'they were really something more complex — and more thrilling: a .. coalition of people who couldn’t agree on much but who marched side-by-side against the greatest threat to democracy.'

These torchlit young marchers helped to save American democracy wapo.st/3QXfhSJ

'...despite the discrimination, cruelty and injustice that the writers faced, most of these women and men somehow sustained a faith in America’s promise.'

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This week, Maisha Moses, Executive Director of the Young People's Project (YPP) talks with us about the organization's founding and the ways in which it has built off of the work of civil rights leader, and her father Robert (Bob) Moses. Knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm.

'Clergymen with the power to alter enslaved people’s lives for the worse did so while being aware of strong counterarguments for Black humanity'

How Bondage Built the Church nybooks.com/articles/2024/… via The New York Review of Books

In episode 8 we talk to Kathie Klarrieich, Executive Director of Exchange for Change about providing education for the incarcerated. We also talk about her 30 years of journalism work in Haiti and the ways it informed her current practice. Full episode at knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm.

'...in terms of .. forms of punishment systems that disproportionately punish Black people, not just the courts, but any number of other outlet institutions.'
Brown professor Tricia Rose on how views of a colorblind America inhibit efforts to fight racism thepublicsradio.org/political-roun…

'We are still human beings, the elders insist—“Se moun nou ye.” We are still wozo, like that irrepressible reed that grows all over Haiti.'

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Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy for Episode 7 on the Knowledge Unbound podcast. We discuss their journey to their fabulous collaboration that led to the writing of the transformative book Inclusive Teaching. Spotify, iHeart radio or on our website at knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm.

'Kids who've been to a public school have had a broader diversity of friends from different backgrounds, teachers from different backgrounds and are better able to be nimble in those situations'
Ascend via @forbes forbes.com/sites/emmawhit…

'The contests’ connections to the preservation of a “pure race” became even more explicit with the evolution of better baby tournaments into “Fitter Family for Future Firesides”'
Child beauty pageants have an unsavory history bostonglobe.com/2024/05/01/opi… via The Boston Globe

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It was my pleasure to be in conversation with Timothy K. Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living Learning Community Rutgers University - Newark. Conversation ran so deep we ended up singing! Episodes available on Spotify, iHeart radio and knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm.

'The magic of the Duke and his music made one people of them, one admiring people.'

The true legacy of D.C.’s Duke Ellington wapo.st/3Qi3aza

'The stay-at-home moms in this country are disproportionately mothers who’ve been pushed out of the workforce because they don’t make enough to make it work financially to pay for child care'

hechingerreport.org/our-child-care…

Knowledge Unbound proudly drops an enthralling conversation with College Unbound President Adam Bush. Together we talk a new vision for college. Catch S1 episode 5 on Spotify, iHeart radio or on our website knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm. ✊🏿✊🏿

Learned so much from Bryan Dewsbury at OPID this morning UW–Madison
Grateful for this opportunity from UW-Superior

'In the 1950s calypso masters Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody kept up a call-and-response duel for years, much to the delight of fans who loved the clever wordplay and storytelling.'
The J. Cole apology to Kendrick Lamar that shook hip-hop bostonglobe.com/2024/04/13/opi… via The Boston Globe

'The biggest predictor of whether someone has friends of a different race is the diversity of their schools'

The joys and challenges of interracial friendships wapo.st/3Q3OinM

Episode 4 of S1 is out. This week I talk to fellow countryman Dr. Vijai Bhola about international medical work and mindsets that sustain those journeys. Catch us on Spotify, iHeart radio or our website at knowledgeunbound.transistor.fm.

'Numerous formulas or “algorithms” used in medical decisions — treatment guidelines, diagnostic tests, risk calculators — adjust the answers according to race or ethnicity in a way that puts people of color at disadvantage'
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