Pod Save the People

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles  cover the underreported news of the week on affirmative action — the irony of opposition, a push for adversity scores, and the future of diversity policies in Hollywood and corporate employment. DeRay interviews author and journalist Donovan Ramsey on the pod to chat about his newest book When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era.NewsDeRayGOP attorneys general tee off on large corporations over diversity policiesKayaWith End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity ScoresDe’AraHollywood Diversity Initiatives May Be Challenged After Supreme Court Affirmative Action RulingMylesWhite women benefit most from affirmative action. So why do they oppose it? 

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara and Myles  cover the underreported news of the week — Minneapolis crime decreases with a shortage of police officers, the small group of conservative doctors behind restrictive trans & abortion policies, celebrity baby daddy drama makes CNN, and the editor of Elle Decor crafting his soft life. DeRay interviews Michigan State law professor Justin Simard to chat about the advent of the Citing Slavery Project.NewsDeRayHalf the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.De’AraHow the Editor in Chief of Elle Decor Spends His SundaysMylesImagine Trash-Talking Keke PalmerKayaDocuments show how conservative doctors influenced abortion, trans rights

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — the world's first known drag queen, Black entrepreneurship in under-resourced D.C. neighborhood, an alarming trend of missing children in Cleveland, and the heightening  suicide rate within the Black male community.NewsDeRayCleveland police address "misinformation" on missing childrenHow Bad Is Cleveland’s ‘Alarming’ Missing Children Trend? Data Suggests An Existing ProblemMylesThe Suicide Method Never Discussed in the Black Community Regarding MenDe’AraAll Black-Owned Local Shopping Center Debuts In Ward 8KayaUpdate: Dupont’s Swann Street Dedicated To William Dorsey Swann, The First Self-Described ‘Queen Of Drag’ 

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — hundreds of vacated convictions tied to rogue police officers, reparations versus resources in Minnesota, America's only Black boarding school in Mississippi, and the devolution of reality television. NewsDeRay Bragg vacates convictions tied to rogue NYPD officers convicted of criminal conductKaya Slave Descendants in Minnesota and Dakotas to Receive $50M in GrantsMyles Joseline Hernandez Accuses Amber Rose Of ‘Wanting To Be White A Girl’ De’Ara Piney Woods School strives for Black excellence

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — community policing in Brooklyn, the evolution of artificial intelligence, ongoing tragedy at Rikers and the life and legacy of Tina Turner.  News DeRayNYC DOC Commissioner Louis Molina liedFederal judge demands answers after Rikers detainee dies with a fractured skullMylesTina Turner, Queen of Rock & Roll, Dead at 83KayaChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.De’AraA Brooklyn Neighborhood Went 5 Days Without the Police

DeRay, Kaya, and Don cover the underreported news of the week —  the push back against Florida book bans, the end of affirmative action as we know it, and the disproportionate mortality rate of  babies in the South.NewsDeRay A striking gap between deaths of Black and White babies plagues the SouthKaya Why the world's largest publisher found a book-ban lawsuit in Florida 'irresistable'Don Higher Ed. at Harvard Event Addresses Looming End of Affirmative Action 

DeRay, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — Republicans plan to release Black youth criminal records, corporations infiltrate primary care services, and the harmful effects of Biden's open border on Black communities. DeRay interviews  award-winning author Jonathan Eig about his new book King: A Life.NewsDeRay Louisiana Lawmakers Want to Release Youth Criminal Records. But First, Only In Majority Black AreasKaya Corporate Giants Buy Up Primary Care Practices at Rapid PaceDe’Ara Biden's Open Border Hurts Black Americans Most of All—and We Know It  

DeRay, Kaya, and Myles cover the underreported news of the week — Toni Morrison's personal materials on exhibit at Princeton University, top A.I. experts warn of the technology's dangerous consequences, and flawed understanding of the Bystander Effect. DeRay interviews attorney Stephanie Krent of Knight First Amendment Institute about a lawsuit challenging prison's digitization and destruction of mail.NewsDeRay The Bystander Effect or the Genovese SyndromeKaya ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger AheadMyles The Exhibit That Reveals Toni Morrison’s Obsessions

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week —  R. Kelly commissary inspires new federal rules for incarcerated people, young students forced to crawl under trains to get to school, a health condition seemingly reserved for Black women, and a hot take on witchcraft vs. the church. NewsDeRay Federal prisons want inmates to pay victims, before making phone calls or buying shoesKaya As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to SchoolMyles Witchcraft, African Spirituality, and the ChurchDe'Ara Local clinic offers treatment for PCOS; new research shows diagnosis spike in Hispanic and Black women 

DeRay, Myles, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — including public outrage over Cleopatra's blackness depicted on screen, Lizzo leads a protest against Tennessee anti-drag laws, and a staple franchise goes out of business. DeRay interviews  UCLA professor of law Joanna Schwartz about her new book Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable.NewsDeRay Bed Bath & Beyond Files for BankruptcyMyles Lizzo and a group of drag queens protested anti-drag laws on stage in KnoxvilleDe'Ara Egyptian lawyer sues Netflix for depicting Cleopatra as Black woman