Driver Plows Into Black Lives Matter Protesters In Times Square
Black Lives Matter protesters who took to the streets Thursday night, were nearly hit by a car that drove through a crowd in Times Square. Read the fully story on Gothamist.com
View ArticleArmed and Dangerous
Armed right-wingers are stoking violence in cities across the country. On this week’s On the Media, a look at the origins of the American militia movement. Plus, as things heat up, Facebook is fanning...
View ArticlePro-Trump Counterprotester: People In Car That Drove Through Times Square BLM...
A pro-Trump counterprotester who was in the car that drove through a crowd of Black Lives Matter marchers in Times Square says she and everyone else in the car spoke to detectives on Friday and were...
View ArticleMarch of the Bonus Army
In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC. They were demanding immediate payment of a cash bonus...
View ArticleGame Changer: Whether To Play, And Protest, In The NFL
Shelby Harris uses inhalers daily to treat his asthma, and worries about what getting COVID would do to his lungs. But when he was given the choice to opt out of the 2020-21 NFL season, the Broncos...
View ArticleWhat is the Religious Left?
Why does the right dominate media coverage of religion? Jack Jenkins is a reporter for Religion News Service and author of American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing...
View ArticleSome Businesses Take Plywood Down, While Others Wait To See What Others Are...
Some stores in Manhattan boarded up their windows last week, citing fears of civil unrest and a repeat of widespread looting. Now the plywood is slowly coming down -- and businesses are looking at one...
View ArticleReport Finds NYPD Used Excessive Force During Racial Justice Uprisings
During this summer’s racial justice uprisings, demonstrators and journalists in New York frequently accused the New York Police Department of using unnecessary force to quell protests.Now a new report...
View ArticleWhat Just Happened?!
The new year approaches, marking an end to a truly unexpected trip around the sun. This week, On the Media reflects on our 2020 coverage, from the pandemic to the global uprising to the rise of the...
View ArticleBreaking the Myth
On this week’s On The Media, journalists struggle to find the words to describe what happened at the capitol on Wednesday. Was it a riot? A mob? An insurrection? Plus, why supporters of the president’s...
View ArticleWhat Do We Call This?
As violence in and around the U.S. Capitol unfolded on Wednesday, and as law enforcement struggled to to respond, journalists struggled for words. Was this a riot? An attack? A terrorist attack? Were...
View ArticleYou Missed a Spot
Evidence shows that insurrectionists used the walkie-talkie app Zello to help organize the riot at the capitol. On this week’s On the Media, a look at how the platform has resisted oversight, despite...
View ArticleNearly 40 Protesters Killed in Myanmar Crackdown
On Wednesday, nearly 40 protesters including a 14-year old boy were killed by security forces in Myanmar making it the deadliest day since the militarized arrest of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi in...
View ArticleGOP States Are Pushing for Stricter Penalties for Protesters
Last year, all around the country, people took to the streets in an unprecedented uprising for racial justice. After the police killing of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement reignited in all...
View ArticleThe Ashes on the Lawn
In the face of death, grief, and indifference, what can people do to make a change? In trying to understand a year of tragedy and conflict, correspondent Tracie Hunte looks back 30 years to explore...
View ArticleSamora Pinderhughes Poetically Merges Art and Urgent Protest
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes writes urgent, poetic and immersive music that responds to the times and fits neatly into no genre, all while putting his heart right on the table....
View ArticleTo Protect and Observe: A History
Today’s viral videos of police abuse have a long political lineage. But what if one of the oldest tools of copwatching is now taken away? Ron Wilkins takes us back to 1966, in the wake of the Watts...
View ArticleFrom Baking to Painting Murals: Protesting Can Take Many Forms
Following the murder of George Floyd, millions of people across the globe took to the streets to protest police brutality and systemic racism. But people also protested in more unique ways like baking....
View ArticleCuban Doctors Use Social Media to Protest Conditions During Pandemic
At the end of July, The Takeaway checked in on Cuba after historic demonstrations erupted across the country where thousands were protesting the severe economic crisis, the mismanagement of the...
View ArticleRosanne Cash: Songs of Protest and Memory (From Live With Carnegie Hall, 2020)
Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash curates a program exploring the importance of protest music as part of our shared cultural history. She talks of how the rich oral tradition of roots music embraces...
View ArticleThe 24 Words Plaguing Russian Journalists
Following widespread protests across Russia in support of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Putin's government has engaged in a wave of crackdowns on dissent, expelling and imprisoning...
View ArticleWhat Kneeling in Protest Means To a New Generation of Athletes
Dave Zirin, Sports Editor for The Nation, talks to The Takeaway about his new book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Zirin interviewed dozens of brave young athletes across...
View ArticleGive Peace A Chance: Jan Stapleman & Frank Chalmers
This week, two stories of standing up and being heard. This episode is hosted by Moth Producer Chloe Salmon. To see the extras for this episode, head to our website: themoth.org/extras Hosted by: Chloe...
View ArticleHow A 2-Week Hunger Strike By New York City Cab Drivers Lead To Expansive...
The yellow cab has long been an iconic symbol of the city, equally identifiable to New Yorkers, other Americans, and international tourists. What a tourist might not realize is that the foundation of...
View ArticleMore People Are Going On Hunger Strikes. Why Now?
Many activist movements today are leaning on an old protest method: the hunger strike. So why is this tactic seeing a resurgence, and what makes these demonstrations effective?On Today's Show:Sharman...
View ArticleHow Do Hunger Strikes Work?
