Vanilla is Black

Lunch with Susan Stamberg

The feminist icon, union warrior, the woman who made NPR and the joy of learning from her to the end.

Oct 23 • 

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Shattering the System: What I Learned Reporting on West Hollywood

Where invented noir, the true crime podcast looks at how two Black men were left to die.

Oct 8 • 

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Bus Stops and Billion-Dollar Bets: LA’s Transit Test

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Transit, Equity, and Urban Change

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

The Cost of Exclusion

BLACKeNOMICS the book, and an update

Sep 8 • 

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July 2025

This Is the Hill I Will Die On

I’m doing the work of public radio without the backing. If you believe in Black journalism, now’s the time to act.

Jul 4 • 

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June 2025

The Jobs Report Misses the Real Economy

Each month, the unemployment rate makes headlines, while Black labor realities stay hidden.

Jun 30 • 

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How a JROTC Teacher Helped a Shy Student Find His Voice

Someone You Should Know: Centoria Louden

Jun 26 • 

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Black People Are More Likely to Be Killed or Hurt on U.S. Roads

Traffic deaths and injuries spike in summer. Black communities pay the steepest price.

Jun 24 • 

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Black Fathers Show Up. You Just Don’t See Them.

My story and the data say the stereotype is wrong.

Jun 15 • 

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Black-Led Broadway Shows Are Driving A Billion-Dollar Comeback

As the Tonys approach, the industry’s biggest night is a chance to ask who gets the spotlight and who built the stage. And no one embodies this more…

Jun 1 • 

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May 2025

You Are Not Broken: The Radical Gospel of Rev. Johnnie Colemon

From Unity’s segregated classrooms to a 4,000-seat sanctuary, she built a new kind of faith for a new kind of Black power.

May 22 • 

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From Chicago to the Vatican: What Pope Leo XIV Means for Workers and the Poor

The first American pope isn’t just from Chicago—he’s a lifelong White Sox fan whose working-class roots may shape the Church’s next chapter.

May 9 • 

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