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Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics through deep conversations with influencers and experts, and the weekly news with fellow activists Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Clint Smith.
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including organ thieves, former slaveowners in US Congress, Native American business directory and Lizzo recreates the famous Annie Lee painting Blue Monday.
News:
Myles https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11552525/Lizzo-opens-flood-emotion-creates-beloved-piece-art-SNL-performance.html
DeRay https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/18/black-mistrust-healthcare-00060324
Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/01/coles-hill-virginia-slavery-uranium/
De'Ara https://thecirclenews ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including the first Black women on Minnesota's senate, schools mandatory JROTC enrollment, thieves targeting EBT snap funds, Will + Jada broadway buyout. DeRay interviews Ricki Lake and Kalen Allen about their joint podcast Raised by Ricki.
News
DeRay https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thieves-are-stealing-snap-funds-electronically-states-victims-never-ge-rcna60172
De’Ara https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/11/29/finally-at-the-table-meet-the-first-black-women-elected-to-minnesotas-senate
Myles https://playbill.co ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including unexploded bombs on Hawaiian lands, US army bases named after Confederate traitors, and a Strange Loop broadway play review. DeRay interviews Sam Quinones about his newest book The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.
News:
Myles https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/theater/strange-loop-broadway-closing.html
DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/native-hawaiians-land-housing-army-corps-engineers
Kaya https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/us/politics/army-bases-con ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including a hip-hop store ran by undercover cops, Chance the Rapper's free music festival in Ghana, top universities boycott school rankings, and a pedophilic Balenciaga ad campaign. DeRay interviews Wendy Sawyer of the Prison Policy Initiative and her most recent report titled All Profit, No Risk: How the bail industry exploits the justice system.
News
DeRay https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy74jk/fake-record-store-operation-peyzac
De'Ara https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chance-the ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including the newest additions to the national portrait gallery, youth voters turn back midterm red wave, an out of touch Broadway play, and a UK law that will make you do the time even if you were not present for the crime. DeRay interviews Kevin Hazzard about his newest book American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics.
News:
De’Ara https://deadline.com/2022/11/national-portrait-gallery-portrait-of-a-nation-gala-anthony-fauci-1235171136/
Kaya https://tennesseeloo ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including Black women Republicans in Congress, the correlation between Black women's health and retirement planning, a Native American adoption law in Supreme Court, and an unusual casting for Rihanna's Savage Fenty show. DeRay interviews Dr. Rebecca Kavanaugh about her recent Teen Vogue op-ed about the reemergence of the D.A.R.E. program in school districts across the nation.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dare-program-back-schools
News:
De’Ara https://19thnews.org/2022/11/jennifer-ruth-green-black-republican ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including an abortion pill network, higher mortality rate for Babies born to Black mothers who use fertility treatments die at far higher rates, fresh trial for Black Panther Mumia, and a thread of anti-Semitism from rapper Kanye West. DeRay interviews Dr. Lawrence T. Brown about his newest book The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America.
News:
Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/18/illegal-abortion-pill-network/
De’Ara https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.thegu ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, De'Ara, Kaya, and Myles cover the under-reported news of the week - including the shortage of Black sperm donors, anti-colorism protests erupting throughout Mexico, housing rights for squatters, and racism within cardiac care.
News
Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/20/black-sperm-donors/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_dmv7&wpsirc=nl_dmv7
De’Ara https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-10-20/mexico-anti-racism-movement-protests-colorism
DeRay https://t.co/KqSfuAof9O
Myles https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/essex/po ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including stock increases for companies hiring Black CEOs, a school board's attempt to hijack a Black student podcast, poor ventilation in nail salons impact on reproductive health, and Angelica Ross makes history on Broadway.
News:
De’Ara https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/10/12/black-ceo-appointments-market-reaction-study-diversity/
Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/22/black-students-podcast-lawsuit/
DeRay https://documentedny.com/2022/10/12/nail-salon-reproductive-health-baby-pregn ..read more
Pod Save the People
1y ago
DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including accountability for celebrities and online harassment, the predatory nature of the parent plus loan, single mothers forced to reveal sexual histories or forfeit welfare benefits and a case for leaving America to escape racism.
News:
Myles https://www.thedailybeast.com/nicki-minaj-fans-came-for-youtuber-kimberly-nicole-foster-so-shes-suing-them
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axq5b/can-you-sue-nicki-minaj-stans-for-harassment
De’Ara https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/09/26/case-leaving ..read more