Civil Rights and Wrongs for November 9, 2021

This Tuesday Michelle Manning-Scott speaks with Pauly Denetclaw, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and the Indigenous Affairs Reporter at the Texas Observer. The previous Editor of the magazine (himself a member of the Kiowa Tribe) created the Indigenous Affairs desk in the fall of 2020 in an effort to address the historical dearth of reporting devoted to indigenous communities in mainstream media outlets in Texas. Joining the impressive list of journalists from the Observer who have been our guests, Ms. Denetclaw shares her thoughts on some of the stories she has covered to date.

Later, Bob speaks with Austin Sanders, Staff Writer for the Austin Chronicle, who comments on the striking defeat of Proposition A – more than 2-to-1 against.  Austin also reports on reform efforts at the Sex Crimes Unit of APD, where failures and scandals are matters of public record.