It’s been almost thirty-five years since, in the midst of a different pandemic, a group of LGBT activists and people living with AIDS in New York came together in a gathering that would kick off one of the most important social movements of the twentieth century. For today’s show, guest host Karma Chávez dives into […]
Fighting for the Land with Kahala Johnson and Kānealiʻi
Today, we welcome back guest host Karma Chavez. Joining Karma are Kahala Johnson and Kānealiʻi explain how native Hawaiians were removed from Hawai’i and the path they are on the reclaim their an “We have to go through a lot work to know our own genealogies to prove that there is a paper trail that […]
Immigration and Asylum, Then and Now
Last month on a trip to Guatemala, U.S. vice president Kamala Harris told would-be migrants: “Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our borders. […] If you come to our border, you will be turned back.” This is just one instance in a long history […]
Centering Disability Justice as the World Reopens
What would it look like to center disability justice in the decisions about reopening businesses and workplaces? What could it mean to center disability justice in all aspects of our lives in a post-pandemic world? Today, professors Sami Schalk and Ellen Samuels join guest host Karma Chávez for a discussion. Sami Schalk is an associate professor […]
Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
Last week, Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature introduced legislation designed to ban the teaching of critical race theory in K–12 and UW system schools. This appears to be the latest conservative bugaboo in the new culture wars of the twenty-first century. But we wanted to have an honest discussion: what is critical race theory? […]
White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the U.S.
The January 6 insurrection in Washington, DC was a sobering reminder that there is an active white supremacy movement in the United States—and it hasn’t gone away just because Trump is out of office. The truth is, atrocity crimes can happen anywhere, even here, as genocide expert Alex Hinton argues in his new book. For […]
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