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Inside The Maga Movement: What Happens Now?

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4:00 AM on Feb 2, 2025

Just hours after he took office, Donald Trump issued pardons for over 1,500 people convicted of crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. One of those pardoned was one of the subjects of a gripping documentary: Homegrown, from Storyline Media. Alongside two other members of the extremist group, the Proud Boys, filmmaker Michael Premo followed convicted felon, Christopher Quaglin, at home, on the road, and up the steps of the Capitol that day. In this conversation with Flanders, recorded just prior to Trump's inauguration, Premo describes how the film came to be and what he found, including the surprising diversity within the Right-wing groups he followed. How do political ideas turn to political violence? What is the path forward? Join us for a timely conversation and, as always, Laura's commentary."I think what we're going to see is an escalation of the potential for violence . . . Project 2025 is a great example of the sort of broader consensus among the conservative movement around what to do once they regained power . . . People feel increasingly emboldened in a way that I think is somewhat similar to 2016, but there's a different sense of urgency." - Michael PremoGuest: Michael Premo: Journalist & Filmmaker; Director & Producer, Homegrown

Inside The Maga Movement: What Happens Now?

Past Show Times:
4:00 AM on Feb 2, 2025

Just hours after he took office, Donald Trump issued pardons for over 1,500 people convicted of crimes related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. One of those pardoned was one of the subjects of a gripping documentary: Homegrown, from Storyline Media. Alongside two other members of the extremist group, the Proud Boys, filmmaker Michael Premo followed convicted felon, Christopher Quaglin, at home, on the road, and up the steps of the Capitol that day. In this conversation with Flanders, recorded just prior to Trump's inauguration, Premo describes how the film came to be and what he found, including the surprising diversity within the Right-wing groups he followed. How do political ideas turn to political violence? What is the path forward? Join us for a timely conversation and, as always, Laura's commentary. "I think what we're going to see is an escalation of the potential for violence . . . Project 2025 is a great example of the sort of broader consensus among the conservative movement around what to do once they regained power . . . People feel increasingly emboldened in a way that I think is somewhat similar to 2016, but there's a different sense of urgency." - Michael Premo Guest: Michael Premo: Journalist & Filmmaker; Director & Producer, Homegrown

Los Angeles Wildfires: BIPOC Media Are Telling Stories Other Media Aren't

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4:00 AM on Feb 9, 2025
10:00 PM on Feb 6, 2025

In times of crisis, people need their questions answered, fast. As residents impacted by the recent Los Angeles fires return to their homes, are they receiving enough information about insurance and recovery dollars, or how to protect their health and wellbeing? At the time of this recording, the Pacific Palisades and the Eaton fires are still burning, with toxic air and water putting thousands at risk. On top of the immediate dangers, the loss of community and the threat of developers and gentrification will impact residents for years to come. How are the media reporting on communities dealing with this immeasurable loss and what is the path to recovery for the city? Kadia Tubman, Scripps News Disinformation Correspondent, returns to host our monthly "Meet the BIPOC Press" panel. Joining us from Los Angeles are two journalists to talk about the stories they're covering on the ground. Cerise Castle reports on civil rights, criminal justice and climate. She wrote a groundbreaking expose of deputy gangs inside the L.A. County Sheriff's Department which we featured last year. She is exploring the environmental impact the fires have had in communities such as Altadena. Jacqueline Garcia is a Senior Reporter at CALO News, focused on immigration, politics and issues affecting the Latino population. She is covering inspiring organizing among day laborers and immigrants. We'll also see an excerpt from Castle's most recent report for Capital & Main. Join us to hear what local BIPOC reporters want outside media to hear, as they respond to the Los Angeles fires. ". . . I am glad to see that there has been a course correction by both local and national media to bring these stories to the forefront, not just talking about high-income earners in the Palisades that have lost million-dollar homes, but talking about the babysitters, the grocery shopkeepers, the renters that were living in apartments that lost everything in the Eaton fire." - Cerise Castle ". . . [Immigrants are] using this phrase of "el pueblo salva al pueblo," which is people helping people . . . They said that this is what they're showing, that immigrants are also coming to work and they're showing their efforts and their passion for the community, and they want it to go back to as normal as possible." - Jacqueline Garcia Guests: Cerise Castle: Journalist, Capital & Main; Jacqueline Garcia: Senior Reporter, CALO News; Kadia Tubman: Disinformation Correspondent, Scripps News

