Rights This Way

S2 EP-9: Inside the Special NYPD Unit That’s Brutalizing Protesters

The NYPD's Strategic Response Group or the SRG is a notoriously violent rapid response unit. Despite promises from the department that the unit would not be deployed at protests, the SRG has consistently threatened, attacked, and arrested protesters. October 19, 2023

S2 EP-8: Why this School District is in Crisis and How to Fix it

For more than seven years, 10,000 public school students — almost entirely children of color — in the East Ramapo Central School District just 40 miles north of New York City have had lead in their school water fountains. September 28, 2023

S2 EP-7: How the “Child Welfare” System Destroys Black Families with Prof. Dorothy Roberts

On this episode of Rights This Way, we delve into why the “child welfare system” is actually better understood as a family regulation or a family policing system. September 14, 2023

S2 EP-6: Could This be the Key to Fighting Anti-Asian Hate?

Could one of the answers to fighting anti-Asian violence come in the classroom? That’s one of the ideas behind a new bill in the New York State legislature that would require public schools to teach Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history. August 31, 2023

S2 EP-5: What’s Stopping Progress in NY?

In 2019, lawmakers passed a raft of progressive legislation that strengthened reproductive and voting rights, made our criminal legal system fairer and much more. Since then, the momentum for positive change has slowed significantly. What are the roadblocks causing this lack of progress? August 10, 2023

S2 EP-4: Destroying Myths About Drugs with Dr. Carl Hart

What if many of the things you think about illegal drugs and drug use are wrong? What if many of the problems associated with drugs are actually caused by the fact that they’re criminalized as part of the decades-long, failed war on drugs? July 13, 2023