Counter Stories®

Discussions on race, identity, social justice and culture in a region grappling with demographic changes. With Anthony Galloway, Luz Maria Frias, Don Eubanks and Hlee Lee.

October 24, 2014 1:59 PM

Counter Stories: Being image conscious

In this installment, a media immersion. Panel members spent a week investigating minority media representation.

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October 17, 2014 3:18 PM

Counter Stories: From 'Black-ish' to 'Black Jesus'

In this installment, panel members put on their critics' hats to appraise three TV shows focusing on Black America - "Black-ish," "Key & Peele," and "Black Jesus."

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October 10, 2014 3:15 PM

Counter Stories: Voting in communities of color

In this episode, the panel focuses on voting behaviors in minority populations. We'll discuss why turnout is traditionally lower, and the impact of voter suppression efforts.

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October 3, 2014 3:37 PM

Counter Stories: The new melting pot

In this episode, the growth in interracial relationships in America, and whether attitudes are changing. Several on the Counter Stories panel are in interracial marriages or are the products of them.

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September 26, 2014 3:14 PM

Counter Stories: Child rearing and discipline

In this episode, panel members recount their own experiences as kids with corporal punishment, and how they discipline their own children.

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September 19, 2014 12:48 PM

Counter Stories: The identity struggle

This time, more stories from our panel on where they come from, who they are now, and how they're perceived in their own communities. It's complex, and often a very delicate dance.

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September 12, 2014 2:52 PM

Counter Stories: Why Ferguson happened

In this installment, the panel continues its discussion of the conditions and injustice which led to the civil unrest in Ferguson and fester in the rest of the country.

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September 5, 2014 12:30 PM

Podcast: Counter Stories, episode 6

In this episode, the panel gives its perspective on police brutality, in Ferguson, Missouri, in a St. Paul skyway, and across the nation.

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August 29, 2014 12:17 PM

Podcast: Counter Stories, episode 5

In this episode, 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Tom Rademacher joins the panel to discuss the education gap, how white teachers connect with or alienate students of color, and being the state's education ambassador for the next year.

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August 18, 2014 11:06 AM

Counter Stories: Episode 4

In this episode, the panel responds to Ta-Nehisi Coates' much discussed Atlantic Monthly essay, "The Case For Reparations." Coates argues the institutions of slavery continued long after slavery was abolished, denying African Americans' rights and preventing them from accumulating wealth.

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