Listening Tour

Music in Puerto Rico: An Expression of Frustration After the Hurricane

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans have found new strength ...

Gov. Rosselló: Puerto Ricans Are Tired of Being “Second Class Citizens”

Hurricane Maria made landfall in 2017 and the promised relief funding ...

Can Solar Power Keep the Lights On When the Next Hurricane Hits?

When Hurricane Maria made landfall, it left 3,000 dead, caused $100 bi...

The politics of pot are changing with Illinois predicted to expunge an estimated 800,000 marijuana convictions

In January, Illinois will become the first state to legalize the posse...

There Grows the Neighborhood: Meet the 2019 MacArthur Fellow transforming Chicago’s South Side

Emmanuel Pratt started the Sweet Water Foundation to literally grow a ...

Poisoned Politics: The ongoing fight to clean up Chicago's 'toxic doughnut'

Our listening tour rolls into Chicago. Altgeld Gardens, a housing proj...

Listening Tour: The Hard Truth About Bias

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Combating Real and Perceived Bias in the Media

Every journalist faces the same challenge. How do we bring our backgro...

How Conscious and Unconscious Bias Create Stereotypes

Conscious and unconscious bias is wired directly into our brains. That...

Strangers watch viral videos that show racial bias. Then they met each other in person to talk

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Why saying 'I'm not racist' isn't productive

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Wes Lowery, Alicia Garza on news handling protests

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Watch: Matter of Fact: Promises of Change

The "Matter of Fact Listening Tour," hosted by Soledad O'Brien, contin...

Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta continues advocacy, shares message for others in rare interview

Labor activist and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and the late Ces...

Boston professor starts antiracist research, aims to change national conversation on race

Professor Ibram X. Kendi joins the Listening Tour to talk about the wo...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor shares perspective on eliminating hate

When we think about the profound divisions in the nation and spewing o...

Participants in social experience about bias discuss why change takes time

Throughout the Matter of Fact Listening Tour: Promises of Change, we’v...

‘Rednecks for Black Lives’ urges others to fight for racial justice

Beth Howard, the Rural Kentucky Campaign Director of Showing Up for Ra...

Matter of Fact Listening Tour: 'Trailblazers, Troublemakers and Dreams'

"Trailblazers, Troublemakers & Dreams" is the final presentation i...

'Some people tell me to fix my hair,' Elizabeth Acevedo gives poetic performance

Award-winning poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo is one of the special ...

How Asian American rock stars reclaimed a slur through a Supreme Court ruling

Meet Simon Tam, self-proclaimed “Asian Troublemaker” and bass guitaris...

’Just being myself is radical.’ Billy Porter talks about trauma, Roe v Wade and eternal vigilance

The award-winning talent extraordinaire spoke about the trauma he endu...

Margaret Cho on bringing representation and humor to Hollywood

Recognized as one of the earliest Korean American stand-up comedians t...

March: The story of civil rights icon John Lewis through the lens of a comic book

Many refer to the late John Lewis as the person who inspired the term ...

Protecting Charleston From the Rising Tides

Last year, the United States spent more than $45 billion dollars after...

The Low Country of South Carolina: Preserving the Rich Past of the Gullah People

South Carolina is home to the heart of the low country, home of the Gu...

Why South Carolina’s Presidential Primary Matters

This week the 2020 race for the White House shifts to South Carolina -...

Graduating in Debt: The student loan debt crisis in Pennsylvania

One issue that's important to younger voters is student debt. That's e...

Will Pennsylvania be red or blue in 2020? Former Governor Ed Rendell gives his take.

Perhaps no one is better at understanding Pennsylvania voters than for...

Pennsylvania Politics: The message one county sends to Washington

Pennsylvania is a critical battleground state in the upcoming 2020 Pre...

State of Inequality? Why are so many in California struggling to get by on a six-figure income

Californians struggle with some of the highest home prices in the coun...

Former Governor Jerry Brown talks about climate change and the future of California

Former Governor Jerry Brown sits down for a one on one with Soledad O'...

Paradise Lost: California town struggles to recover after deadliest fire in history

California has the fifth largest economy in the world. However, the Go...