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The Record of Harm: MAGA, the Oligarchs, and Black Freedom in the 2026 Midterms
Episode 105
Words are cheap in October. Records are evidence.
In this episode, host Aya Fubara Eneli goes to the record of Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott and the MAGA mo…
8 hours ago
Whose Freedom? Whose America?
Episode 106
Whose Freedom? Whose America? | Rethinking Freedom with Aya Fubara Eneli
16,292 refugees were admitted to the United States this year. 16,287 came fro…
8 hours ago
Reconstruction's Warning: What 1874 Teaches Us About This Midterm
Episode 104
In 1862, Robert Smalls was enslaved. Thirteen years later, he was a member of the United States Congress.
Reconstruction was the closest America had e…
2 weeks ago
Whose Land, Whose Future? Indigenous Peoples' Day, Data Centers, and the Texas Vote
Episode 103
Data centers are coming to Texas fast, and they need massive amounts of land, water, and power. Who decides where they go? Who pays when your electri…
3 weeks ago
They wrote racism into the law. On purpose. And right now, they're doing it again.
Episode 102
In this episode of Rethinking Freedom, attorney Aya Fubara Eneli traces the legal history of race in America from colonial Virginia in 1662, through …
4 weeks ago
We the Peoples or We the Powerful? The UN at 81
Episode 101
Trump threatened to "annihilate" Iran from the UN podium. Lula said "Brazil does not fit into anyone's backyard." What the rest of the world said bac…
1 month ago
Making Sense of God and Christianity
Episode 100
Educator and biblical scholar Gilbert Richards joins young thinker Kene Eneli for an intergenerational conversation about God, Christianity, and fait…
1 month, 1 week ago
THE VOTE AND THE VETO: Black Voting Rights, Then and Now
Episode 99
In one week, three moments in Black history — 68 years apart — collide on the calendar. The Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Little Rock Nine. The 16th …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Vote Is a Weapon
Episode 98
US elections 2026: Your vote connects the fight over district maps to decisions about schools, healthcare, and your family’s future. So what’s at sta…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
They're Coming for the Books — The War on Education, Democracy, and Your Right to Live
Episode 97
Texas book bans, school vouchers, and the Ten Commandments in every classroom — this is the fight for the future of Texas public education, and it's …
2 months ago