Jeff Chang of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University

Jeff Chang of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University

The influences of Hip Hop and race on the presidential election and building social movements. Jeff Chang is the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. Jeff is also the author of the upcoming book Who...

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Diane Fujino on Richard Aoki

Diane Fujino on Richard Aoki

Diane Fujino discuses her recent book, Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life. The book has generated an intense debate on the historical record about Aoki and the Black Panthers. Diane Fujino is Associate Professor and...

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Kitzia Esteva of the Bus Riders Union

Kitzia Esteva of the Bus Riders Union

Kitzia Esteva, a community organizer with the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, speaks to us about her participation in the No Papers No Fear campaign, and the "UnDocuBus" tour she and a group of other undocumented residents took to...

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Barbara Lott Holland and Zachary Norris on Juvenile Injustice

Barbara Lott Holland and Zachary Norris on Juvenile Injustice

Barbara Lott Holland, organizer with the Community Rights Campaign of Los Angeles, and Zachary Norris, Co-Director of Justice for Families, discuss their new report called "Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice". Barbara Lott Holland is an organizer...

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Alex Sanchez and Luis Rodriguez on El Salvador Gang Truce

Alex Sanchez and Luis Rodriguez on El Salvador Gang Truce

Alex Sanchez - former gang member and peace activist, and Luis Rodriguez - poet and author, discuss El Salvador's unprecedented gang truce which was initiated by the County's Top gang leaders and facilitated by top government and church officials. Alex Sanchez, (left) is a Internationally recognized...

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Mumia Abu Jamal: On his biggest political influences and the political “mentacide” of today’s youth

Mumia Abu Jamal: On his biggest political influences and the political “mentacide” of today’s youth

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political prisoner currently serving a life sentence for an alleged murder of a Philadelphia police officer. Incarcerated since 1981, in a trial that was plagued with blatant judicial disregard, Mumia was originally sentenced to...

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