Gloria is joined by author and activist Lauren Rankin to outline everything you need to know in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Gloria and Lauren talk about what’s happening right now as a result of this ruling, how and why this decision will disproportionately hurt Black and brown people, and what you can do to support those ... Show More
Jul 2022
Overturning Roe Didn’t Happen Overnight (with Jessica Arons)
Gloria is joined by Jessica Arons, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, to talk about the decades-long legal battle by abortion rights opponents to overturn Roe. They discuss how we got here, what’s being done to get our rights back, and what the Dobbs decision will mean for our al ... Show More
43m 48s
Apr 2021
Let's Talk About Racism
Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, activist, organizer, and artist, talks about how to raise anti-racist children, both in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and long-term, when police brutality and racial injustice have left the news cycle. She provides actionable steps for parents who ... Show More
13m 23s
May 2022
FT Weekend: Why US abortion rights are under attack
<p>It’s about to become much harder to find safe abortion care in America, in a country where some states already make it almost impossible. This week, we make sense of what’s happening and how we got here. Lilah speaks with Rhiannon Hamam, a Texas public defender and host of the ... Show More
32m 45s
Nov 2023
Keep Acting or Run for Political Office? (with June Diane Raphael)
When President Trump was elected in 2016, comedian June Diane Raphael considered dropping everything (except her new baby) and running for local office. Instead, she chose to write a book helping other women do it. In some small part, that decision led to 2018’s record year of wo ... Show More
47m 34s