Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry

The Takeaway speaks to a reporter about the Texas Observer investigation into Texas jails: "Locked Up and Left to Die."

Despite substantial evidence casting doubt on Julius Jones's guilt, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has waited until the last moment to determine whether to spare him from execution.

After two weeks of deliberations, the COP26 climate summit has come to an end. 

Despite high vaccination rates, Navajo Nation has seen recent increases in Covid-19 cases. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez joins The Takeaway to discuss.

In Portugal, almost 100 percent of people over the age of 50 are vaccinated.

When the vaccine became available earlier this year, many thought the end was in sight.

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Redistricting is underway in many states, and as lawmakers draw new political lines, it could leave masses of voters without a voice in their elections.

Three cases cases across the U.S. highlight the American criminal justice and the problem with racial injustice.

Professor Michael Eric Dyson joins The Takeaway to discuss his new book, “Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America,” that collects essays from over the course of his career.

Since the 1970s, Illinois has been one of 16 states without discretionary parole, but a movement started by a former Illinois prison debate team is trying to change the system.

There are at least four generations now in the workplace: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z. Do these different generations affect workplace dynamics?

The Takeaway looks at the so-called "truck driver shortage," examines the factors involved, and talks to two female long-haul truckers.

World leaders began meeting in Glasgow, Scotland for the UN's COP26 climate summit to discuss targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

Rep. Katie Porter, the white board carrying Congresswoman from California joins us to discuss everything from paid family leave to the difficult task of getting people to trust Congress.

Former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman joins us to discuss election wins and losses.

An uptick in crime led many mayors across the country to campaign on public safety and policing, distancing themselves from calls to "defund the police."

In this episode of our ongoing series, Aging while Queer, we look at two different experiences of coming out as lesbian.

A look at how plot lines involving abortion have evolved on television over time and what those depictions have meant for public attitudes about abortion.