Bryan Stevenson: Why is the prison population predominately black? And what is so wrong about that? (and how is Germany a role model in some ways?)
ted is a great place for all kinds of interesting stories and topics. I just found a whole playlist on the topic of racism. I highly recommend the talk by Alice Goffman, a young sociologist. She lived in a tough black neighborhood in Philadelphia for a year. If you still think maybe racism is a bit hyped as a topic, listen to her. This is the ugly truth of the other America.
This American Life is radio show that has continually produced excellent shows on all kinds of topics for the last twenty years. You can listen online or as a podcast. "Cops see it differently"- looks at exactly that - what is the background to police brutality? How can the culture of stop and frisk be changed? There is the bad (Miami Gardens) and the good (Las Vegas), and lots in between. Some of the experiences people share are almost unbearably awful.(part 2) It starts in part one with the part we started listening to in school. You can read along on a transcript.
Jeffrey Toobin writes in the New Yorker about a brave prosecutor in Milwaukee who tries to improve the situation there. This is a very detailed article - great research and great writing (as always in the New Yorker), but, of course, you need to put in the effort.
