by Mufson, Michael | Mar 27, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
By Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris It’s the episode we’ve been wanting to make for years. In our season premiere, we’re talking about the N-word. It’s a word both unspeakable and ubiquitous. A weapon of hate and a badge of belonging. After centuries of evolution, it’s...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 18, 2021 | Books, It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
This Is The Book I’ve Been Waiting For.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of How To Be An Antiracist Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis to...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 18, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
The racial wealth gap in the United States is large, and it isn’t getting any smaller. In 2019, the average wealth of Black families was less than 10 percent compared to the average white family. Discrimination in housing that has either barred Black Americans from...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 18, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
When President Trump announced that he would be rallying his supporters on June 19th in Tulsa, it scanned to many as a vicious one-two punch. After all, June 19th, or Juneteenth, marks the day in 1865 when Union general Gordon Granger told the enslaved people of Texas...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 15, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
You can really draw a clear line from the earliest days of slavery…to the racial wealth gap and economic picture of this country today. Today, 400 years since slavery began in the United States, we’re going to draw those connections with William Darity, who goes by...
by Mufson, Michael | Feb 14, 2021 | It's Monumental Resources, Podcast Episodes
The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world, and a disproportionate number of those prisoners are Black. What are the origins of the U.S. criminal justice system and how did racism shape it? From the creation of the first penitentiaries...
