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  • What the history of U.S. protests illuminates about today

    What the history of U.S. protests illuminates about today
    2026/01/28
    To the casual observer, it might seem like the U.S. has spent years in a constant state of protest — and they’re only getting more intense under the second Trump administration. So we’re revisiting our conversation with Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, the author of “A Protest History of the United States” about what forms of protest have worked in the past, and what lessons people can take from those protesters.

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    28 分
  • What the quarter-zip craze tells us about Blackness and respectability

    What the quarter-zip craze tells us about Blackness and respectability
    2026/01/24
    What does the humble, boring quarter-zip sweater have to do with respectability politics and Blackness? Apparently, a lot! When two young Black men on TikTok brought the quarter-zip into vogue for young folks, they unknowingly waded into some very long-lived discourse on Black fashion and looking "respectable." Today on the pod, we chop it up with Jonathan Square, professor of Black visual culture at Parsons School of Design, about Black fashion, and what's happening more broadly to make this pretty plain sweater the "it" garment.

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    17 分
  • How local police extend ICE's reach, even in sanctuary cities

    How local police extend ICE's reach, even in sanctuary cities
    2026/01/21
    Sanctuary policies have been described on both sides of the aisle as protecting immigrants. But in many ways, in practice, they have given rise to a specific kind of policing that gives ICE a much wider reach than it might otherwise have. We talk to anthropologist Peter Mancina, who is the author of a recent book, On the Side of Ice: Policing Immigrants in a Sanctuary State about his on-the-ground research embedding with police in New Jersey.

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    39 分
  • Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry Goldwater

    Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry Goldwater
    2026/01/17
    In honor of MLK Day, we sit down with historian Nicholas Buccola, author of One Man’s Freedom, to re-examine the concept of "freedom" by comparing the legacies of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and conservative politician Barry Goldwater. In our conversation, Buccola reveals the profound gulf between Goldwater's abstract view of freedom and King's focus on the daily fight for dignity and individual liberty– and he helps us understand what this historical battle can teach us about the fight for freedom today.

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    22 分
  • Venezuela and the long tradition of US interference

    Venezuela and the long tradition of US interference
    2026/01/14
    The U.S. ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is just the latest chapter in a long, troubling history of American intervention in Latin America. NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd brings us to the New York courthouse where President Maduro was indicted by the U.S. government. We also talk to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin, who explains how the modern concept of national sovereignty — a country’s right to govern itself — originated in Latin America as a response to U.S. expansion.

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    33 分
  • Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism

    Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism
    2026/01/10
    2026 is off to an intense start, but many of the events we're seeing play out today come out of dynamics that have been building for years. Jelani Cobb, a journalist, historian, and the Dean of Columbia's journalism school, talks to us about his new book, Three of More is a Riot (Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025), which analyzes some of the major events of the United States' past decade and a half, and how they've set the groundwork for much of what's happening now.

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    18 分
  • How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant families

    How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant families
    2026/01/07
    Connecting across generations can be tough, even in the same family. This is at the heart of Amy Tan’s 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. This week, we're bringing you an episode from NPR's Books We Loved series, where our very own B. A. Parker, along with Andrew Limbong and The Indicator’s Wailin Wong, discuss how miscommunication and misunderstandings between parents and their children continues to be a theme in stories of immigrant families today.

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    35 分
  • Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast

    Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast
    2026/01/03
    Among the American public, support for Israel has fallen among almost every demographic group. But for many White Evangelical Christians over the age of 35, support has remained steadfast. And that support continues to be a major shaper of U.S. policy in the region. So today, in our final installment of the Code Switch History Class series, we're looking into the history and theology behind how White Evangelicals became so connected to Israel, and what that connection looks like in the public square.

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    34 分