Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis

By CQ Roll CallNews
Download on the App Store

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis episodes

  • What's next on immigration, an issue that's personal, political -- and complicated

    Immigration policy is one of President Biden's top priorities. He has signed five executive orders and issued another four statements and proclamations — in less than two weeks — that include: upping the annual number of refugees allowed into the country nearly tenfold, seeking to reunify families that were separated at the border, stopping construction of the border wall, and looking at access to the legal system for immigrants. Mary C. Curtis speaks to former immigration advocate and senior director for Obama's White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz about the past, present and future.


    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min
  • "If racism is a lie, how has it been sustained, institutionalized and structured in America?"

    Racial equity is front and center for the Biden administration. That said, how does the nation begin to dismantle centuries of ingrained policies? Mary C. Curtis talks to award-winning social change agent Dr. Gail C. Christopher in this episode. Christopher has some compelling ideas and is working with Congress to try to change policies that enable racism and inequity to flourish, and transform a belief system that values some lives over others.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  • "White Rage"

    In Carol Anderson's book “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide,” she reframes the conversation about race, methodically chronicling the powerful forces that have historically impeded Black progress in America. She speaks with Mary C. Curtis about the insurrection at the Capitol, voter suppression, and where this country is headed.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min
  • Equal Time: Faith and politics

    The late evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, known as America's pastor, was as world famous as the presidents who sought face time with him. But after a friendship with Richard Nixon affected that image, Graham backed away from the political spotlight. His son has chosen a different path. Mary C. Curtis speaks with the Reverend Franklin Graham.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    17 min
  • Breaking the "pale and male" barrier

    Former Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley has usually been the only U.S. African American, female diplomat in the room. It's a reflection, she tells Mary C. Curtis, of how few Black women — or women in general — are senior diplomats. Abercrombie-Winstanley makes the case for diversity in national security, talks about her role in creating the organization Leadership Council for Women in National Security and why she is hopeful that change is on the horizon.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    35 min
  • In North Carolina, where red and blue don't make purple

    North Carolina is a true political battleground and Charlotte has had challenges that echo those of many big American cities — protests and debates over police reform and equality for all citizens.. Mary C. Curtis speaks to Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles on the election and what comes next.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    28 min
  • “Republicans often racialize poverty. Democrats often run from poverty.”

    MacArthur “genius” grantee, founder of Repairers of the Breach, and organizer of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Rev. William J Barber II has made eradicating poverty his life's work. He sits down with host Mary C. Curtis for a candid and surprising conversation.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    40 min
  • Joe Biden, Clarence Thomas, and Amy Coney Barrett with Angela Wright

    It is not everyday that one person has a relationship to so many of the day's main news stories, but Angela Wright has touched history as the woman not called to support Anita Hill when she testified before the Senate Judiciary committee during Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings almost 30 years ago. Wright confides in Mary C. Curtis about former Vice President Joseph Biden, #MeToo and the inner workings of a contentious Supreme Court battle.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    36 min
  • Breonna Taylor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the future of our country with Fatima Goss Graves

    In this inaugural episode of CQ Roll Call's Equal Time, Mary C. Curtis reflects on this moment of time, examining the complexity and history of issues dividing the country in 2020. Today's episode features Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the National Women's Law Center with a discussion about Breonna Taylor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and what is at stake for the courts, our country and women -- especially those of color.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min

About Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis

From the publisher's feed

Award-winning journalist Mary C. Curtis tackles policies and politics through the lens of social justice, illuminating the issues that have been, and still are, dividing the country. After all, the…

More shows like Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio by Milk Street Radio

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

3,005 Listeners