Los Angeles Wildfires: BIPOC Media Are Telling Stories Other Media Aren't

Past Show Times:
4:00 AM on Feb 9, 2025
10:00 PM on Feb 6, 2025

In times of crisis, people need their questions answered, fast. As residents impacted by the recent Los Angeles fires return to their homes, are they receiving enough information about insurance and recovery dollars, or how to protect their health and wellbeing? At the time of this recording, the Pacific Palisades and the Eaton fires are still burning, with toxic air and water putting thousands at risk. On top of the immediate dangers, the loss of community and the threat of developers and gentrification will impact residents for years to come. How are the media reporting on communities dealing with this immeasurable loss and what is the path to recovery for the city? Kadia Tubman, Scripps News Disinformation Correspondent, returns to host our monthly "Meet the BIPOC Press" panel. Joining us from Los Angeles are two journalists to talk about the stories they're covering on the ground. Cerise Castle reports on civil rights, criminal justice and climate. She wrote a groundbreaking expose of deputy gangs inside the L.A. County Sheriff's Department which we featured last year. She is exploring the environmental impact the fires have had in communities such as Altadena. Jacqueline Garcia is a Senior Reporter at CALO News, focused on immigration, politics and issues affecting the Latino population. She is covering inspiring organizing among day laborers and immigrants. We'll also see an excerpt from Castle's most recent report for Capital & Main. Join us to hear what local BIPOC reporters want outside media to hear, as they respond to the Los Angeles fires. ". . . I am glad to see that there has been a course correction by both local and national media to bring these stories to the forefront, not just talking about high-income earners in the Palisades that have lost million-dollar homes, but talking about the babysitters, the grocery shopkeepers, the renters that were living in apartments that lost everything in the Eaton fire." - Cerise Castle ". . . [Immigrants are] using this phrase of "el pueblo salva al pueblo," which is people helping people . . . They said that this is what they're showing, that immigrants are also coming to work and they're showing their efforts and their passion for the community, and they want it to go back to as normal as possible." - Jacqueline Garcia Guests: Cerise Castle: Journalist, Capital & Main; Jacqueline Garcia: Senior Reporter, CALO News; Kadia Tubman: Disinformation Correspondent, Scripps News

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4:00 AM on Feb 16, 2025
10:00 PM on Feb 13, 2025

What happens to a small town when a prison shuts down? The Augusta Correctional Center employed many residents and brought business to Craigsville, Virginia, a two square-mile, 900-person town located in the Shenandoah Valley. But when the prison closed in the summer of 2024 with minimal warning and no time for planning, Craigsville residents and the town's economy were hit hard. In this special report, Laura Flanders & Friends correspondents Chelsea Higgs Wise and Lewis Raven Wallace head to Craigsville to learn about how the town is struggling, possible solutions from locals, and the larger questions around our country's prison industrial complex. How can small, rural communities be supported in a sustainable transition away from a carceral economy? Join us as we envision the future of Craigsville and investigate how decarcerating the economy can become a win for all. Chelsea Higgs Wise is a community organizer based in Richmond, Virginia whose work focuses on empowering Black communities economically and educationally. She is co-founder and director of Marijuana Justice, a Black-led organization established to repair the harms of the drug war. Durham, North Carolina-based Lewis Raven Wallace is an independent journalist, author, and the Abolition Journalism Fellow at Interrupting Criminalization. Plus, a commentary from Laura on what could happen to the Augusta Correctional Center under the Trump administration. "At one point there were 43 institutions in the Virginia Departments of Corrections . . . That number has dramatically decreased as a result of measures put in place, such as incentive credits, the juvenile parole bill, and other pieces of legislation that helped sentencing." - Sincere Allah "What I would say is that building these prisons has not changed communities. It hasn't helped people inside. It hasn't helped create all these amazing jobs . . . Instead of investing $1.5 billion in our prisons, parole, probation, what if that was invested in communities? " - Margaret Breslau "Augusta Correctional opened in 1985. Probably at least half of the population here was working over there at that time. And it boosted the community greatly . . , boosted the town operational costs also. Kind of devastating for them to leave." - Richard L. Fox "There's a gorgeous gym in [the prison] that is just full of equipment that these young people could very much get something out of. There's a beautiful library in there. There's two ball fields there. There's plenty of office space. It could be turned into a lot of things." - Tracy Martin Guests: Sincere Allah: State Organizer, REFORM Alliance; Margaret Breslau: Co-Founder, Virginia Prison Justice Network; Pam L. Carter: Augusta County Board of Supervisors, Craigsville, Virginia; Richard L. Fox: Mayor, Craigville, Virginia; Chelsea Higgs Wise (Correspondent): Journalist & Policy Advocate, Richmond, Virginia; Tracy Martin: Fire Chief, Volunteer Fire Department, Craigsville Virginia; Sandy Oscar Sprouse: Owner, Grandma's Busy Bee; Fred Sprouse: Superintendent of Maintenance, Craigsville, Virginia; David Swink: Cattle & Hay Farmer, Craigsville, Virginia; Catherine Moyers-Youell: Retired Teacher, Craigsville, Virginia; Bill Youell: Retired Chemical Engineer, Craigsville, Virginia; Lewis Raven Wallace (Correspondent): Journalist & Activist, Durham, North Carolina; Claudette Wilcher: Pastor Bells Valley Worship Center, Craigsville, Virginia.

