Sharing an episode from Scene on Radio's acclaimed Season 2 series, Seeing White, by John Biewen and featuring Empire City host and creator, Chenjerai Kumanyika. For... more

New York’s Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted and charged by the federal government with corruption, wire fraud, bribery and... more

"Woop! Woop! That’s the sound of da police! Conscious and Frankie welcome Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika – host of Empire City:... more

The NYPD loves to show off its diversity, but it often hides how hard and long it fought that diversity.... more

New York’s police start to realize that beating up and arresting immigrants is making them distrustful of cops. In response,... more

It’s like clockwork: every 20 years or so, a corruption scandal forces the NYPD into the hot seat. But how... more

Officers in early New York didn’t just police the city’s vice economy; they profited from it. But when America’s first... more

Horrific race riots erupt when New York City starts to draft soldiers into the Civil War. A mob of white... more

New York’s power-hungry mayor weaponizes the police to help him control the city – and bulldoze a thriving Black community... more

Before the NYPD existed, New Yorkers strongly opposed the idea of an armed police force – until a powerful news... more

Chenjerai takes us back to the summer of 1835, when Black New Yorkers are being kidnapped and sold into slavery... more

The police tell us they are here to protect us. But what if their original purpose was something else altogether?... more