Laura is joined by Angela Davis, a leading voice in the movement for abolition and feminism who has lots to share about her evolution and how decades of activism are coming together. From Palestine to elections, to our carceral state and collective liberation, this conversation is packed with her insight.

The discriminatory and unjust for-profit cash bail system disproportionately impacts Black and Brown people, and favors the wealthy who can buy their freedom while leaving the poor to languish in jail. Bail reform has faced tremendous pushback, but Illinois implemented the first-of-its-kind Pretrial Fairness Act, ending cash bail statewide in 2023. What's holding the rest of the nation back?

Could a successful coup happen in the U.S.? While the January 6 insurrection unfolded, many Americans watched in shock, but it has happened before - more than a century ago in Wilmington, North Carolina. Laura meets residents and leaders from across the state who are clear that the future of multi-racial democracy in America is being decided in out-of-the way towns like theirs.

Award-winning actress and writer Liza Jessie Peterson performed her one-woman show in dozens of prisons before visiting Louisiana's Angola Prison. Although she had permission to perform and bring a camera crew, authorities at the prison shut down the play in the middle of her performance. That day is the subject of the MTV documentary "Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices From a Plantation Prison."

Laura Flanders sits down with the directors of CYCLE, an investigative feature documentary that focuses on the 2019 killing of Ty'rese West, an 18-year-old Black teenager from Racine, Wisconsin who was shot to death after being pulled over by a Mount Pleasant police officer for riding a bicycle with no headlights.

The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) is an independent program of the University of Michigan that supports formerly incarcerated artists, facilitates creative arts workshops and even hosts an annual exhibition to showcase incarcerated artists' work. "Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance" is a new book based on the project.

With each glimmering piece he creates, artist Akinsanya Kambon brings suppressed histories of both colonization and liberation to life. His ceramic works depict struggle and survival across the African diaspora, and stepping into his studio is a spiritual experience, as Laura Flanders discovers. Join Flanders and Kambon as they discuss how art keeps spirits alive.

Under the view of the iconic Hollywood Sign, a struggle is being waged over the future of policing and incarceration. Los Angeles is ground zero for fights over the job of District Attorney, Police Chief, and the size of prisons and jails. Corporations that have profited from prison communications are now profiting on electronic monitoring. Can today's Los Angeles change the script?

South Australia has become a global leader in green energy transition. How did they do it, and what can we learn from them? In this report, Laura goes Down Under with her partner, Elizabeth Streb, and her extreme dance company, and discovers how the region's culture and its many world-class festivals have helped pave the way for transformation.

The Augusta Correctional Center employed many residents and brought business to Craigsville, Virginia, a two square-mile, 900-person town in the Shenandoah Valley. But when the prison closed with minimal warning, Craigsville residents and the town's economy were hit hard. Join us as we envision the future of Craigsville and investigate how decarcerating the economy can become a win for all.