Podcasts
Code Switch
Explores how race impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story.
Intersectionality Matters
Intersectionality Matters! is a podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.
1619
A New York Times audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.
Seeing White
Why? Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?
Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guests in this fourteen-part documentary series
Throughline
The past is never past. Every headline has a history. Join us every week as we go back in time to understand the present. These are stories you can feel and sounds you can see from the moments that shaped our world.
Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People
Everyday Conversations on Race for Everyday People is a podcast that brings people together across race and culture for open comfortable conversations about race in a casual setting to close the racial divide.
Pod Save the People
On Pod Save the People, DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with Sam Sinyangwe, Kaya Henderson and De’Ara Balenger. They offer a unique take on the news, with a special focus on overlooked stories and topics that often impact people of color.
Disability Visibility
Conversations on disability politics, culture, and media.
Immigration MIC
Hosted by Long Island activist Hendel Leiva, each episode takes you through the individual journey and story of each guest, and the personal reasons why they're fighting for immigrants across the nation, in their own way.
Pitchfork Economics
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and some of the world's leading economic and political thinkers dive into the inequalities in America and how we can do something about rising inequality.
Websites
- Advancement ProjectA next generation, multi-racial civil rights organization, that exists to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy by using innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and achieve high impact policy change.
- American Civil Liberties UnionThe ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
- Brennan Center for JusticeThe Brennan Center for Justice is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that strives to uphold the values of democracy.
- Conscious Style GuideThe essential guide to conscious language.
The latest news, observations, and style guides—all in one place. - Indigenous Environmental NetworkAn alliance of Indigenous peoples whose mission it is to protect the sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws.
- National Museum of African American History & Culture - Talking About Race TopicsHow do we begin to wrap our minds around race in America? Race – and racism – has grown adept at shapeshifting to maintain power and privilege for some and suffering and oppression for others. To begin to dismantle racism and inequity, many things must happen simultaneously: historical understanding, community building, personal reflection, and committed anti-racist practice.
- Project READYA series of free, online professional development modules for school and public youth services librarians, library administrators, and others interested in improving their knowledge about race and racism, racial equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
- Teaching ToleranceHelps teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy.
- TEDA nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks
- UnidosUSA nonpartisan voice for Latinos, that serve the community through research, policy analysis, and state and national advocacy efforts
- The Zinn Education ProjectThe Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the country. For more than ten years, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.