Yo, Miss! Podcast

<p>This week I had the honor of spending time with Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2011 and transformed that tragedy into a lifelong fight to end gun violence...

<p>This is not random. And it’s definitely not neutral.</p><p>Hanging banners of Charlie Kirk, Catharine Beecher, and Booker T. Washington on the Department of Education building is a choice. Charlie Kirk built a career...

<p>In moments of rising authoritarianism, disinformation, and historical amnesia, artists matter more, not less. From U2’s decades of confronting political violence and inequality to today’s new activist music...

<p>In my interview the day after Rep. Deborah Ross questioned AG Pam Bondi, Rep. Ross reflects on how she centered the Epstein survivors and refused to let their voices be sidelined in a high-stakes oversight moment...

<p>Every day has felt unbearably heavy.</p><p>But tonight, on the frozen streets of New York City, something shifted.</p><p>I haven’t seen this many young people out marching in a long time. And not just college kids...

<p>I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Yohuru Williams tonight about what’s happening on the ground in Minneapolis right now. People always say to “find the helpers” in challenging times but I prefer to find the...

<p>Trump has been weirdly obsessed with William McKinley: invoking him, elevating him, even tying him to symbolism like the mountain renaming. </p><p>Like, remember this Executive Order entitled “Restoring Names that...

<p>I’ve lived in New York City for decades, since college, since the 1990s, since becoming who I am.</p><p>I’ve taught 24 years of high school kids here. Five classes a year. Usually thirty-four students per class...

<p>On Sunday, December 14, 2025, I didn’t just watch history, I stood inside it. For twelve straight hours, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani sat across from New Yorkers from every borough and did something radically simple...

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<p>This week, Donald Trump crossed a line no U.S. president has ever crossed: invoking the language of execution against sitting members of Congress.</p><p>Not during the Civil War.Not during McCarthyism.Not even at the...

<p>I stand in front of a classroom teaching primary sources, Washington warning about factions, Madison warning about minority tyranny, Douglass warning about complacency, while watching 2025 unfold like the footnotes...

<p>Nearly 250 years ago, we said NO KINGS</p><p>We fought a revolution to reject the idea that one man could rule over a free people. And today, millions across the country took to the streets to say NO KINGS again...

<p></p><p>As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, the Trump administration has announced a new “patriotism commission” to shape how that history will be told. But as historian Timothy Snyder warns in his work on...