Hunger strikes are in the news, from youth climate activists to cab drivers in New York City. Sharman Apt Russell, author of several books including Hunger: An Unnatural History (Basic Books, 2006)...
View ArticleProfessor Carol Anderson on the Rittenhouse Verdict
On Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts in his trial for first-degree intentional homicide.Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University and the author of...
View ArticleRace, Rittenhouse, And The Birth Of The Second Amendment
What does Friday's "not guilty" verdict in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, mean for the justice system, Black Lives Matter, and white supremacist violence? On Today's Show: Carol Anderson, professor of...
View ArticleLessons from the Luddites
What if the Luddite workers of 19th century England weren’t technophobes (as they're often mis-remembered), but rather tech-savvy pioneers? This week, Gavin Mueller, author of Breaking Things at Work,...
View ArticleThe Ongoing Strike Against Kellogg's
After 10 weeks the Kellogg's labor dispute is only escalating after the company announced plans to hire permanent employees to replace the 1,400 workers who remain on strike -- a move criticized by...
View ArticleAn International Insurgency Expert Looks Home
"Everybody thought their civil war was unique," Barbara F. Walter writes in her new book, How Civil Wars Start: And How To Stop Them. "So no one saw the risk factors that emerged again and again no...
View ArticleSamora Pinderhughes - "Masculinity"
Samora Pinderhughes – "Masculinity" (Weekly Music Roundup)Samora Pinderhughes has steadily built a reputation for as a writer and producer, working with Common, Herbie Hancock, and many others. His own...
View ArticleLessons from the Luddites
What if the Luddite workers of 19th century England weren’t technophobes (as they're often mis-remembered), but rather tech-savvy pioneers? This week, Gavin Mueller, author of Breaking Things at Work,...
View ArticleAbortion Activism with Lizz Winstead
Humor can serve as an effective tool in exposing the hypocrisy and absurdity in politics. Lizz Winstead, political satirist, co-founder of The Daily Show, and co-founder of Abortion Access Front,...
View ArticleJuneteenth and American History
We're celebrating Juneteenth today with some of our favorite interviews about the holiday and our history:Clint Smith, staff writer at The Atlantic, award-winning poet, and author of How the Word Is...
View Article195 - Sheikh Imam: Egypt's Voice of Dissent
A blind oud player from humble beginnings, Sheikh Imam’s destiny changed drastically when he met a dissident poet called Ahmed Fouad Negm in 1960s Cairo, and they formed a duo. Together, they would go...
View ArticleIranian-Americans Call In On The Protests And The ‘Morality Police’
In the weeks after a woman died in the custody of Iran's 'morality police,' women across the country and around the world have taken to the streets in protest.On Today's Show:Pardis Mahdavi, provost of...
View ArticleThe Ashes on the Lawn
A global pandemic. Thousands dying. A passive government. An afflicted group fueled by grief and anger. In this episode, first aired in 2020, Reporter Tracie Hunte wanted to understand this moment of...
View ArticleSamora Pinderhughes at Westbeth (Winter JazzFest)
Samora Pinderhughes, Grief & Process at Westbeth (Winter JazzFest)January 17, 6pm and 9pmThe Kitchen Presents at Westbeth (163 Bank Street, 4th Floor Loft)Tickets: $5–$25 sliding scale. SOLD OUT....
View Article526- Orange Alternative
In the 1980s a Polish anti-communist group called the Orange Alternative used cute images of a mythical creature with a tiny pointed hat to spread its anti-authoritarian message. That innocent symbol...
View ArticleThe Girls of the Leesburg Stockade
On July 19, 1963, 30 Black girls were arrested while marching to protest segregation in Americus, Georgia. After spending a night in jail, they were transferred to the one-room Lee County Stockade and...
View ArticleThe Powerful Think Tanks Portraying Climate Protest as Dangerous
For decades, a collection of think tanks known as the Atlas Network has used its influence to shape views of climate protest as extreme, unreasonable, and dangerous. The Atlas Network has hundreds of...
View ArticleThe Fog of War Shrouds a Devastating Conflict
On October 7, Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing 1,400 people. In the following thirteen days, the Israeli military has barraged the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, killing over 3,700 people. The...
View ArticleA Harrowing Detention in Gaza
Growing up in Gaza, Mosab Abu Toha wasn’t used to seeing Israeli soldiers in person. “You are bombed from the sky. You are bombed by tanks. You do not see the people, the soldiers who are killing you...
View ArticleCity Hall News; The Role of Climate Activists in the 2024 Election; US Army...
On today's show: Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about...
View ArticleThe Immigration Battle in Washington, and the Real Crisis at the Border
At the start of an election year, Democrats and Republicans are at a bitter crossroads about immigration, as the system becomes increasingly unmanageable. With as many as twelve thousand migrants...
View ArticleJonathan Blitzer on the Battle over Immigration; and Olivia Rodrigo Talks...
In the shadow of another election year, Democrats and Republicans are at a bitter crossroads over immigration, as the system becomes increasingly unmanageable. With as many as twelve thousand migrants...
View ArticleCan Memes Makes a Difference in the 2024 Election?
In a Presidential race with two leading candidates who are broadly unpopular, any small perceived edge can make a tremendous difference. According to Clare Malone, more and more people will have their...
View ArticleWhat Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “ostentatious level of serenity,” Evan Osnos says...
View ArticleWhat Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
Despite hand-wringing among Democrats about Joe Biden’s age and his discouraging poll numbers, the President’s campaign for reëlection displays an “ostentatious level of serenity,” Evan Osnos says...
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