A Word … with Jason Johnson
America doesn’t need another conversation about race. At least, not the kind we’ve been having ... the ones that are sparked by a crisis and move quickly from shock, to empty promises, to forgetting. No. What America needs are REAL conversations about race … ones that shine a light on the facts, the history, and the reality of how race plays out in our politics and society. That’s what Slate offers each week on A Word With Jason Johnson. A veteran political commentator, Johnson will bring his incisive wit to thoughtful discussions with leaders, journalists and other change-makers who will tell the truth about America’s challenges around race, and ideas on the way forward.
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Journalism Under the Gun
What being shot taught MSNBC’s Ali Velshi about the urgency of good journalism.
30 min
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Black to the Future in Music
For Black Music Month, we’re celebrating the breakout hits of 1994.
25 min
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Daddy Lessons
Black dads get more lectures than support. The Dad gang wants to change that.
33 min
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The WNBA’s Great White Hype
Is the WNBA’s Caitlin Clark facing jealousy, or just tough competition from Black players?
31 min
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Not So Smooth Criminal
Could Trump’s New York conviction be the first of many?
27 min
31
Haitian Chaos, American Neglect?
Gangs have filled the power vacuum in Haiti. Should the U.S. do more to intervene?
35 min
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Hit After Hit: Rap in a Post Kendrick v. Drake ...
The Compton lyricist humbled the Canadian rapper on the charts. Why, and what’s next?
38 min
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Between the World and Us
Ta-Nehisi Coates blasts the lack of leadership on the Middle East.
42 min
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Flint: A Decade of Disappointment
The legacy of the Flint water crisis: disability, disinvestment, and despair.
26 min
35
True Life, True Crime
How journalist Tonya Mosley got to know her sister Anita decades after she died.
25 min
36
Freaknik: Party in the Black
Remembering the freedom, fun and –sometimes– foolishness of 1990s Black spring break.
22 min
37
Candace Owens: Back to Black?
What’s next for the conservative provocateur’s redemption tour on Black media.
39 min
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Criminal Injustice
“You don’t have to be doing something wrong for something wrong to happen to you.”
29 min
39
Run for the Border?
Many Black Americans now believe the “land of opportunity” is elsewhere.
22 min
40
Love, Family, and Freedom’s Ultimate Price
An assassin ended Medgar Evers’ life. His widow Myrlie Evers-Williams still nurtures his dream.
25 min
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Black Country Renaissance
After Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” tops charts, the spotlight shines on Black women in country music.
37 min
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Freedom Fight Like a Woman
24 min
43
Green Black Power
Climate change is already hurting Black communities. Can activists make it a political priority?
32 min
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Diversity in the Diaspora
More Afro-Latinos are rejecting stereotypes about their racial identity.
38 min
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Ghost in the Medical Machine
Artificial Intelligence plays a growing role in health care. Is medical racism growing with it?
23 min
46
True Crime in Black and White
What a decades-old murder and hoax tells us about race and policing today.
22 min
47
Revolutionary Recharge
Be a Revolution: fighting the good fight, with joy.
29 min
48
Fix Your CROWN
“CROWN” laws are supposed to stop discrimination over Black natural hairstyles. Why aren’t they working?
20 min
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Send In the Clowns?
Black Republicans, white supremacy, and the politics of grift.
44 min
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Can He Get an Amen?
Is leaning on the Black church still a winning strategy for Democratic candidates?
23 min