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Disrespectability Politics

Jul 24, 2018

In a #disspod first, Wagatwe and Irna respond directly to people who had a problem with their love and adoration of Maxine Waters. She, in fact, has not been calling for violence.

They unpack a few reactions about the call for civility connect it to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, who actually abhorred white...


Jul 3, 2018

Maxine Waters is officially done with playing nice.

So why are so many of her colleagues and "allies" throwing her under the bus?

The #Disspod team take a few moments before the holiday to explore why the Left is spending more energy tone policing an 80-year old Black woman than pushing back against an increasingly...


Jun 13, 2018

Sabrina Butler-Smith was a Mississippi teen mom wrongfully convicted of killing her nine-month-old child in 1990 and sentenced to death. Five years later, she became the first American woman ever exonerated from Death Row.

The #DissPod team interviews Sabrina Butler-Smith to hear her story of injustice, solitude, and...


Jun 7, 2018

Wagatwe and Irna reflect on the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain and what they personally mean to them. They also discuss the big question: What *does* helping someone in need look like?

True suicide prevention is more than posting a hotline number. How do we make care more easily accessible? Irna and Wagatwe...


Jun 1, 2018

Wagatwe and Irna sit down with Daily Kos staff writer Dr. Kelly Macías to discuss Stacey Abrams in her journey to become the first Black woman to become governor in US History.

Related reading:

Daily Kos' endorsement of Stacey Abrams, written by Dr. Kelly Macías.

Initial governor race ratings by Daily Kos...