New York Amsterdam News Podcast
1) The Price of Freedom
Join Blacklight Investigative Editor Damaso Reyes as he explores how bail reform has changed the face of justice in New York.
2) 6/10/21 Pierre Downing, Vice President of Affordable Housing at Monadnock Development
Pierre Downing serves as Vice President of Affordable Housing at Monadnock Development. He's part of a team that has rehabilitated thousands of apartment units in the city in affordable and mixed-use ...Show More
3) 5/20/21 Black and Missing
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Black and Missing Foundation, Inc., Natalie Wilson, speaks with us about the number of missing Black children in America that are underreported and what h...Show More
4) 4/15/21 Herb Boyd and Cyril Josh Barker discuss the Daunte Wright police killing at the trial of Derek Chuavin
Award-winning journalist and author Herb Boyd and journalist Cyril Josh Barker discuss the latest developments in the Duante Wright police killing and the trial of Derek Chauvin.
5) 4/0/21 Natasha Capers - Coalition for Education Justice, Director
Some students in New York City are back in the classroom as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on while other are remote leraning or hybrid. What's being done to keep students safe and get them what they nee...Show More
6) 4/1/21 NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses several issues including the trial of police officer Derek Chavin, COVID-19 recovery and the vaccine rollout.
7) 2/25/21 Andrea James, Founder and Executive Director of The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Andrea James discusses The National Council’s campaign advocating for President Joe Biden to grant clemency to 100 women within his first 100 days in office.
8) 2/25/21 Herb Boyd Talks the New Developments in the Malcolm X Assasination
AmNews Senior Writer Herb Boyd the surfacing of a letter by a former police officer who alleges the NYPD and the FBI conspired in the assassination of Malcolm X.
2/25/21 Herb Boyd Talks the New Developments in the Malcolm X Assasination
22:26 | Feb 25th, 2021
9) 2/4/21 Marq Claxton, Black Law Enforcement Alliance
Marq Claxton discusses the Rochester, N.Y. arrest and pepper spraying of a 9-year-old Black girl caught on camera and other issues concerning law enforcement.
10) 1/14/21 Amsterdam New Senior Writer Herb Boyd
Herb Boyd discusses the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump’s second impeachment and the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.