DeRay, Myles, and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including billions of dollars in hoarded welfare funds, a senate vote to evict Black people to Africa, and a Miss Cleo psychic documentary. DeRay interviews filmmaker and historian Professor Gregory S. Cooke about his documentary Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II.

Myles https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/miss-cleo-psychic-documentary-1234648679/

Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/20/mississippi-black-africa-mccallum/ 

DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/states-are-hoarding-52-billion-in-welfare-funds-even-as-the-need-for-aid-grows

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

DeRay, Myles, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including Black people enslaved long after Emancipation Proclamation, a Missouri art gallery celebrating Black History Month, and the life and death of the true "Godmother of Funk". DeRay interviews Dr. Kristen Nwanyanwu about her work as an vitreoretinal surgeon and her research on health disparity and treatment gaps for Black people and people of color.

Myles https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60330415

De’Ara https://khqa.com/news/local/black-history-month-art-exhibit-featured-in-hannibal

DeRay https://www.vice.com/en/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople   

DeRay, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including reparations for Black Californians, representation on executive boards, and a possible resurrection of the War on Drugs. De'Ara interviews Dustin Gibson about his roots, disability justice work and recent Justice Rising Award from the Open Society Foundations.

Kaya https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/02/california-could-pay-black-americans-reparations-after-2023/9293476002/?gnt-cfr=1

De’Ara https://fortune.com/2022/02/01/black-women-on-boards-representation-executives-diversity/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=broadsheet&utm_content=2022020314pm&tpcc=nlbroadsheet

DeRay https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1488973685096697860?s=20&t=5HhvrFgr2jo92k6PgTLtdw

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

In the debut episode of Black History Month, DeRay, Kaya, Myles and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including a not so shocking outcome of the child tax credit, a booming private prison industry despite federal ban, the disillusionment of a young Biden official, and two spiritual icons' effort towards building a community of love. DeRay interviews Portia Wood about her mission as a generational wealth planning attorney and the importance of the work within the Black community.

News:

Myles https://www.lionsroar.com/bell-hooks-and-thich-nhat-hanh-on-building-a-community-of-love/

DeRay https://www.grid.news/story/politics/2022/01/26/a-year-after-bidens-executive-order-on-private-prisons-business-is-still-booming/

De’Ara https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-disillusionment-of-a-young-biden-official

Kaya https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075299510/the-expanded-child-tax-credit-briefly-slashed-child-poverty-heres-what-else-it-d

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

DeRay, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including a documentary honoring Black women's World War II contributions, racial disparity in access to COVID treatment, and women more likely to die after operation by male surgeons. DeRay interviews Samantha Tweedy about her life experience and current work as president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation.

News:

DeRay https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/04/women-more-likely-die-operation-male-surgeon-study

Kaya https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiecamero/covid-treatment-inequality

De’Ara https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/31/black-rosies-world-war-ii/

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

DeRay, Myles, and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including a new Black tech hub, forged DNA evidence, and a reverse migration to the South. DeRay interviews Jonathan Katz on his new book Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and Breaking of America's Empire. 

News:

Myles https://www.businessinsider.com/blacktag-founders-black-creators-audiences-platform-2022-1

Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/14/black-migration-south/

DeRay https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072766152/virginia-beach-forged-evidence-investigation

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

DeRay, Myles, Kaya, and De’Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including Black climbers on Mount Everest, false positive drug tests in state prisons, and the life and death of Black political icons Sidney Poiter and Lani Guinier. DeRay interviews activist Samira Sangare about her work and advocacy with Saratoga Black Lives Matter in New York State.

News:

DeRay https://www.news10.com/news/nys-inspector-general-report-reveals-rampant-false-positive-drug-test-results-in-state-prisons-led-to-undue-punishment/

Myles https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a38695714/oprah-sidney-poitier-interview/

Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/mount-everest-black-climbers/2021/12/31/b5d28a70-3757-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html

De’Ara https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/politics/lani-guinier-dead.html

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

Myles, De'Ara, Kaya, and DeRay welcome the new year and cover the underreported news of the week— including DC police failed attempts to reprimand officers, Black artists revolutionize medical illustrations, Proud Boys regroup to local municipalities, and the life & death of bell hooks. DeRay interviews philosopher & longtime friend Myisha Cherry on her book The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle.

News:

Myles https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article256616171.html

De’Ara https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/8892939002

Kaya https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/us/proud-boys-local-issues.html

DeRay https://revealnews.org/article/dc-police-tried-to-fire-24-current-officers-for-criminal-offenses/

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

DeRay, Kaya, and Myles cover the underreported news of the week—including high rates of dementia for Black and Latino women, Las Vegas persecution of minor sex-trafficking victims, and the life & death of Elder Malidoma Patrice Somé. DeRay interviews writer and a feminist policy analyst Anushay Hossain on her book Pain Gap: How Sexism & Racism in Healthcare Kill Women.

News:

Kaya https://wapo.st/3GEUknG

Myles https://www.malidoma.com/main

DeRay https://www.wapo.st/3oTKY1l

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople  

DeRay, Kaya, De’Ara, and Myles cover the underreported news of the week—including a Miami Art Basel policy change, Josephine Baker's high honor in France, Black tech entrepreneurs tackling health care's race gap, and the world of underground adoption. DeRay interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Messenger on his book PROFIT AND PUNISHMENT: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice.

News:

Kaya https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/arts/design/art-basel-miami-diversity.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Style

Myles https://www.npr.org/2021/11/30/1059776777/josephine-baker-france-pantheon

De’Ara https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/29/1056494505/how-black-tech-entrepreneurs-are-tackling-health-cares-race-gap

DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/they-took-us-away-from-each-other-lost-inside-americas-shadow-foster-system

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople