June 20th is the anniversary of the 1943 Detroit “Race Riot.” Over one hundred thousand people were crowded into an amusement park on Belle Isle in the Detroit River. It […]
The Past Isn’t Past: Black Chrysler Workers March on Their Union...
January 22nd is the anniversary of the day a group of African American workers at the Eldon Chrysler plant in Detroit walked off the job and marched on their union, […]
A Good American Family with David Maraniss
For today’s episode, guest host Stu Levitan is joined in the studio by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Maraniss to discuss his latest book, A Good American Family: The Red Scare and […]
Freedom Farmers with Monica M. White
We kick off our first week of winter pledge drive with today’s episode about food justice. Our guest is Monica M. White, professor of community and environmental sociology and author […]
Lovely Socialite get leaner and louder
Lovely Socialite have embraced a few different kinds of maximalism since forming in Madison in 2009. The instrumental band’s initial name was Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps, eventually truncated […]
Reuters Poll Ranks Plight of Women in Middle East
This week your host Sabi Atteyih plays from Abdel Halim Hafez’s “The Cup Reader.” Arab-American news updates include the “Burqa Bandit” in San Diego, Rashida Tlaib‘s run for Michigan state […]