Paris Alston hosts this weekly series that serves up Black intellect, culture and joy. Rooted covers Black news and culture from down the block to around the diaspora. In a global news cycle that’s always cooking up new headlines, Rooted brings you the recipes you don’t want to lose: the stories, the voices, the dialogue that keep us connected. Tell us what you think and what you’d like to hear on future episodes at Rooted@wgbh.org.
Paris Alston hosts this weekly series that serves up Black intellect, culture and joy. Rooted covers Black news and culture from down the block to around the diaspora. In a global news cycle that’s always cooking up new headlines, Rooted brings you the recipes you don’t want to lose: the stories, the voices, the dialogue that keep us connected. Tell us what you think and what you’d like to hear on future episodes at Rooted@wgbh.org.
Are Black student-athletes being protected from racism in high school sports?
The difference between 'Black horror' and 'Black in horror' with Robin R. Means Coleman
What was Spike Lee warning Hollywood about when he released Bamboozled?
What does losing the SAVE plan mean for current borrowers?
Are Black voters being taken for granted by the political system?
How are churches using AI to reach Gen Z?
Why are curves celebrated on some women but stigmatized on others?
Chains to Change Part 2: What hidden Black history still lives across Boston today?
Chains to Change Part #1: How did Black Bostonians help shape America's fight for freedom?
Why are Black men still the most misunderstood voters in America?
Has Black music been exploited for decades—and who really deserves the credit?
Black women makeup 57% of new HIV diagnoses, only 1% of PrEP users
Can 300,000 voices redefine democracy for Black America?
Is the World Cup in the U.S. covering up serious human rights issues?
Rep. Ayanna Pressley on what went wrong
Paris talks to Leah Penniman, the co-director and co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in New York, Nataka Crayton, co-creator of the Urban Farming Institute of Boston, and Savi Horne, executive director of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, to explore the challenges and possibilities shaping this return to the land.
Is AI education training Black and Brown students to think — or just to comply?
No shade, but why aren't the kids reading?
October 22, 202526min 46sec
Entering the 2025-2026 school year, Massachusetts, like many states, struggles with dwindling literacy rates among its youth. To better understand the issues happening in and outside the classrooms, Paris invited GrubStreet Black Teaching Fellows, Jonathan Todd and Toni Bee, to unpack their teaching methodologies and experiences working with the underserved youth of the greater Boston area.
