A gunman killed ten people at a Colorado supermarket just days after another shooter killed 8 people at three Atlanta-area spas. Lawmakers and advocates are once again calling for gun control. But if the past is any indicator, nothing will get to the president’s desk. That’s something Shannon Watts is trying to change. After the Sandy Hook massacre, when a gunman killed 20 little kids and 6 adults, she founded “Moms Demand Action.” She talks to Soledad about how her group is working to pass stronger gun laws.
When President Joe Biden suspended construction of a border wall, it left landowners in legal limbo. For years, property owners had been fighting to keep the government from seizing their land to build the border barrier. One family says they were likely one more court hearing away from losing their land. Correspondent Jessica Gomez spoke with them three years ago as they were just beginning to fight back.
Nikole Hannah-Jones sits down with Soledad O’Brien to break down the 1619 Project and how symbols of patriotism and the efforts to suppress history impact America.
A husband and wife are both pastors in North Carolina. But one of them has a predominately Black congregation. The other has a predominately White congregation.
Evanston, Illinois is planning to pay some Black residents for the harm it caused by discriminatory housing policies. The program offers up to $25,000 for a down payment on a house or to make home repairs. Critics say this form of reparations is unnecessary while others say it’s not enough. Study after study have shown where you live can determine the rest of your life. Special Correspondent Joie Chen reports from her childhood home in Evanston.
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A young couple says acceptance is the first step as they break down barriers in their own community.
Numerous studies have shown how Black Americans have been negatively impacted by the criminal justice system. Bruce Western, a professor at Columbia University, explains how the prison system has created second class citizenship.
Lydia X. Z. Brown knows what it’s like to be marginalized on multiple fronts.
Soledad O’Brien and her guests, Edgar Villanueva and Valerie Wilson, discuss how economics, marginalization, and social justice impact the American dream.
The daughter of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X explains how her father believed that this generation would roll up their sleeves and do the necessary work to demand change from those in power.