DeRay, Kaya, Sam, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including spelling bees, Afghanistan, California jails, and vaccination marketing. DeRay interviews law professor Brandon L. Garrett about his book "Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics."

DeRay: https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/waiting-for-justice/

Kaya: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/07/10/macnolia-cox-zaila-avant-garde-spelling-bee/

Sam: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-afghanistan-taliban/2021/07/08/3fe9ef50-dfd3-11eb-ae31-6b7c5c34f0d6_story.html

De'Ara: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/juvenile-reworks-hit-back-thang-pro-vaccine-vax-thang-n1273287

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay interviews healthcare economist David Smith, host of the podcast The Cost of Care from Lemonada Media. Then he sits down with Alec Karakatsanis, the founder and director of the Civil Rights Corp.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay interviews Dr. Jarvis R. Givens about “fugitive pedagogy”—a theory and practice of Black education in America. Kaya sits down with former Obama Secretary of Education Dr. John King Jr. who is running for governor of Maryland.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Kaya, Sam, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including prison mail and forced labor, artist David Drake, and the business of editing bodycam footage. DeRay interviews writer Myles E. Johnson about Black queer representation, then sits down with Mario Rosser—candidate for NYC Council, Central Harlem District 9.

DeRay: https://prospect.org/justice/physical-mail-could-be-eliminated-at-federal-prisons/

Kaya: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/06/19/13th-amendment-prisons-juneteenth

Sam: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/16/police-pr-video-machine-criticized

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/arts/design/-enslaved-potter-david-drake-museum.html

De'Ara's show note: https://www.instagram.com/blackcraftspeopleda/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Kaya, Sam, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including murder rates, honor students, Ralph Northam, and healthcare for Louisiana inmates. DeRay interviews NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley ahead of the Democratic primary.

DeRay: https://scalawagmagazine.org/2021/05/la-restricted-prison-health/

Kaya: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/us/politics/ralph-northam-virginia.html

Sam: https://www.vox.com/22529989/2020-murders-guns

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/west-point-high-school-valedictorian.html

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including Naomi Osaka, AFL-CIO's police reform report, Harlem theater, NFL's race-norming, and childbirth calculators. DeRay interviews Elizabeth Hinton about her new book "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s".

DeRay: https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/03/vbac-calculator-birth-cesarean/

Kaya: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31554110/nfl-halt-race-norming-review-black-claims-1-billion-concussion-settlement

Sam: https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-afl-cio-releases-its-police-reform-report-but-doesnt-want-to-talk-about-it

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/theater/national-black-theater-dasha-zhukova.html

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including San Domingo, Oklahoma mayors, Seasame Street, and unmarked Indigenous graves. DeRay interviews directors Stanley Nelson and Marco Williams of the new documentary "Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre".

DeRay: https://www.thedailybeast.com/chester-pierce-the-forgotten-tale-of-how-a-black-psychiatrist-helped-make-sesame-street

Kaya: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/free-blacks-san-domingo-eastern-shore/2021/05/24/86ed2760-bca5-11eb-9c90-731aff7d9a0d_story.html

Sam: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/05/28/the-remains-of-215-children-have-been-found-now-indigenous-leaders-say-canada-must-help-find-the-rest-of-the-unmarked-graves.html

De'Ara: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/_pages/ckp48zyrf00003voj4sbhjayn.html

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, the Citizen app, facial recognition, prison staffing, and population stagnation. DeRay interviews Dr. James Wood about racial disparities in orthopedics.

DeRay: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-prisons-government-and-politics-88fff925b1901a36a10581c28d826916

Kaya: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-shrinking.html

Sam: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7evbx/citizen-app-private-security-leaked-emails

De'Ara: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/60-minutes-omits-black-female-scientists-racial-biases/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including sickle cells, police reform, critical race theory, and the midterms. DeRay interviews Dr. Marcus Johnson about racial and class disparities in the world of dental health.

DeRay: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/us/african-americans-sickle-cell-police.html

Kaya: https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/black-women-will-be-force-be-reckoned-2022-midterm-elections-ncna1267133

De'Ara: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/gops-critical-race-theory-fixation-explained/618828/

Sam: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/15/brooklyn-center-passes-sweeping-public-safety-resolution-reform-policing/

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam cover the underreported news of the week, including inmates released during COVID-19, Deana Lawson, Dollar General, and a sewage crisis. DeRay interviews Desmond Meade about voting rights in Florida and Channel Powe about education reform.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

DeRay: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/business/dollar-store-openings-retail/index.html

Kaya: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/06/sewage-crisis-hits-majority-black-town-new-york-mount-vernon

De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/magazine/deana-lawson.html

Sam: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/05/05/trump-memo-says-inmates-sent-home-due-covid-must-return-prison/7194735002/