future, they re avoiding the present. that s the danger. if you live in chicago, you can go down the street to another neighborhood and see and see those distinctions. or just stay in your neighborhoods in evanston and not see it at all. and you can read ira katznelson and ta-nehisi coates. i thank you so much for your work. ira katznelson s newest book is fear itself. again, on your newsstands is the case for reparations. coming up next, what s putting babies lives at risk of the and how new york s first lady sparked a national conversation, lots of national conversations this week. more nerdland at the top of the hour. .and we ll replace destroyed or stolen items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. nationwide is on your side
descentants of the large violent 20th century anti-black riots that occurred in tulsa, oklahoma, and rosewood, florida. for injustices in every single historical moment, no more than 7% of white americans supported reparations. while a solid majority of black people did in each case. even more telling, those who supported reparations for past injustice also wanted to see swift action to assist the victims of the katrina disaster. those without a sense of urgency about past reparation also lacked urgency about contemporary injustice. in pain staking detail and relying on decades of historical scholarship, the case for reparations is now on our newsstands in this month s issue of the atlantic magazine. it s by ta-nehisi coates. over the course of 18 pages, coates draws on the work of scholars and the experience of ordinary americans to indict america s systemic and ongoing theft of black wealth.
doing wage labor, being paid far less in order to do it. and then trying to support those men when they come home and need a place to say. and so women are doing all of this extra labor to hold these communities the together. what s interesting is, we re always talking about women in these policy debates, but never, ever saying it, and so there s a deep level of con temtempt ther. if you think there s not an empirical basis for professor cooper, we ll send out a tweet with this fantastic new report about how african-american women seem to be doing great, but actually, in fact, are not doing so well. i also just want to let nerdland know, they am proud to have a new monthly column in essence magazine. and you can read my first column, which reflects on african-american motherhood and the experience of parenting black children in this country in the may issue of essence on newsstands now. when we come back, we are, of course, going to continue our discussion about race, culture, an
members, and 3 americans. but we continue to learn about their stories. and among those believed lost, teens in love, grandparents on the trip of a lifetime, a father who just landed his dream job. the only catch, it was a plane ride away from his two young sons. people magazine reminds us of the human side of this tragedy with its cover story, faces of flight 370 is on newsstands now. and news editor liz mcneil joins us to tell us about their stories. it s so heartbreaking to read these stories. one of them, you highlight, is paul weeks, who just took on this new job and he e-mailed his wife before taking off saying, give the boys an extra hug and kiss from their dad, those monkeys are my world, as are you. obviously, i m emotional, everyone reading it is emotional. it s hard to get a better sense of who they are. yeah, we did our best to portray who these people were on the flight. that story was incredibly moving, before paul got on the plane, he had given his wife his wedding
burt bacharach and talking about all of the extraordinary songs that came out of the history factory. nothing like it before and nothing like it since. let s go to the 1960s and talk about one of the quintessential new york bands, the velvet underground. one of our covers we have eight covers of the magazine this week. they are out different subscribers get different covers and some in the newsstands and some in people s homes. lou reed one of the iconic issues we have on the front of the magazine this week. velvet underground a great essay on this issue by richard hell making the development why he came over the years to appreciate them as the greatest rock n roll band ever. beautifully written piece by him and very strong. two new york boys and, my god, so iconic. i love them. i love them.