Throughout our nation’s history, the threat—and actuality—of political violence has served to thwart and suppress Black agency and emancipation.

Featuring Maria Hinojosa, Rumaan Alam, Scott Farris, John Nichols, and Shana Redmond.

The poor Black and brown communities hit hardest by Covid-19 have the most to gain from an overhaul of how this country administers care.

The decades of disinvestment in our public health infrastructure has now cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

We know how to do it. On this week’s show, we lay out the path to a poverty-free future.

It doesn’t happen by accident. On this week’s show, we dig into the systemic reasons poverty exists in the richest country in the world.

An exceptionally talented activist and leader, a new model of organizing, and years of tireless work—that’s how you change the system. 

On this week’s episode, the deep, foundational biases of our democracy come back to haunt us—again.

On the first episode of System Check, we talk to Sherrilyn Ifill and Alicia Garza about the convoluted system of casting your vote.

Diagnosing and repairing a malfunctioning democracy. A new podcast, hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren, from The Nation magazine.