Are You Likable? with Alicia Menendez

When We Win is back! In this episode, host Maya Rupert talks to Teresa Younger, the CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, about the impossible standards that female candidates of color are held to and the rising political superstars we all should know. Plus two women of color -- K ...  Show more

Political media has the power to shape the narrative of a race before anyone has cast a ballot. All of the decisions - who gets covered and how they get covered - are made by an overwhelmingly and disturbingly non-diverse group of media gatekeepers. In this episode, Maya and TV h ...  Show more

In Season 5 of No One Is Coming to Save Us, we're talking about what the child care system should – and urgently needs – to look like. We demand a system that is guaranteed, high-quality, accessible, and supportive. Follow along this season as host Gloria Riviera takes us into th ...  Show more

January 2017 Poverty Consciousness Lisa Renee Dear Ascending Family, As many of us may be sensing, over this next year we will likely see the cracks in the old paradigms and systems grow wider. We are in a unique position during the bifurcation, to begin to lay the seeds for the ...  Show more

Reena Ghelani knows all too well the jarring silence of a crowded malnutrition ward. Now United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, she spends every day working on the frontlines of the global fight against hunger.

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Today, humanity is thriving, but there are fears the good times will not last. Will tomorrow be better than today? Those arguing “yes” say people have better access to resources and technological advances are making us more prosperous. Those arguing “no” say there are widening so ...  Show more