Congrats to my colleague Cara Anthony on this powerful, personal essay and her terrific work on the documentary and podcast--Silence in Sikeston. These are stories with the power to help heal. kffhealthnews.org/MTg4NTk4Mg via @kffhealthnews

Congratulations to KFF Health News and Cara Anthony for extending the conversation in such an in depth and impactful way. Listen now!

TUNE IN TONIGHT at 8pm ET! KFF Health News & Retro Report present the hourlong #SilenceInSikeston film via WORLD to tell the story of how a lynching and a police shooting haunt a community. A tale of a racial reckoning. Stream on WORLDchannel.org and the PBS app.

Denzel Taylor was 23 when he was killed by police gunfire. Sikeston, Mo., the city where he died, was the site of a lynching nearly 80 years earlier. Watch #SilenceInSikeston, made with WORLD and KFF Health News, to learn more: retroreport.org/draft-silence-…

After Cleo Wright was lynched by a mob in 1942, an effort to bring his attackers to justice failed. His story has been forgotten. Watch #SilenceInSikeston, made with WORLD and KFF Health News, to learn more. retroreport.org/video/silence-…

Total transparency can take a relationship only so far in Lauren Elkin’s “Scaffolding.” @lilyjmeyer on the novel’s spry defense of marital secrets: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

NEXT WEEK: Tune in to the series finale of #CitizenNation next Tuesday at 9/8c on PBS, Prime Video and YouTube. Learn more about the finale, and watch previous episodes, here: retroreport.org/citizen-nation…

Final episode of #CitizenNation airs tonight! Be sure to join David Kendrick and I on Twitter during the episode for engaging conversation. See how your favorite schools fare in their chase for the We the People Natty.

New Video: This week, New York’s city council voted to designate Nov. 30 Shirley Chisholm Day. The honor passed just in time for Chisholm’s 100th birthday anniversary later this month. In a new video, we explore how she challenged political norms as the first Black woman to be

1/ On Jan. 25, 1972, Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.

2/ Chisholm did not win, but 50 years later, Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman of color to gain a major party’s presidential nomination. In a new video, we explore the impact of Chisholm’s career as the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.

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The 2025 Tournament of Books Long List is out! Just in time for early holiday gift guide consultations. Jeff VanderMeer, Miranda July, Kelly Link, Frances Spufford, Haruki Murakami, Sally Rooney, Percy Everett -- it's gonna be a rumble! tournamentofbooks.com/the-year-in-fi…

So excited to see Lily Meyer's Short War on this list!!!

A short documentary by Retro Report examines Shirley Chisholm's legacy as the first Black woman to run for U.S. President time.com/7198395/shirle…

Happy 100th Birthday to Shirley Chisholm!

The Best Debut Crime Novels of 2024 crimereads.com/the-best-debut… via CrimeReads

So proud of Lily Meyer and "Short War."