Regina de Heer

New treatment for sickle cell disease means millions may have the chance to live without the painful disease. What can we learn from a 21-year-old born with the disease then “cured”?

A mental health crisis is growing in Arab American communities as the war in Gaza escalates.

One guest says “a free market is a mythical creature, like Santa Claus.” So how do we describe “capitalism” really, and can we make it do better?

In her latest novel, best-selling author Ayana Mathis unpacks what it means to be free in America.

It was the largest mass closing in U.S. history. Chicago promised a chance to revitalize communities. 10 years later, it’s a different reality.

You’re in the U.S., you’re an immigrant, but when others try to group you in with a particular diaspora, you don’t feel it fits. Where does your community exist?

Vivek Ramaswamy labeled Trump the best president of the 21st century. Chris Christie compared Ramaswamy to ChatGPT. Conservative callers reflect on the first Republican debate.

From Stone Mountain to Alpharetta, we hear from listeners around the state and unpack what Trump’s indictment means for future elections and our democratic process.

From Polynesian DJ remixes to the Isley Brothers, our listener-generated summer playlist is still bumping.

What hippies, civil rights activists and anarchist punks put on their plates and how it might be the key to imagining a different climate future.

Former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment leaves a lot to unpack. We answer questions and take your calls.

Understanding its origins is the first step in understanding the evolution of civil rights and whether racism could be a permanent fixture of society.

The story of the first Black doll to have the name Barbie.

A disastrous period in the 1980’s. Where we went wrong and what we keep doing wrong today.

All great punk is a reaction to something. For artist James Spooner, he created Afro-Punk when he saw a room filled with nazis, and decided to make his own.

Which music speaks to your life in the U.S. when you’re part of a diaspora? Listeners tell us.

How immigrant stories can be happy stories too.

Everyone’s talking about affirmative action at elite universities. But they educate fewer than 5 percent of students seeking advanced degrees. So why should the other 95 percent care?

Affirmative action is gone. Ibram X. Kendi tells us the history leading up to this moment and what could be next.