https://www.jweekly.com/2021/04/30/investigation-nazi-looted-art-in-san-francisco-museums/

DeRay's Data Volunteer Training Program: deray@deray.com

The 200th Episode (with Larry Krasner) Apr 27, 2021

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It's our 200th episode! DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam have a roundtable about the Derek Chauvin verdict and the underreported news of the week, including PPP for female business owners, political engagement, excessive force in prisons, and skipped vaccinations. DeRay interviews Larry Krasner, the focus of a new PBS documentary "Philly D.A.", to talk about the struggles of criminal justice reform.

DeRay: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/nyregion/rikers-guards-lie-nyc-jails.html

Kaya: www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/covid-vaccines-second-doses.html

Sam: https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2021-04-23/surge-political-engagement-youth-problem-for-gop-essential-politics

De'Ara: https://19thnews.org/2021/04/women-small-businesses-loan/

We Can Win (with Luvvie Ajayi Jones) Apr 20, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam celebrate Earth Day by diving into the underreported news of the week, including environmental justice, La Gran Madre, Brooklyn police corruption, and early voting. DeRay interviews Luvvie Ajayi Jones about her new book "Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual".

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay: https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-da-will-purge-90-convictions-involving-indicted-detective-100-more-expected-manhattan

Kaya: https://commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/climate-change-law-codifies-environmental-justice/

Sam: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/10802/voting-should-not-be-difficult-mississippians-seek-10-days-of-early-voting-with-new-ballot-initiative/

De'Ara: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-04-16/la-gran-madre-helps-free-child-migrants-stranded-on-the-border-in-shelters-because-she-was-one

Take Your Hand Off (with Alua Arthur) Apr 13, 2021

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DeRay, Kaya, and Sam dive into the underreported news of the week, including Maryland police oversight, California child care, college admission essays, and Derek Chauvin's trial. Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay interviews Alua Arthur about what it takes to be a death doula.

DeRay: https://cepa.stanford.edu/content/essay-content-strongly-related-household-income-and-sat-scores-evidence-60000-undergraduate-applications

Kaya: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/04/california-teachers-childcare-coronavirus-478972

Sam: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/hogan-vetoes-police-accountibility/2021/04/09/c0ac4096-9967-11eb-962b-78c1d8228819_story.html

Teaching Study: https://hechingerreport.org/white-and-female-teachers-show-racial-bias-in-evaluating-second-grade-writing/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Pat Yourself On The Back (with Shaka King & Dorothy A. Brown) Apr 06, 2021

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Kaya Henderson sits down with Shaka King, the director and co-writer of "Judas and the Black Messiah". Netta Elzie gives an update on what's happening with the nationwide protests. DeRay interviews author/professor Dorothy A. Brown about racial discrepancies in American tax law.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

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