we speak with Dr. Joia Crear-Perry about Maternal Health risk for Black women. And later Poor News Network explores America’s War on the Poor. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry is the Founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative,  and the author of “Race Isn’t a Risk Factor in Maternal Health. Racism Is.” Dr. Crear-Perry currently serves on the … Continued


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Slavery In Libya and Lizz Wright

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We speak with Meron Estefanos about human trafficking and slavery in Libya. And later we speak with singer Lizz Wright about her 5th studio album, Freedom & Surrender. Wright has re-emerged, after a long hiatus, with a renewed creative spark and a new kind of perspective that only a lived life can provide.


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Waffle House Massacre

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We speak with Tondra, she lived next door to the man who killed the people at the Waffle House. She gives us some insight as to what happened.


We speak with activist about the racial profiling and arrest of two Black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks. Later we speak with an attorney for the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) about Syria.       image credit @ Jason Hargrove, flickr – featured image image credit @ video still