Past Show Times:
4:00 AM on Feb 16, 2025
10:00 PM on Feb 13, 2025

What happens to a small town when a prison shuts down? The Augusta Correctional Center employed many residents and brought business to Craigsville, Virginia, a two square-mile, 900-person town located in the Shenandoah Valley. But when the prison closed in the summer of 2024 with minimal warning and no time for planning, Craigsville residents and the town's economy were hit hard. In this special report, Laura Flanders & Friends correspondents Chelsea Higgs Wise and Lewis Raven Wallace head to Craigsville to learn about how the town is struggling, possible solutions from locals, and the larger questions around our country's prison industrial complex. How can small, rural communities be supported in a sustainable transition away from a carceral economy? Join us as we envision the future of Craigsville and investigate how decarcerating the economy can become a win for all. Chelsea Higgs Wise is a community organizer based in Richmond, Virginia whose work focuses on empowering Black communities economically and educationally. She is co-founder and director of Marijuana Justice, a Black-led organization established to repair the harms of the drug war. Durham, North Carolina-based Lewis Raven Wallace is an independent journalist, author, and the Abolition Journalism Fellow at Interrupting Criminalization. Plus, a commentary from Laura on what could happen to the Augusta Correctional Center under the Trump administration. "At one point there were 43 institutions in the Virginia Departments of Corrections . . . That number has dramatically decreased as a result of measures put in place, such as incentive credits, the juvenile parole bill, and other pieces of legislation that helped sentencing." - Sincere Allah "What I would say is that building these prisons has not changed communities. It hasn't helped people inside. It hasn't helped create all these amazing jobs . . . Instead of investing $1.5 billion in our prisons, parole, probation, what if that was invested in communities? " - Margaret Breslau "Augusta Correctional opened in 1985. Probably at least half of the population here was working over there at that time. And it boosted the community greatly . . , boosted the town operational costs also. Kind of devastating for them to leave." - Richard L. Fox "There's a gorgeous gym in [the prison] that is just full of equipment that these young people could very much get something out of. There's a beautiful library in there. There's two ball fields there. There's plenty of office space. It could be turned into a lot of things." - Tracy Martin Guests: Sincere Allah: State Organizer, REFORM Alliance; Margaret Breslau: Co-Founder, Virginia Prison Justice Network; Pam L. Carter: Augusta County Board of Supervisors, Craigsville, Virginia; Richard L. Fox: Mayor, Craigville, Virginia; Chelsea Higgs Wise (Correspondent): Journalist & Policy Advocate, Richmond, Virginia; Tracy Martin: Fire Chief, Volunteer Fire Department, Craigsville Virginia; Sandy Oscar Sprouse: Owner, Grandma's Busy Bee; Fred Sprouse: Superintendent of Maintenance, Craigsville, Virginia; David Swink: Cattle & Hay Farmer, Craigsville, Virginia; Catherine Moyers-Youell: Retired Teacher, Craigsville, Virginia; Bill Youell: Retired Chemical Engineer, Craigsville, Virginia; Lewis Raven Wallace (Correspondent): Journalist & Activist, Durham, North Carolina; Claudette Wilcher: Pastor Bells Valley Worship Center, Craigsville, Virginia.

