Current Affairs

September 3, 2021

America Calling: Rajika Bhandari on Answering the Call

Listen on VoiceAmerica.com Episode Description America Calling : A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility We talk about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, […]
May 28, 2021

Hood Feminism: Mikki Kendall on Women that The Movement Forgot

Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues.
April 30, 2021

When the Red Gates Opened: Dori Jones Yang’s Memoir about China

Dori was among the first American correspondents to cover China’s transformation from Maoism to modernization. Her deeply personal memoir follows her rise from rookie reporter to experienced journalist.
April 23, 2021

When You Look Like Us: Pamela N. Harris & Being Black in America

From debut author Pamela N. Harris comes a timely, gripping teen novel about a boy who must take up the search for his sister when she goes missing from a neighborhood where black girls’ disappearances are too often overlooked.
February 19, 2021

César Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez: Migrating to Prison

Listen on VoiceAmerica.com Episode Description Where once the United States rarely imprisoned people for violating immigration law, today the country runs the largest immigration prison system […]
December 18, 2020

Andrea Barnet: Visionary Women

Change is sometimes sparked by unexpected characters—outsiders whose clarity of vision and strength of purpose can catalyze a revolution.
December 11, 2020

Rita Dragonette: The Fourteenth of September

The Fourteenth of September portrays a pivotal time at the peak of the Vietnam War through the rare perspective of a young woman, tracing her path of self-discovery and a “Coming of Conscience.”
October 30, 2020

Dr. Seema Yasmin: Muslim Women are Everything

Tired of seeing Muslim women portrayed as weak, sheltered, and limited, journalist Seema Yasmin reframes how the world sees them, to reveal everything they CAN do and the incredible, stereotype-shattering ways they are doing it.
October 2, 2020

Devi Brown: Dropping Gems

Listen on VoiceAmerica.com Episode Description Self-Discovery, Pop Culture and tool’s for your Spiritual Journey. Dropping Gems with Devi Brown is a show dedicated to demystifying personal […]