Former Washington D.C. public defender and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Forman Jr. discusses his book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. A leading critic on mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color, he seeks to understand the war on crime that began in the 1970's and why it was supported by many African American leaders in the nation’s urban centers. He examines this question through the stories of politicians, community activists, police officers, defendants, and crime victims.

This segment is guest hosted by Duarte Geraldino.