Every Friday, KBLA Talk 1580 in Los Angeles dedicates its second hour to what host Dominique DiPrima calls “Freedmen Fridays.” This standing segment tracks the reparations movement nationwide. This week’s reparations news roundup touched on Fulton County’s landmark harm report, Alameda County’s new implementation committee, and a fresh, controversial quote…
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Podcast
What Reparations Actually Means, According to Nikole Hannah-Jones
What does reparations actually mean? And why is it so important to talk about right now? In a live episode of Undistracted recorded at Vital Voices Global Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to make the case that reparations is not…
Art, Culture & Memory
Trump’s War on History and Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Powerful Response To Jillian Michaels
Trump’s Smithsonian Showdown President Donald Trump, in his current term, has escalated his criticism of the Smithsonian Institution’s handling of slavery and racial history. He claims the museums focus too much on America’s darkest chapters and not enough on its “brightness” and “success.” This conflict arises as the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a moment the administration aims to frame as a story of unity and exceptionalism. …