Pod Save the People

Go Make Friends (with Michael Levine & Makeda Mays Green)

DeRay, Kaya, Sam, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including small town prisons, #SheWillRise, reductions in the poverty rate, and reverse search warrants. DeRay interviews Michael Levine and Makeda Mays Green from Nickelodeon about how kids interact with entertainment. DeRay: <a href="https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/10/small-towns-used-to-see-prisons-as-a-boon-now-many-don-t-want-them">https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/10/small-towns-used-to-see-prisons-as-a-boon-now-many-don-t-want-them</a>Kaya: <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant">https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant</a>Sam: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/politics/covid-poverty-aid-programs.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/politics/covid-poverty-aid-programs.html</a>De'Ara: <a href="https://people.com/politics/meet-women-fighting-to-nominate-black-woman-to-supreme-court/">https://people.com/politics/meet-women-fighting-to-nominate-black-woman-to-supreme-court/</a> For a transcript of this episode, please visit <a href="http://crooked.com/podsavethepeople">crooked.com/podsavethepeople</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.