Today, WMN is thrilled to announce the launch of Backlash, our new Audible Original series hosted by journalist and former WMN producer Adesuwa Agbonile. The six-part anthology unpacks different backlashes in American history – and uses these stories to come to new understandings of what progress actually is.
Hear from people who experienced these backlashes firsthand – and fought to make progress happen. There’s the Black Panthers who were targeted by Ronald Regan’s gun control bill and forced to stop carrying arms. And the activists who are still fighting school segregation in Boston – fifty years after the city was overwhelmed by riots against integration.
In an era where it seems like change is always right around the corner, but never quite here, Backlash uses stories from our past to help us understand how to navigate our complicated present.
Huge thanks to the team at Audible. Listen to Backlash out now on Audible.
Across the country, everyday people are coming together to build something bigger than themselves: real change. But what does it take to make it happen? In Build the Change, host Alok Vaid-Menon explores the diverse stories of advocates, nonprofits, politicians, parents, students, and more, who are fighting for progressive causes. Join them on this journey across the country, and get inspired to build the change in your community.
