Podcast appearances and mentions of judith browne dianis

5.15.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Voting Rights Act dealt major blow, SCOTUS hears birthright citizenship case, New reparations bill A federal court just delivered a gut punch to the Voting Rights Act. If you can't sue to protect your vote... who can? Judith Browne Dianis, the Executive Director of the Advancement Project National Office, will be here to discuss this ruling. The Supreme Court takes on birthright citizenship... Could kids born on U.S. soil lose their claim to being American? Plus, a new reparations bill hits Capitol Hill. Is real action finally on the table? We honor a true trailblazer--former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman--as the nation reflects on her powerful legacy. #BlackStarNetwork partner: Fanbasehttps://www.startengine.com/offering/fanbase This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. You should read the Offering Circular (https://bit.ly/3VDPKjD) and Risks (https://bit.ly/3ZQzHl0) related to this offering before investing. Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congressman Al Green (D-TX) talks about challenging President Trump with “righteous incivility” while the courts are increasingly viewed as the last, best, clearest line of defense against presidential overreach.

Judith Browne Dianis is the Executive Director of the Advancement Project National Office. She's served as a lawyer, professor, and civil rights advocate for the movement for racial justice for decades, including at the NAACP-LDF.  Did you know that for every one white male student suspended or expelled K-12th grades, the rate is three times higher for Black boys? The rate is six times higher when comparing suspension rates of Black girls to their white counterparts.  This episode reflects on how Brown increased surveillance and discipline for Black students, the consequences of carceral policy-making, and the power of context and community.

Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Anthony Coley, Fmr. Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Dept of Justice, Danny Cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney, Christopher O'Leary, Senior Vice-President at Global Operations at The Soufan Group, Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of The Advancement Project National Office, Carol Anderson, Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, David A. Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) Texas, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, and Brian Bond, Chief Executive Officer at PFLAG National.

Michael Steel, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Judith Browne-Dianis, Executive Director at Advancement Project, Jeannie Suk Gersen, Contributing Writer at the New Yorker, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, Fmr. Republican Congressman, Fmr. Rep. Charles Dent, Executive Director & Vice President for the Congressional Program at the Aspen Institute, Adam Harris, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Imani Perry, Professor of African American Studies at Harvard University, Alyse Adamson, Fmr. Asst. U.S. Attorney, Joshua Kaplan, Reporter at ProPublica, and Michael Waldman, President & CEO at Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.

Today's History Story: The Five Terrible Ways Schools Are Preparing Our Children For Prisons Hundreds of thousands of Black students are trapped in schools where officers and authority figures unfairly police their behavior. These biased practices and policies rob many students of their futures and feed them into the school-to-prison pipeline. You may be familiar with this term, but it goes deeper than you might know. In this episode, we talk with Judith Browne Dianis, the “Godmother” of this phenomenon, to comprehensively understand the school-to-prison pipeline. She is a movement lawyer, professor, and executive director of Advancement Project, a civil rights organization committed to actualizing “America's promise of a caring, inclusive, and just democracy.” As a pioneer in deconstructing this insidious structural institution, Judith has published transformative reports like Derailed: The Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track. She's been doing this work for 20-plus years and isn't stopping anytime soon. Black History Year (BHY) is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school and explore pathways to liberation with people who are leading the way. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The BHY production team includes Tareq Alani, Brooke Brown, Tasha Taylor, and Lilly Workneh. Our producers are Cydney Smith, Len Webb for PushBlack, and Ronald Younger, who also edits the show. Black History Year's executive producers are Mikel Elcessor for Limina House and Julian Walker for PushBlack. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Two years ago in the summer of 2020, the largest racial justice demonstrations in history swept across the globe after Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, murdered George Floyd. In the aftermath, it seemed that Americans were reckoning with whether or not the police are a necessary entity in maintaining public safety, but the issue of police abolition remains contentious for many. In March of this year, President Biden earned a bi-partisan standing ovation for saying: We should all agree, the answer's not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them. In late August, the President traveled to Pennsylvania, where he gave a speech on crime and offered specifics of his Safer America Plan. The plan includes $13 billion dollars to hire 100,000 officers over the next five years and grants to states and cities to recruit, train, and support police in  “effective, accountable community policing.” Hiring more police and sending more policing dollars to states and localities is certainly reminiscent of the 1994 Crime Bill which Biden championed during his Senate years. According to FactCheck.org®, a Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2005 that the 1994 crime bill added an additional 88,000 police officers and only contributed to a "modest" drop in crime. The GAO reported that from 1993 to 2000, funds apportioned to hire more police in the crime bill contributed to a "1.3 percent decrease in overall crime" and a "2.5 percent decrease in violent crime rates" from 1993. The report also found that factors other than funds to increase the number of police were much more significant to lower crime rates. Increased employment, better policing methods, an aging of the population, growth in income and inflation are just a few factors the report offers.  With the news of Biden's recent announcement, Deep Dive cohosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren take a look into the proposal to abolish American police, working together to build a syllabus for their exploration of the issue as "students of abolition." Guests: Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the Advancement Project National Office Professor Treva B. Lindsey, author of "America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice" Andrea Ritchie, co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, author of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color” and “No More Police: A Case for Abolition with Mariame Kaba" Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum offers a defense of police Philip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity and a Professor of African-American Studies and Psychology at Yale University

