Notes from America with Kai Wright

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Trump Assassination Attempt Exposes Security Concerns, Conspiracy Theories and a Democracy In Danger

A re-election campaign rally for former president Donald Trump turned deadly in Pennsylvania, prompting the question: are we in a new era of political violence in America?

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  Dear Listener: A Celebration of Our Best Moments with You

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  A Year After Being Shot in Vermont, Palestinian Student Hisham Awartani Se…

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  We Could End AIDS. So Why Are People Still Dying?

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  Writer Ekow Eshun on James Baldwin’s History

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  An America Without Police is Safer Than You Think

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  Writer Hisham Matar on James Baldwin’s Patience

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  Presenting This is Uncomfortable: Writer Hanif Abdurraqib on what it Means…

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  It’s Trump’s Policy, But Both Parties Set the Stage for Mass Deportations

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  Nikki Giovanni on James Baldwin's Anger

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  A Majority of Voters Have Endorsed Cruelty. So Now What?

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  Author Colm Toibin on James Baldwin’s Interiority

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  The Real Reason Why the Lies and Violent Rhetoric Won’t Stop On Election D…

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  Biographer David Leeming on James Baldwin’s Teaching

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  In Michigan, Arab Americans Weigh the Power of a Vote

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  Live From Atlanta: GA Politics, a Growing Gender Gap and Scenes From Spelh…

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  Author and Playwright Caryl Phillips on James Baldwin’s Friendship