Bonus Episode: Lee Camp on Why Bashing Donald Trump All the Time Just Isn’t Funny
The comedian has no problem throwing a few punches at the U.S. president, but he’s more interested in the jokes most political comedians aren’t delivering.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Democracy & Media
SI: Human Rights & Civil Rights
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Melina Abdullah: The Powerful Past, Present and Future of Black Lives Matter
As BLM protests sweep the globe, the movement’s co-founder talks about its roots and her hopes for the coming years.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: History
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Politics
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Howard Bryant on the Revolt of the Black Athlete
The ESPN writer's latest book explores the responsibility often placed upon professional black athletes from Jackie Robinson to LeBron James to be role models for social justice.
Patrick Cockburn: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars
The journalist examines the disastrous inevitability of America’s failures in the Middle East as the region continues to reel from decades of U.S.-sponsored turmoil.
Lee Camp: Harnessing Humor to Unveil America’s Ugliest Truths
The political comedian wants to dismantle systems of oppression with a molotov cocktail filled with facts and some good old fashioned laughter.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
D. Watkins and ‘The Beast Side’
The author's collection of essays explores his past as a youth involved in the drug trade and eventually his path out of jail and into college.
Kali Nicole Gross: Dissecting a Startling Crime
The author of "Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso" discusses a lurid crime that took place in Philadelphia in 1887.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Democracy & Media
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Rebecca Carroll: Writing as a Way to Figure Things Out
The author talks about how her early childhood in New Hampshire was idyllic but changed with adolescence as she was alienated because of her race.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Eddie Conway: Making Real News After Prison
The former Black Panther talks about the plight of African Americans and his involvement in the Real News Network.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Gary Tyler’s Life Matters: Framed for Murder by Cops at 16, Exonerated 4 Decades Later
The play he directed in Louisiana, where he was incarcerated, became the subject of the documentary "Cast the First Stone."
Melina Abdullah: The Only Way White Supremacy Is Defeated
The professor and activist dissects the dangers of Donald Trump's presidency, the legacy of the Black Power Movement and more.
Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramon on Hollywood’s Love Affair With Racism
When it comes to matters of race, the entertainment industry fails its increasingly diverse audience time and again.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Susan Burton: Creating a Crucial Path Forward After Prison
After every system failed her, Susan Burton became the helping hand she and so many other formerly incarcerated women needed.
Robin Cloud: White Supremacy Is as American as Apple Pie
The documentarian discusses her new film, "Passing: A Family in Black & White," and the lasting legacy of America's original sin.
Kevin Cooper
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
Kevin Cooper: Is California About to Execute an Innocent Man?
Kevin Cooper was convicted of a 1983 quadruple murder and sentenced to death in a trial in which evidence that might have exonerated him was withheld from the defense. Visit…