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The Richmond Times-Dispatch recently published an investigation that revealed 23 Virginia school districts have pulled books from school libraries over the past two years, amid a historic level of book banning across the country. RTD Reporters Jess Nocera and Sean McGoey spoke with VPM News education reporter Megan Pauly about their findings. Below is a transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis has Democrats acting like mindless reactionaries.

An upcoming episode of Atlanta' hilariously depicts an office scene of two white people discussing reparations.

Tiffany Cross and her MSNBC panelists shared a laugh over an "Atlanta" scene that satirizes white people's nervousness over reparations

That. the show does cast a light on how white americans might come to terms with the lingers effects of slavery. i couldnt think of anybody better to join me than the amazing tim wise. an author of dispatches from the race war. i literally thought about them while watching this epson. and jason johnson host of the podcast, and my personal nemesis. thank you, jason for being here. this is obviously not how reparations will go, but the brilliance of episode is entirely through the white gaze. we w...

Living in water. ive been my way this whole life, what are you talking about. when you talked about empathy. >> you said i was sneering. >> i can empathize with white people, i didnt do anything individually. individually i have tried to make amends of the mistake my people have done. collectively, i understand that frustration, but at the same time thats not the majority of white america. the majority is like marshal, im this mushy middle, im not a terrible guy, but i havent done anything about...

That haunts in a way which we cant see. >> its so true. it haunts in a way that so many people cant see. i had a interesting conversation with a mutual friend of ours who said, even still, one of the cruel is we frame our thinking in what white folks will allow. >> it talked about the personal pain, and also what youve got to do to get past your own trauma. to spoil the scene, because everybody should have scene -- >> do not spoil it for people. the point being this guy says its going to be okay...

Next generation from this curse of enslavement. its a brilliant episode. if you havent seen it, i encourage you to. jason will be back in the next hour. thank you so much, tim, youll have to come back soon. in our next hour, you dont want to miss this. we want to take you back on the ground in ukraine, where russia may be grouping for another offensive. were going to look at the midterm election cycle and talk about whats really driving voters to polls. stay with us. lls. stay with us

Thing, part of my family is the same way. ive got four grandparents, one of whom, great grandparent didnt come after enslavement. he wasnt white in russia. he was just a jew in russia. he comes here, gets to be white and is slotted into the caste system that was slated to rationalize enslavement, though he had no metriclation, hes the part of it. thats the collective piece we need to understand. and we will bargain our way out of it, but its not convincing if we understand our history. >> thats ...

Orders signs by youngkin on day one of his administration as he declared virginia is now open for business. a big campaign promise of his. here he is right before we won the election in november. >> on day one, on day one were going to declare virginia open for business. no lockdowns, no shutdowns, were open for business. >> youngkins win and the damage it will do is not just limited to the virginia. republicans will declare their priority open for business for covid. im joined by michael dyson,...