Brittons Neck Community Forest: Climate Resilience & Reparations

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4:00 AM on Feb 23, 2025
10:00 PM on Feb 20, 2025

The forest industry in the American South is booming, but at what cost? According to some government leaders, logging is bringing big economic gains to rural America. But in places like the Carolinas, frontline communities - and especially the low-income people of color and Indigenous people who live in the midst of all this -- are telling a different story, and have solutions. With Trump's increased tariffs on Canadian timber and wood products, deforestation is only going to speed up in America's "wood basket." Two Carolina-based organizations are converting a 300-acre former South Carolina plantation into the South's first environmental justice training center: the Brittons Neck Community Forest. In this episode, Laura is joined by three guests spearheading the project. Lucia Ibarra and Danna Smith are from the Dogwood Alliance, an organization based in Asheville, North Carolina that mobilizes diverse voices to protect Southern forests and communities from destructive industrial logging. Reverend Leo Woodberry is a South Carolina-based faith leader & environmental activist. Together they're showing the true value of forests in the US South, and what it means to remain climate resilient in the face of heavy industry. Plus, a commentary from Laura on what trees can teach us about gender identity. ". . . We will start beginning to develop case studies and highlight it to policy makers . . . We are going to expand upon these other communities and create other pathways to justice in using this model. And this will help to build a foundation, to create equitable policy that elevates people, ecosystem, the value of them over the industries that are greenwashing . . . - Lucia Ibarra ". . . This project is something that we like to refer to as restorative justice. We know that people labored on this land in slavery without compensation, and so for them to have the land now and be able to use it for recreational activities, et cetera, can help them to create an engine of economic development . . . We see that as restorative justice . . ." - Reverend Leo Woodberry ". . . Too often there's this narrative about logging for economic development . . . We needed to show the alternative, and how you can keep forest standing in a community in a way that actually benefits the community. That it's good for climate, it's good for biodiversity, it's good for climate resiliency, and it's good for the local economy." - Danna Smith Guests: Lucia Ibarra: Director of Conservation, Dogwood Alliance; Danna Smith: Executive Director, Dogwood Alliance; Reverend Leo Woodberry: Pastor, Kingdom Living Temple & Executive Director, New Alpha Community Development Corporation

Brittons Neck Community Forest: Climate Resilience & Reparations

Past Show Times:
4:00 AM on Feb 23, 2025
10:00 PM on Feb 20, 2025

The forest industry in the American South is booming, but at what cost? According to some government leaders, logging is bringing big economic gains to rural America. But in places like the Carolinas, frontline communities - and especially the low-income people of color and Indigenous people who live in the midst of all this -- are telling a different story, and have solutions. With Trump's increased tariffs on Canadian timber and wood products, deforestation is only going to speed up in America's "wood basket." Two Carolina-based organizations are converting a 300-acre former South Carolina plantation into the South's first environmental justice training center: the Brittons Neck Community Forest. In this episode, Laura is joined by three guests spearheading the project. Lucia Ibarra and Danna Smith are from the Dogwood Alliance, an organization based in Asheville, North Carolina that mobilizes diverse voices to protect Southern forests and communities from destructive industrial logging. Reverend Leo Woodberry is a South Carolina-based faith leader & environmental activist. Together they're showing the true value of forests in the US South, and what it means to remain climate resilient in the face of heavy industry. Plus, a commentary from Laura on what trees can teach us about gender identity. ". . . We will start beginning to develop case studies and highlight it to policy makers . . . We are going to expand upon these other communities and create other pathways to justice in using this model. And this will help to build a foundation, to create equitable policy that elevates people, ecosystem, the value of them over the industries that are greenwashing . . . - Lucia Ibarra ". . . This project is something that we like to refer to as restorative justice. We know that people labored on this land in slavery without compensation, and so for them to have the land now and be able to use it for recreational activities, et cetera, can help them to create an engine of economic development . . . We see that as restorative justice . . ." - Reverend Leo Woodberry ". . . Too often there's this narrative about logging for economic development . . . We needed to show the alternative, and how you can keep forest standing in a community in a way that actually benefits the community. That it's good for climate, it's good for biodiversity, it's good for climate resiliency, and it's good for the local economy." - Danna Smith Guests: Lucia Ibarra: Director of Conservation, Dogwood Alliance; Danna Smith: Executive Director, Dogwood Alliance; Reverend Leo Woodberry: Pastor, Kingdom Living Temple & Executive Director, New Alpha Community Development Corporation

The People v. DOGE: Jamie Raskin's Strategy to Combat the Musk & Trump Power Grab

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4:00 AM on Mar 9, 2025
10:00 PM on Mar 6, 2025

