Shanta Covington

The aftermath of a mass shooting for families includes the unimaginable tasks of saying goodbye and grieving over their loved ones. But what if you couldn’t say goodbye?

June is the annual celebration of Black Music Month.

The docu-reality show Love on the Spectrum comes to the U.S—we speak with the show creator and a participant. 

From the classroom to the workplace, politics to social media, can this cohort of young adults clean up the mess we’ve made? 

Reflecting on post 9/11 hate crimes against Muslim and Sikh Americans, and how it connects to the racist attack this past weekend in Buffalo.

We spoke with the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister of Middle Collegiate Church about how she makes sense of tragedy like the Buffalo mass shooting.

The pressure at Lowell High School, a majority Asian high school in San Francisco, is palpable in the documentary, "Try Harder."

Since the 1970s, white evangelicals have become increasingly influential in American politics. We explore the past, present and future of white evangelical power in America.  

Author Noga Arikha explores memory and identity in her book, “The Ceiling Outside: The Science and Experience of the Disrupted Mind."

Jason Marsalis, the youngest family member of the famed Marsalis musical family joins us. 

Looking at motherhood and its many complications in the context of inequality.

Last November, four hours before he was set to be executed in Oklahoma, Julius Jones' life was spared by a commutation from Governor Kevin Stitt. But his fight continues.

On Monday, Politico released an alarming leaked draft opinion indicating that SCOTUS intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that made abortion legal nationwide. 

Alyssa Gaines is Urban Word’s 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate Midwest Regional Finalist. 

A conversation with the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. Alondra Nelson.

The Tampon Tax is Unfair. Period.

On this Earth Day we want to celebrate by hearing from the next generation.

A look at what we can learn from queer studies and the biases and limitations that exist in environmental studies.

This Earth Day weekend, The Takeaway is looking at how the 2016 Standing Rock protests and water protector movement created a blueprint for ongoing environmental activism.

How climate justice and racial justice are connected.