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Ferguson

Revisiting Race, Criminal Justice and Health

What has — and has not changed — in the US when it comes to policy about race?

Culture

In a live forum at the Harvard School of Public Health, a panel of experts look at how US policy on race has changed — and hasn’t changed — through the years. Phillip Martin of our partner WGBH News moderates.

Ferguson_Protest

What Ferguson has shown us about race relations in America

Justice
A man walks past a burning building during rioting after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

A Middle East correspondent sees familiar clashes unfold in Ferguson

Conflict
A campaign sign is pictured on November 3, 2014. Republicans are poised to pick up seats and could win control of the US Senate on Tuesday in midterm elections heavily influenced by deep voter dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama's job performance.

American campaign rhetoric stuns overseas observers

Global Politics
Parishioners hold hands during church services at the Greater St. Mark Family Church as the community discusses reactions to the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 17, 2014.

After Ferguson, one woman urges her fellow African immigrants to see themselves simply as black

Culture
Kevin Fisher-Paulson with his husband Brian and his sons Zane (right) and Aiden.

How do you have ‘the talk’ with your black child if you’re not black yourself?

Lifestyle

Kevin Fisher-Paulson is a white police officer. His adopted son Zane is black. Now, as Zane grows up, he has to navigate discussions of policing and race — and how to protect his son from circumstances he never had to experience.

A police officer holds his riot gun while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 13, 2014.

‘Municipal shock and awe’ comes to the streets of Ferguson

Justice

Tear gas, armored vehicles and the arrest of reporters marked Wednesday’s protests in Ferguson, Mo. The images coming out of the Missouri town furthered anger at police tactics in the town and even prompted a White House response.Tear gas, armored vehicles and the arrest of reporters marked Wednesday’s protests in Ferguson, Mo. The images coming out of the Missouri town furthered anger at police tactics in the town and even prompted a White House response.

Oscar-Winner Charles Ferguson on ‘Predator Nation’

Just over a year after the release of his Oscar-winning documentary “Inside Job,” Charles Ferguson returns to the topic of the 2008 financial crisis with his latest book “Predator Nation.” In it, he points to the rise of “predatory finance” as both a symptom and the cause America’s fractured economy and political system. He joins […]

Why Do Americans Care About the Royal Wedding?

Why are so many Americans so excited about the British royal wedding? Didn’t we fight to get out from under the thumb of the monarchy? We talk with American royal wedding enthusiasts, a British-American souvenir shop owner, and a historian about our strange fondness for the British crown. Voices in this segment include: Stephen Hess, […]

The World

‘Chimerica’ the Beautiful

Global Politics

Niall Ferguson, a Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School, joins The Takeaway to discuss this week’s talks between U.S. and Chinese officials.