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

Our America with Lisa Ling – “Modern Polygamy” a New Perspective on an Old Taboo

It seems that every week Oprah makes me cry, Rosie makes me laugh and Lisa pushes me to think outside my comfort zone.  This week’s Our America with Lisa Ling was about “Modern Polygamy”.   Before I powered up my TiVo, I thought back to a documentary I had written back in June, “Sons of Perdition”.… Read More Our America with Lisa Ling – “Modern Polygamy” a New Perspective on an Old Taboo