Isabel Wilkerson

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

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The U.S. has a history of repressing people of color, but systemic racism doesn’t tell the whole story.

America’s caste system is more than just racism, says author Isabel Wilkerson

The U.S. has a history of repressing people of color, but systemic racism doesn’t tell the whole story.

from To the Point

South Carolina lawmakers voted by overwhelming majority to take down the Confederate Flag.

Reckoning with America’s Racist Past

South Carolina lawmakers voted by overwhelming majority to take down the Confederate Flag.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Ferguson, Missouri erupted last night after a grand jury held that white Officer Darren Wilson’s killing of black teenager Michael Brown was not a crime.

Is Ferguson a Microcosm of the USA?

Ferguson, Missouri erupted last night after a grand jury held that white Officer Darren Wilson’s killing of black teenager Michael Brown was not a crime.

from To the Point

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This week, LA officials unveiled a $259 million rental relief fund with priority for low-income residents.

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Zocalo Public Square commentator Joe Mathews says that while much of California has prospered in recent decades, Los Angeles has floundered.

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President Biden unveiled his $2 trillion infrastructure plan on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, which Congress would have to approve.

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Writer-director Oliver Hermanus discusses his new film and the complex history of his native South Africa on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”

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LA gyms reopened at 10% capacity after the county moved into the red tier of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reopening plan.

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The recall of Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to appear on the fall ballot as state officials announce they’ve validated more than 1.2 million signatures on the petition.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The city of LA is expected to shut down Echo Park Lake, put up a fence, and move out all the unhoused people living there this week.

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In this special episode, Josh Barro speaks with RonNell Andersen Jones of the University of Utah College of Law about new developments in defamation law.

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President Biden will host the first press conference of his presidency later this morning.

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