Two years ago in the summer of 2020, the largest racial justice demonstrations in history swept across the globe after Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, murdered George Floyd. In the aftermath, it seemed that Americans were reckoning with whether or not the police are a necessary entity in maintaining public safety, but the issue of police abolition remains contentious for many. In March of this year, President Biden earned a bi-partisan standing ovation for saying: We should all agree, the answer's not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them. In late August, the President traveled to Pennsylvania, where he gave a speech on crime and offered specifics of his Safer America Plan. The plan includes $13 billion dollars to hire 100,000 officers over the next five years and grants to states and cities to recruit, train, and support police in  “effective, accountable community policing.” Hiring more police and sending more policing dollars to states and localities is certainly reminiscent of the 1994 Crime Bill which Biden championed during his Senate years. According to FactCheck.org®, a Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center at University of Pennsylvania, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2005 that the 1994 crime bill added an additional 88,000 police officers and only contributed to a "modest" drop in crime. The GAO reported that from 1993 to 2000, funds apportioned to hire more police in the crime bill contributed to a "1.3 percent decrease in overall crime" and a "2.5 percent decrease in violent crime rates" from 1993. The report also found that factors other than funds to increase the number of police were much more significant to lower crime rates. Increased employment, better policing methods, an aging of the population, growth in income and inflation are just a few factors the report offers.  With the news of Biden's recent announcement, Deep Dive cohosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren take a look into the proposal to abolish American police, working together to build a syllabus for their exploration of the issue as "students of abolition." Guests: Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the Advancement Project National Office Professor Treva B. Lindsey, author of "America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice" Andrea Ritchie, co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, author of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color” and “No More Police: A Case for Abolition with Mariame Kaba" Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum offers a defense of police Philip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity and a Professor of African-American Studies and Psychology at Yale University

This week, judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced questions about her judicial record and views on race, gender and other key issues. Reset recaps the Supreme Court nomination hearings on the fourth and final day of the confirmation process. GUESTS: Steven Schwinn, professor at the University of Illinois Chicago Law School; co-editor of the Constitutional Law Prof Blog Judith Browne Dianis, civil rights attorney and executive director of the Advancement Project

As negotiations continued over President Biden's infrastructure and social spending plans, a stalemate in the Senate blocked a Democrat-backed voting protection bill this past week. This comes as several states are changing laws to limit access to polls, reduce mail-in voting and redraw congressional maps. Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of civil rights organization Advancement Project, joins. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Nicolle Wallace discusses Biden's speech on protecting voting rights. Plus, Texas Democrats go to Washington D.C. to lobby for federal voting rights legislation, new video from January 6th disproves Trump's efforts to change the narrative of what happened that day, Rep. McCarthy is slammed for quoting Martin Luther King, Jr. to attack critical race theory, recounting the chaos of Trump's last days, and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is removed from his position.  Joined by: Eli Stokols, Ari Berman, Judith Browne Dianis, State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, David Plouffe, Ryan Reilly, Kim Atkins Stohr, Matt Miller, Eugene Robinson, Michael Bender, Donny Deutsch, and David Fahrenthold

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, Senator Bob Casey, New York Times investigative reporter Susanne Craig, Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, former federal prosecutor Kan Nawaday, The Advance Project's Judith Browne Dianis, Dr. Ala Stanford, civil rights attorney Kristen Gibbons Feden, and former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne.

