Created Equal

Created Equal host Stephen Henderson speaks with "Blood in the Water" author and University of Michigan professor Heather Ann Thompson about the modern mass incarceration and its implication on communities.

Being "tough on crime" is politically popular. But does it make communities safer? In 1971 a prison uprising in New York state opened the door for President Richard Nixon and Governor Nelson Rockefeller to push for harsh drug laws with lasting repercussions.

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” The team at ESPN's The Undefeated website talks about covering black American life holistically in the media landscape.

Who tells your story? The media hold the narrative for marginalized people, for better or worse. The word "carjacking" written in print got swept into a '90s narrative about black American life.

These "Declarations" feature more thoughts from the experts you hear in episodes of Created Equal. This week, author and professor Lester Spence (01. The Kiss) discusses the effect of "neo-liberalism" in American politics and marginalized communities.

How one man's livelihood was destroyed with a simple kiss.

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