Pod Save the People

Everyday Is the Right Day to Tell the Truth

DeRay, Brittany, Clint and Sam discuss Felicity Huffman, LA's draconian proposal for anti-homeless measures, California's public prison ban, the complicated history of sugar in America, and post-incarceration finances. Paul Tough, author of "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us" joins DeRay to discuss the broken collegiate system.<a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/09/10/what-gate-money-can-and-cannot-buy">https://www.themarshallproject.org/2019/09/10/what-gate-money-can-and-cannot-buy</a><a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/homeless-sleeping-maps/">https://www.latimes.com/projects/homeless-sleeping-maps/</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/sugar-slave-trade-slavery.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/sugar-slave-trade-slavery.html</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/12/california-private-prison-ban-immigration-ice">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/12/california-private-prison-ban-immigration-ice</a><a href="https://www.lbjschool.info/index">https://www.lbjschool.info/index</a><a href="https://www.upstart.com/personal-loans?podcast=PEOPLE&amp;utm_campaign=PEOPLE&amp;utm_source=podcast">https://www.upstart.com/personal-loans?podcast=PEOPLE&amp;utm_campaign=PEOPLE&amp;utm_source=podcast</a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-dissected/id1461399066">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-dissected/id1461399066</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.