# Jelani Cobb

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A History of Democracy, Revised

Soon after Reconstruction began to wind down, American historians wrote the era off as a failure. But that narrative didn’t emerge by accident — it was engineered by a celebrated historian named William Dunning, whose denigration of Black civil rights dominated textbooks for decades. Journalist Jel…

Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee

Colin Kaepernick had a stunning rise as an N.F.L. quarterback after becoming a full-time starter, in 2012. He was a legitimate dual threat—as effective running the ball as he was throwing it. And, to this day, Kaepernick still holds the record for rushing yards by an N.F.L. quarterback in a playoff…

Colin Kaepernick, Ten Years After Taking a Knee

Colin Kaepernick had a stunning rise as an N.F.L. quarterback after becoming a full-time starter, in 2012. He was a legitimate dual threat—as effective running the ball as he was throwing it. And, to this day, Kaepernick still holds the record for rushing yards by an N.F.L. quarterback in a playoff…

Journalism’s Next Chapter

Some internet content creators are building major platforms by analyzing, dispensing and sometimes reporting current events. But how can viewers gauge credibility in this Wild West? And what is the role of legacy journalism in an increasingly fragmented media landscape? Veteran reporter Katie Couri…

“Juneteenth and the GOP’s anti-anti-racism.” (with Jelani Cobb!)

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Joe Manchin is Joe Manchining all over infrastructure and voting rights legislation, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb joins to discuss the right-wing hysteria over teaching kids about racism, and Joe Biden meets Vladimir Putin in the most hotly-anticipated summit of the summer.For a closed-captioned v…

Can Europe Still Trust America?

The Washington Roundtable is joined by the Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski, to discuss the war in Ukraine and Russia’s brazen tests of the NATO alliance, including drone incursions in Poland and a campaign of gray-zone tactics. “They are boiling the frog and watching what we will do,” Si…

Trump Rallies in Texas as Red Map Contracts

October 7, 2026; With just four weeks until the midterms, Republicans are trailing in most polls and playing defense in what Politico calls “triage mode.” MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, and Christine Quinn, vice chair of the New Yor…

Trump uses fear to rile up base as midterm panic sets in

October 8, 2026; 11pm: Trump continues to pedal the lie that Iran can "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego. Plus, a former Republican stands a shot at being the first Democrat elected governor of Florida in more than 30 years. And new reporting that Walmart is developing technology to personalize p…

A Media Literacy Beef with Amy Alexander

Are you worried about consuming garbage media? Well, you've tuned into this podcast so there's one issue. But Amy Alexander was kind enough to join, and she's pretty sharp, so maybe you're doing OK and has some *beef* with the medial landscape as it stands. She joins to tell us about how we got he…