Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from September 12, 2018. Lilada speaks with Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson about his activism and why he thinks there is still cause for hope. Along the way they talk Serena Williams, police brutality, the school-to-prison pipeline, Colin Kaepernick, and much more. DeRay Mckesson is the author of On the Other Side […]
The Case for Hope with DeRay Mckesson
For today’s episode, Lilada interviewed Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson about his activism and why he thinks there is still cause for hope. Along the way they talk Serena Williams, police brutality, the school-to-prison pipeline, Colin Kaepernick, and much more. DeRay Mckesson is the author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case […]
America is Not Finished
We don’t need to tear someone down to build ourselves up. We don’t need pollsters to tell us what to think, we can think for ourselves. We don’t need political professionals to do the work for us, we can do the work of citizenship. It isn’t over. America is not “finished.” In this commentary, Mike […]