Category: Our America

Recap and reflections on the Our America with Lisa Ling show on OWN

— Our America —

Lisa Ling Explores the Incarceration of Black Men – A Life Sentence in Our America

Our America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. We lock away more people than anyone else and most of those men are African-American. Although black men only make up 6% of Americans, they make up a third of the prison population.   You can’t look at these statistics and not question how we got… Read More Lisa Ling Explores the Incarceration of Black Men – A Life Sentence in Our America

— Our America, Welcome to Sweetie Pie's —

Viewers’ First Holiday Gift from the Oprah Winfrey Network

OWN viewers got their first holiday gift of the season from the presidents of the Oprah Winfrey Network, Sheri Salata and Erik Logan.  It didn’t come wrapped in shiny paper or have some elaborate red bow, but it was delivered with a few comforting words.    Thuesday they announced that OWN has picked up 8 additional episodes of the… Read More Viewers’ First Holiday Gift from the Oprah Winfrey Network