Tonight: How Obamacare survived the latest Republican attempt to deny healthcare to America. Then, the compromise by Joe Manchin on voter protections that is already a no-go with Republican senators. And history is made in the White House with the first new federal holiday in nearly 40 years. Guests: Al Franken, Melissa Murray, Judith Browne Dianis, Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep. Jim Himes

Claire McCaskill and Jason Johnson, in for Nicolle Wallace, discuss the mounting evidence that refutes GOP talking points on January 6th. Plus, Republicans shoot down Sen. Manchin's voting rights compromise, the effort to vaccinate rural communities, the fight against Republican efforts to suppress the vote in Pennsylvania, a look at covid breakthrough infections, and the first national observance of Juneteenth.Joined by: Andrew Weissmann, Reverend Al Sharpton, Philip Bump, Doug Jones, David Plouffe, Tim Miller, Brad Paisley, Judith Browne Dianis, Cliff Albright, Sam Stein, Dr. Uche Blackstock, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, Renee Graham, and Dr. Niambi Carter

Tonight on the Last Word: An off-duty firefighter testifies she begged officers to let her give George Floyd medical attention. Also, President Biden announces 11 diverse judicial nominees in an effort to reshape the courts. Plus, the New York Times reports the Department of Justice is investigating Congressman Matt Gaetz over an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. And California Attorney General Nominee Rob Bonta talks to Lawrence about police reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Melissa Murray, Judith Browne Dianis, Dahlia Lithwick, Allison Harris, Rep. Ted Lieu and Cynthia Alksne also join Lawrence O’Donnell.

In this latest episode, Professor Deepak Bhargava speaks to Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the Advancement Project, and Dorian Warren, President of Community Change, about progressive priorities for the first 100 days of the Biden administration. They discuss top legislative priorities and movement organizing strategies necessary to achieve consequential legislation and executive action.

Akilah Cadet, Erin Feher and Judith Browne Dianis speak with Cenk on The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sirius XM radio host, Joe Madison joins Thom to discuss civil rights, MLK and the consequences of "block busting" before the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Judith Browne Dianis of the Advancement Project reflects on the black women who paved the way for future generations.

Omar Moore and racial justice attorney Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of The Advancement Project, converse about Republican attacks on Black people voting. The most recent example of Republican Party attacks on democracy and the democratic process were evident on Tuesday with the racist shenanigans of two white GOP officials in predominantly Black cities (Detroit) of Wayne County, Michigan. After four hours of protest and uproar against the GOP officials, who refused to certify the results of a fraud-free vote, the two officials reversed their vote and the four-member Wayne County elections board re-voted unanimously to certify the results in Detroit and in turn the county overall. Also: Conversation about The Advancement Project and the work the organization does, and the importance of staying engaged in the political process and activism now that the 2020 U.S. general election is over. November 18, 2020. Judith Browne Dianis on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jbrownedianis We Came To Learn (A Call To Action For Police-Free Schools): https://wecametolearn.com The Advancement Project: https://advancementproject.org IMPORTANT— Please phonebank *now* for: Jon Ossoff for Georgia US Senate: https://electjon.com AND Rev. Raphael Warnock for Georgia US Senate: https://www.warnockforgeorgia.com Voter registration deadline in Georgia: Dec. 7 Plus— FULL VIDEO of Friday's THE POLITICRAT podcast episode—a conversation with U.K. Conservative Councillor Claire Pearsall about Boris Johnson, Brexit and disarray at No. 10 Downing Street: https://bit.ly/3puHnFm Latest post at Medium: VICTORY. https://bit.ly/2UkcWU5 MOORE THOUGHTS —The Day After Tomorrow: https://bit.ly/3l5CZdl Omar's film review of “Da 5 Bloods” (bit.ly/37nliju). MOORE THOUGHTS: moore.substack.com. Moore On Medium: medium.com/@omooresf The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel

Cops in Schools Make Learning Hell (w/ Judith Browne Dianis)Someone is carrying a gun at your child's school... they beat students, harass them and even take them to jail... Why are cops in school at all? Educational equity is needed across the US. Too many are being pushed away from schools and arrested, many more black that white. And why do we have police in our schools anyway?Judith Browne Dianis from the Advanced Project National Office joined Thom.

