Janae Pierre appears in the following:
#BlackAtSMU Highlights Racism on Campus
Wednesday, October 05, 2022
One short-listed film from this year's March on Washington Film Festival is the student-made documentary: “BlackatSMU.”
Residents of Color in Fort Myers Are Worried They’ll Be Left Behind in Hurricane Recovery
Wednesday, October 05, 2022
Fort Myers, Florida was one of the hardest hit areas by Hurricane Ian, and in predominantly Black neighborhoods, many are concerned they won’t get the recovery assistance they need.
The Sound Revolution of Black Country Music
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
What’s the history between country music and Black people? That question and more is the subject of the new book, “Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions,” by Francesca Royster.
President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Hits Obstacles
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
In a reversal last week, The Biden Administration scaled back the program amidst legal challenges from several GOP-led states.
The Supreme Court's Objectivity is Under Scrutiny
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
The Supreme Court begins another term this week with plenty of likely controversial cases ahead.
Unpacking Colombian President Gustavo Petro's UNGA Speech
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
Camila Hernandez, Associate Director of the Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council, joins The Takeaway to talk about President Gustavo Petro and U.S.-Colombian relations.
A 2022 Pot Politics Primer
Monday, October 03, 2022
It’s been nearly 10 years since Colorado and Washington became the first states to approve marijuana for recreational use, what states are considering the same this November?
The Presidential Election in Brazil Continues
Monday, October 03, 2022
We still don't know who the next president of Brazil will be, leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro head to a runoff later this month.
Russia Illegally Annexes Four Regions of Ukraine
Monday, October 03, 2022
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of 4 territories of Ukraine. The move was widely condemned by the international community as illegal.
The inside story of how NYC schools spent $90 million on air purifiers that have stirred controversy
Monday, August 22, 2022
The company that sold 160,000 air purifiers to the Department of Education benefited from a lobbying campaign that reached high into the upper ranks of City Hall.
Weekly Music Roundup: Lee Fields, The Mountain Goats, Matthew E White & Lonnie Holley
Monday, August 22, 2022
New Sounds
Lee Fields gets sentimental; the Mountain Goats get vengeful; Matthew E White & Lonnie Holley get angry; and experimental folk band Heilung sings the oldest song in the world. (Maybe.)
Lebanon's Worsening Economic Crisis
Friday, August 19, 2022
Lebanon has been facing a deep economic crisis since 2019. According to the World Bank, it could be one of the “world’s worst economic crises since the mid-19th century.”
Uber Confirms Nearly 24,000 Gig Workers Were Threatened and Assaulted In the Last 5 Years
Friday, August 19, 2022
Uber reported more than 350 gig workers were carjacked, 28 killed, and 24,000 physically assaulted and threatened from 2017 to 2020.
An Interpreter's Escape from Afghanistan
Friday, August 19, 2022
In the new book "Always Faithful," Major Tom and Zak tell a story of brotherhood and loyalty in an escape from Kabul.
Weekly Music Roundup: Trail of Dead, Loyle Carner, Denitia
Monday, July 11, 2022
New Sounds
A Trail of Dead premiere, feminist folk from Chile, and Margo Price’s defiant statement of women’s rights. Plus, British hip hop artist Loyle Carner, and Denitia's country-folk.
Weekly Music Roundup: Moor Mother, Medicine Singers, Nick Zinner
Monday, July 04, 2022
New Sounds
This week, Moor Mother’s Afrofuturist take on jazz, Medicine Singers’ powwow rock, and Nick Zinner’s post-rock four seasons.
NJ set aside millions to get people back to work, but records show most of it remains untouched
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
A New Jersey program that incentivizes unemployed people to return to work has only distributed a small fraction of its $10 million budget since it launched in late September.
Mayor Adams passes on restoring mask mandates, weeks after pledging to 'follow the science' on COVID-19
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Officials have yet to issue any new requirements even though city health policy recommends Mayor Adams reinstate policies like indoor mask mandates.
Manhattan's COVID risk levels move from low to medium: Here's what health experts recommend
Friday, April 01, 2022
The elevated risk level threatens to scupper the rollback of city and state health precautions and also comes as federal pandemic funding is evaporating.
Remembering Sheila Washington, Who Told The Story Of The Scottsboro Boys
Thursday, February 04, 2021
Sheila Washington has died. For several decades she overcame a series of obstacles to tell the story of the Scottsboro Boys — nine Black teenagers falsely accused of rape by two white women in 1931.
