Book/Podcast and Video Favorites
Ijeoma Oluo’s “Mediocre: The Dangerous legacy of White Male America.”
Book Review: ‘Black Futures,’ A Peek at the Variety, Wonder and Trauma of Black Life, Then and Now. By Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham. NYT
‘And THAT’S That!’: Correcting The Historical Record With Nikole Hannah-Jones. By Ja’han Jones / HuffPost Podcast
Remembering the Enslaved Who Sued for Freedom Before the Civil War. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
“Trump is Gone.” By The Comedy Quartet / YouTube
In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term. By Jennifer Szalai / NYT
Juan González: The Media Has It Wrong. Record Latinx Turnout Helped Biden. White Voters Failed Dems. By Juan González / Democracy Now
White Supremacy Is Baked Into Our Electoral System. By Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren / The Nation Podcast
When a Kidnapping Ring Targeted New York’s Black Children. By Paul Sehgal / NYT
Meet Wilton Gregory, set to be made first Black US cardinal by Pope Francis. By Anne Thompson / NBC News Video
Morgan Freeman Spells Out Exactly What’s At Stake This Election. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
Race in America: Athletes & Activism. By Jonathan Capehart / Wash Post Video
The Rev. Al Sharpton discusses why it is imperative to ‘Rise Up’ in this moment. By Jonathan Capehart / Cape Up Podcast – Wash Post
Breonna Taylor’s death: How a 26-year-old Black woman was killed by police. By NBC Video
Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk. By Nawal Arjini / The Nation
American Runaway. By Audrey Edwards
Trump Calls Howard Zinn’s Work “Propaganda.” Hear the Legendary Historian in His Own Words. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Watch How James Baldwin Confronted Civil-Rights History. New Yorker Video
Serena’s legacy is already complete. By Willian C. Rhoden / The Undefeated Video
Race, policing, and the universal yearning for safety. By Ezra Klein / Vox Podcast
The Police Can’t Be Judge, Jury & Executioner: Filmmaker Yoruba Richen on Killing of Breonna Taylor. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
“Authoritarian Nightmare”: John Dean Helped Bring Down Nixon over Watergate. He Says Trump Is Worse. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Jon Meacham on John Lewis, the Legend and the Man. By Eric Foner / NYT
Isabel Wilkerson, the author of “Caste,” speaks. An interview by Ezra Klein / Vox
Isabel Wilkerson knows that effective discussions about race require new language. That’s where ‘Caste’ comes in. By Bilal Qureshi / Wash Post
Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America. By George Yancey / Audiobook