THIS EPISODE: Rayshard Brooks, an unarmed African-American man, was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, leading to the firing of one officer, and another being placed on administrative leave. Justin Miller, attorney representing the family of Rayshard Brooks, joins MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin in for Joy Reid stating, “We don't understand why they had to effectuate the arrest in that manner.” THEN: “Defund the police” calls grow as George Floyd protests continue. Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of the Advancement Project, joins MSNBC to share what “reimagining public safety” could look like. NEXT: Transgender protections for civil rights and equality have been reduced by the Donald Trump administration, the very same week that the people of Wheeling, West Virginia elected Rosemary Ketchum to their city council, making her the first openly transgender elected official in the state. Ayman Mohyeldin and his panel discuss the Trump administration erasing Obama-era civil rights healthcare protections for transgender people. AND: The police killing of Rayshard Brooks--an unarmed black man--in Atlanta is analyzed by attorney Paul Butler, who shares, “At the end of the day this is about culture.” PLUS: Karens--the internet nickname for white women who call the police on people of color for no reason--and black fears of police encounters, no matter how seemingly innocuous they begin, are discussed by MSNBC analyst Jonathan Capehart. He gives an explainer, “For all those who are trying to understand whether this is a real thing, or if African-Americans are overreacting in terms of the impact of watching all these videos, and seeing the news about black people being killed by police.” ADDITIONALLY: The attorney for the family of an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a white New Jersey state trooper during a traffic stop last month says the state’s attorney general’s office is not being fully transparent with the family. William O. Wagstaff, III, attorney for the family of Maurice Gordon, joins AM JOY with his questions about how the case is being handled. ALSO: Systemic racism, its role in policing, and potential paths to necessary societal reform throughout America are explored by Phillip Atiba Goff, CEO of The Center for Policing Equity. FINALLY: George Floyd’s killing in police custody is called a ‘sacrifice’ in the equality fight in America, but there is still a lot more racial parity to be developed, politics pundit and author Tiffany D. Cross tells us. All this and more in this Sunday edition of AM JOY on MSNBC.

Judith Browne Dianis is the Executive Director of the Advancement Project. Judith joined host Josie Duffy Rice to talk about her reading recommendations. For show notes and more information please check out theappeal.org.

What is the school to prison pipeline, and how is it affecting children across America? On this episode of Justice in America, Josie and her co-host, Derecka Purnell, talk to Judith Browne Dianis, the Executive Director of the Advancement Project. They’ll discuss the forms that the school to prison pipeline takes, and the effects it has on poor, black, and brown kids in particular. For more information please visit theappeal.org

The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy, yet the Supreme Court has just struck down a central provision of the Voting Rights Act. Unlike the citizens of all but 11 nations, Americans do not have an explicit right to vote in their constitution. Congressman Mark Pocan is a lead sponsor of HJ Res. 44 in the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen the claims of all citizens to exercise their suffrage rights. American cities have also begun to consider resolutions to support a constitutional right to vote and changes designed to promote, protect and expand voting. What would a right to vote in the Constitution mean for particular voting rights struggles? How would it affect the future of the Voting Rights Act and voting rights for the people of Washington, D.C.? Congressman Pocan will make the case for an explicit right to vote in the Constitution. Discussing what the amendment may mean for enhancing a voting rights movement are Washington Correspondent for The Nation John Nichols, Advancement Project co-director Judith Browne Dianis and Color of Change executive director Rashad Robinson. Takoma Park city councilor Tim Male and FairVote's PromoteOurVote.com director Patricia Hart will outline one strategy launched at a local level that holds promise for a realistic roadmap for reform. Mark Schmitt, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute moderated the discussion. Held at NYU DC

The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy, yet the Supreme Court has just struck down a central provision of the Voting Rights Act. Unlike the citizens of all but 11 nations, Americans do not have an explicit right to vote in their constitution. Congressman Mark Pocan is a lead sponsor of HJ Res. 44 in the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen the claims of all citizens to exercise their suffrage rights. American cities have also begun to consider resolutions to support a constitutional right to vote and changes designed to promote, protect and expand voting. What would a right to vote in the Constitution mean for particular voting rights struggles? How would it affect the future of the Voting Rights Act and voting rights for the people of Washington, D.C.? Congressman Pocan will make the case for an explicit right to vote in the Constitution. Discussing what the amendment may mean for enhancing a voting rights movement are Washington Correspondent for The Nation John Nichols, Advancement Project co-director Judith Browne Dianis and Color of Change executive director Rashad Robinson. Takoma Park city councilor Tim Male and FairVote's PromoteOurVote.com director Patricia Hart will outline one strategy launched at a local level that holds promise for a realistic roadmap for reform. Mark Schmitt, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute moderated the discussion. Held at NYU DC

More than a dozen states have passed new laws designed to impede voters at every step of the electoral process through nefarious voter registration requirements.  If these laws stand, it is estimated that more than 25% of the Black people who voted for Barack Obama will be ineligible or restricted from voting in 2012.  Many of these laws are in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1985. Of all of these barriers, the most pervasive threat to voting rights are new identification restrictions, which have so far passed in five states.    "Voter Suppression:  The New Poll Tax"       Our Guest:  Judith Browne Dianis       Co-Director, Advancement Project We will be taking your calls and responding to your chatroom discussion.   Email Us:  OCGINFO@ourcommonground.com Twitter:  @JaniceOCG Facebook: OUR COMMON GROUND with Janice Graham OCG COMMUNITY FORUM Website