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On the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, we examine the state of abortion access in Louisiana and hear about the clinic at the center of the court case. Also, we learn how the promise of “40 acres and a mule” came true for some formerly enslaved people after the Civil War — and how the U.S. government subsequently broke that promise.
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Birmingham, Alabama was one of the fiercest battlegrounds of the American Civil Rights Movement. But in order to understand the struggle, you don’t have to look any further than Rickwood Field, America’s oldest ballpark. In this podcast, host Roy Wood Jr. looks at the intersection between baseball and civil rights as MLB gears up to honor the Negro Leagues like never before.
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A group of young civil rights activists began their journey to the South to challenge segregation on interstate buses in May 1961. The riders were taunted and beaten by white mobs – and jailed. Participants of the movement share what their fight means now.
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Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden talks about the state of the city and his future political plans.Activist Elizabeth Dent talks about "Politics With A Punch";…