Amidst a hail of executive orders, lay-offs, and threats, Americans are witnessing both early compliance by some of the most powerful institutions in the country, and early resistance, in the courts, in workplaces and in the streets. So where is Congress? In this extended one-on-one interview with Maryland Congressman, Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House judiciary committee, lays out his plans for exerting oversight of the executive branch, and describes the Constitutional limits Trump and Musk are running up against. Raskin served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol back in 2021 and managed the second impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. Drawing on history, and even the work of his father, political activist Marcus Raskin, Jamie Raskin says he's ". . . ready to lead Democrats in our front-line defense of democracy and freedom." Plus, a commentary from Laura on art and courage. "[ Donald Trump and Elon Musk are] not the opponents of corruption. They are the instruments and the agents of corruption here. The first thing they did when they got in on Friday of inauguration week was to sack 17 inspectors general. These are the people who are actually the corruption, waste, fraud, abuse fighters in the federal government." - Jamie Raskin ". . . People have risen to the occasion with all of the civilizing movements of American history, the Civil Rights Movement, Abolition, the Women's Movement, the LGBTQ Movement, the Peace Movement, the Environmental Movement. It's going to be up to the people. It is never going to be the political elites who save us. " - Jamie Raskin Guest: Jamie Raskin: Congressman Maryland's 8th Congressional District; Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Oversight of the Executive Branch

The People v. DOGE: Jamie Raskin's Strategy to Combat the Musk & Trump Power Grab

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4:00 AM on Mar 9, 2025
10:00 PM on Mar 6, 2025

Amidst a hail of executive orders, lay-offs, and threats, Americans are witnessing both early compliance by some of the most powerful institutions in the country, and early resistance, in the courts, in workplaces and in the streets. So where is Congress? In this extended one-on-one interview with Maryland Congressman, Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House judiciary committee, lays out his plans for exerting oversight of the executive branch, and describes the Constitutional limits Trump and Musk are running up against. Raskin served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol back in 2021 and managed the second impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. Drawing on history, and even the work of his father, political activist Marcus Raskin, Jamie Raskin says he's ". . . ready to lead Democrats in our front-line defense of democracy and freedom." Plus, a commentary from Laura on art and courage. "[ Donald Trump and Elon Musk are] not the opponents of corruption. They are the instruments and the agents of corruption here. The first thing they did when they got in on Friday of inauguration week was to sack 17 inspectors general. These are the people who are actually the corruption, waste, fraud, abuse fighters in the federal government." - Jamie Raskin ". . . People have risen to the occasion with all of the civilizing movements of American history, the Civil Rights Movement, Abolition, the Women's Movement, the LGBTQ Movement, the Peace Movement, the Environmental Movement. It's going to be up to the people. It is never going to be the political elites who save us. " - Jamie Raskin Guest: Jamie Raskin: Congressman Maryland's 8th Congressional District; Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Oversight of the Executive Branch

Patrick & Claud Cockburn: A Legacy of Guerilla Journalism Against Media Complacency

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10:00 PM on Mar 13, 2025
4:00 AM on Mar 16, 2025

Mainstream media has a lot to account for in 2024, but go back 90 years, and prestigious publications have often failed to see when things were so clearly wrong. In 1930s Germany, many journalists downplayed Adolf Hitler's ascension to power, with the New York Times writing "There is no warrant for immediate alarm...The more violent parts of his alleged program he has himself in recent months been softening down or abandoning." But one young British journalist who, seeing what was happening, quit his job with The London Times and founded The Week, a newsletter that became famous for its opposition to fascism and the Western powers that were enabling it. His name was Claud Cockburn, and he's the subject of a newly-released biography by his son, Patrick Cockburn, "Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism," out now via Verso Books. Patrick is an award-winning journalist himself, with a long expertise in the Middle East. And Patrick is Laura Flanders' uncle; Claud is her grandfather. How did mainstream media miss what Claud knew about the rise of Nazis, and how did his guerilla journalism make an impact? And why is Claud's story so relevant now? All that, plus a commentary from Laura. "It's often said, that horrible phrase, 'You're talking truth to power.' Well, dear old power certainly doesn't want to hear the truth . . . What everybody ought to do is tell the truth to the powerless . . ." - Patrick Cockburn ". . . It was pretty obvious that things were going to get worse. Yet those who were meant to be in charge kept on announcing that peace was just around the corner, that things weren't as bad as they looked. I think that the parallel is all too strong . . . these crises got worse and the same thing seems to be happening today." - Patrick Cockburn

Patrick & Claud Cockburn: A Legacy of Guerilla Journalism Against Media Complacency

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10:00 PM on Mar 13, 2025
4:00 AM on Mar 16, 2025

