Pod Save the People

A National Reckoning (with Elise Buik)

DeRay, Sam, De'Ara, and Kaya dive into recent overlooked news including anti-vaxxers, reparations, CDC pandemic data, and Candace Valenzuela's run for Congress. Johnetta Elzie joins again to update us about developments around the current protests. Then, DeRay sits down with Elise Buik to discover what the United Way is doing to fight new heights in homelessness amid a pandemic.  News links:<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/07/17/black-anti-vaccine-coronavirus-tuskegee-syphilis/">DeRay</a><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/15/us/north-carolina-asheville-reparations/index.html">Kaya</a><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/15/nation/trump-administration-strips-cdc-control-coronavirus-data/">Sam</a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/candace-valenzuela-texas-runoff-afro-latina-congress/index.html">De'Ara</a>

Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Kaya Henderson, De’Ara Balenger, and others. Then he sits down for deep conversations with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders. New episodes every Tuesday.