Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry

While churches, nonprofits, and local governments are getting national attention for forgiving millions of dollars in medical debt, we look at how the medical debt crisis got this bad.

Can one size fit all in love and reality dating tv?

Zaila Avant-Garde is already a Scripps Spelling Bee winner. She tells us why it's only natural that she wrote one but two new books.

A new book argues that Advanced Placement Courses have departed from their original purpose.

How Black superstar players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar helped create today's NBA.

Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman whose words prompted the kidnapping, torture and brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955, has passed away.

We recap season two of the popular sitcom Abbott Elementary, and talk about the tension between public schools and charters. 

 The Takeaway spoke with some amazing guest about the books they've been reading and authoring.

The cookbook “Gullah Geechee Home Cooking,” by Emily Meggett's, tells the story of the Gullah Geechee through the author's family and the history of Edisto Island. 

How has the New York Times responded to criticism of its coverage of trans people and issues?

Franchisees say their businesses are suffering. So is the franchise business model still a beacon of the American Dream?

How big a role do Senate staffers play in ensuring a functional government?

An official autopsy report released last week found 57 gunshots wounds on Queer Venezuelan-Indigenous activist Tortuguita's body, raising questions about the nature of their killing.

In the face of recent layoffs in the tech and media industries, and we talk to Allison Hemming about advice for those facing layoffs and how pink slip parties can be a networking tool.

President Joe Biden made the announcement on Tuesday, mentioning that there's still a "battle for the soul of America."

How did early American Black writers live under the yoke of chattel slavery?

On Friday, the Supreme Court issued a stay on a lower court ruling. The stay ensures, that for now, the abortion pill, mifepristone, will remain widely available.

What can loss and grief teach us about living?

 The Takeaway is observing a very intersectional Earth Day Weekend.

 A closer look into book influencing with Kelsey Weekman, Internet Culture Reporter for Buzzfeed News.