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What makes an activist?

Tom talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe on her new book, "HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience."

Heather McGhee argues in her book "The Sum of Us" that racial hierarchy has harmed all Americans.

Cupid points and shoots.

Tom speaks with Patricia Meisol who chronicles the life of barrier breaking pediatrician Helen Brooke Taussig in "A Heart Afire."

Stories about life during a worldwide pandemic.

Life with Mom.

We go On the Record with housing experts who say the future of our democracy depends on desegregating our communities. In “Just Action,” Leah and Richard Rothstein lay out policies that can prompt change, from down payment subsidies to inclusionary zoning laws.

Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina Rule."

Tom talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe on her new book, "HBCU Made: A Celebration of the Black College Experience."