Today on the show: We talk about U.S hypocrisy in prosecuting war crimes and the underfunding of domestic violence services. Plus, how an artist is retracing the racist history of gynecology. Milwaukee’s first elected Black mayor. And a family demands justice after yet another unarmed Black man is shot dead by police. All that, and more!

Today on the show: How COVID-19 turned into a poor people’s pandemic. The twisted history of reparations for slave owners in DC. Plus, Bernie Sanders takes on corporate greed, and we reflect on the historic Supreme Court confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. All that, and more!

Today on the show: Recent legislative attacks on LGBTQ students in Florida. President Biden’s budget proposal and its bipartisan pushback. How the European Union continues to fund the capture of African refugees. Plus, a few voices on this country’s history of lynching. All that, and more!

On March 28, New Director Askia Muhammad's birthday, we took two hours to celebrate his Monday Morning QB legacy, playing archive pieces on the Gullah Geechee, baseball, reparations, and more. Plus, we hear some of Askia's poetry.

Today on the show: We talk about the importance of public defense just in time for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing today. We then turn to the alarming rise of far right extremism in politics and the untold history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Then, how film and journalism in Africa is forging a new activist path. All that, and more!

Today on the show: How the crisis in Ukraine has shaped diplomacy with Iran. The past and present of refugee politics. This year’s reenactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March and a renewed call for Voting Rights. All that, and more!

Today on the show: We once again tackle Ukraine, bringing you stories on Western sanctions targeting Russians and racism faced by people fleeing the violence in Ukraine. We’ll then turn to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and the systematic disadvantages of Black women in the legal field. And where do we draw the line on self defense and the use of deadly force? Thanks again to all who donated so generously during our winter pledge drive – your support is what keeps this show and this station on the air. All that, and more!

Today on the show: Fury over the death of innocents resulting from no-knock warrants. Political prisoners, elderly political prisoners, elderly political prisoners with illnesses denied compassionate release. Is it time to increase taxes paid by the rich? And national Black Love Day got its start right here in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. All that, and more!

Today on the show: Trump v. Biden and the limits of the American presidency. There’s tension growing this Black History Month: bomb threats on HBCU campuses. Black teachers, even students harassed, leaving poets to wonder how to tell the truth? Thousands of Confederate namesakes are still around, continuing to represent their “Lost Cause” in granite and bronze. All that, and more!

Today on the show: Activists rally at the White House in opposition to the talk of war in Ukraine. New seditious conspiracy charges filed in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Is there support among millionaires for a global wealth tax? When reparations for slavery were paid in the U.S. And a fresh look at the late New York street artist and painter Jean Michel Basquiat. All that, and more!