The New Yorker Radio Hour

Looking Back at the Year of Protest Since the Death of George Floyd

06.01.2021 - By WNYC Studios and The New YorkerPlay

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We look back on the year since the murder of George Floyd galvanized the nation. David Remnick talks with Vanita Gupta, the No. 3 official in the Justice Department, who is charged with delivering on President Biden’s bold promises to address racial injustice. A Minneapolis activist explains why it is so hard to abolish the police. Plus, Hilton Als on why America finally rose up against long-standing abuses of Black people.

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