This Black History Month, MSNBC correspondent Trymaine Lee explores the story of Black America's fight to be made whole in a special podcast series, "Into America presents: Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations." Trymaine speaks with descendants of Gabriel Coakley, one of the only Black Americans ever repaid for slavery, about how reparations forever changed their family's trajectory and what could have been for more Black people. In the first episode, they travel back to before the Civil War to learn about Coakley's fight for freedom and, eventually, restitution. Listen now and hear new episodes every Thursday. |
The ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic, along with other cascading crises, can still be felt in almost every facet of our lives. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg points out that in order to heal, we must take time to reckon with what we lived through. Klinenberg is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science at NYU and the author of "2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed." Listen now. |