Mainstream media has a lot to account for in 2024, but go back 90 years, and prestigious publications have often failed to see when things were so clearly wrong. In 1930s Germany, many journalists downplayed Adolf Hitler's ascension to power, with the New York Times writing "There is no warrant for immediate alarm...The more violent parts of his alleged program he has himself in recent months been softening down or abandoning." But one young British journalist who, seeing what was happening, quit his job with The London Times and founded The Week, a newsletter that became famous for its opposition to fascism and the Western powers that were enabling it. His name was Claud Cockburn, and he's the subject of a newly-released biography by his son, Patrick Cockburn, "Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism," out now via Verso Books. Patrick is an award-winning journalist himself, with a long expertise in the Middle East. And Patrick is Laura Flanders' uncle; Claud is her grandfather. How did mainstream media miss what Claud knew about the rise of Nazis, and how did his guerilla journalism make an impact? And why is Claud's story so relevant now? All that, plus a commentary from Laura. "It's often said, that horrible phrase, 'You're talking truth to power.' Well, dear old power certainly doesn't want to hear the truth . . . What everybody ought to do is tell the truth to the powerless . . ." - Patrick Cockburn ". . . It was pretty obvious that things were going to get worse. Yet those who were meant to be in charge kept on announcing that peace was just around the corner, that things weren't as bad as they looked. I think that the parallel is all too strong . . . these crises got worse and the same thing seems to be happening today." - Patrick Cockburn

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4:00 AM on Mar 23, 2025

Some residents had no food, electricity, or cell service after Hurricane Helene ravaged the western part of North Carolina in October. Amidst misinformation and no information, local media had to step in to inform desperate people fast. This month on "Meet the BIPOC Press", we explore what media outlets did to serve their people in that moment. Laura and co-host Amir Khafagy, a journalist with the New York City-based publication Documented, speak with two local BIPOC media projects that saved lives and expanded their relationship with their communities. Our guests are Brooklyn Brown, Reporter for Cherokee One Feather, the local newspaper of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and Magaly Urdiales, co-founder of JMPRO Community Media ("Justice Media Project"), a grassroots nonprofit that shares essential news and information with immigrant communities in Spanish, English and Mayan Indigenous languages. As they found themselves at the frontlines of relief efforts, how did these local outlets redefine journalism? ". . . Objectivity doesn't have to be cold. Reporting the facts doesn't have to be without passion. That's something I see a lot in community journalism, is that we are able to practice good journalism while also having a heart for the community that we're covering." - Brooklyn Brown "I think many barriers and many problems of the corporate media came in place. We were called for people that were looking for a story, that were looking for somebody that was crying because their loved one wasn't found yet. And for us it was frustrated . . . in a moment like this, that can be transactional." - Magaly Urdiales Guests: Brooklyn Brown (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians): Reporter, Cherokee One Feather; Magaly Urdiales: Co-founder, JMPRO Community Media; Amir Khafagy (Co-host): Journalist, Report for America Member, Documented

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4:00 AM on Mar 23, 2025

Some residents had no food, electricity, or cell service after Hurricane Helene ravaged the western part of North Carolina in October. Amidst misinformation and no information, local media had to step in to inform desperate people fast. This month on "Meet the BIPOC Press", we explore what media outlets did to serve their people in that moment. Laura and co-host Amir Khafagy, a journalist with the New York City-based publication Documented, speak with two local BIPOC media projects that saved lives and expanded their relationship with their communities. Our guests are Brooklyn Brown, Reporter for Cherokee One Feather, the local newspaper of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and Magaly Urdiales, co-founder of JMPRO Community Media ("Justice Media Project"), a grassroots nonprofit that shares essential news and information with immigrant communities in Spanish, English and Mayan Indigenous languages. As they found themselves at the frontlines of relief efforts, how did these local outlets redefine journalism? ". . . Objectivity doesn't have to be cold. Reporting the facts doesn't have to be without passion. That's something I see a lot in community journalism, is that we are able to practice good journalism while also having a heart for the community that we're covering." - Brooklyn Brown "I think many barriers and many problems of the corporate media came in place. We were called for people that were looking for a story, that were looking for somebody that was crying because their loved one wasn't found yet. And for us it was frustrated . . . in a moment like this, that can be transactional." - Magaly Urdiales Guests: Brooklyn Brown (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians): Reporter, Cherokee One Feather; Magaly Urdiales: Co-founder, JMPRO Community Media; Amir Khafagy (Co-host): Journalist, Report for America Member, Documented

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