The story of the men on the roof didn't start with that prison takeover in 1991. It didn't start when they were detained in federal prisons. And it didn't start when the government made a secret list of their names in 1984. Instead, it started in the spring of 1980, with one of the largest refugee c...

It all started with a photograph. A photograph from 1991 of a prison takeover in rural Alabama. A photograph of a group of men on the roof of that prison holding a bedsheet scrawled with a message: "Pray for us." In the first episode of the new season of White Lies, hosts Chip Brantley and Andrew Be...

In 1991, a group of men took over a federal prison in rural Alabama. But these men weren't prisoners, they were immigration detainees, all of them from Cuba. And none of them were serving time for a sentence; they were being indefinitely detained. Who were these men? What in the world had brought th...

Our host Jasmine Garsd reveals the magic of Argentina's 2022 World Cup victory.

Our host, Jasmine Garsd, takes stock of the 2022 World Cup in conversation with producer Julieta Martinelli and sports reporter Fidel Martinez.

In the final chapter of Lionel Messi's journey, we catch up to the present. What would it mean for him to win? In the end, can you ever really come home?

Messi gives his all in a tournament where the respect of his country hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, host Jasmine Garsd finds her way home only to face an unexpected loss.

Messi finds his way into an Argentine national jersey, but something is off. As Maradona's shadow looms, the home crowd begins to wonder if Messi will ever really measure up.

As Garsd retraces Messi's early career, she examines the consequences of Argentina's devastating econimic crisis of 2001, how it shaped Messi's path, and what it meant to her.

Lionel Messi always dreamed of winning a World Cup for his home country. But playing with Argentina's national team has proven to be this soccer superman's kryptonite.

The series concludes: we check back in with John Mueller after his resignation as head of the Yonkers Police Department. And we consider what his departure means for police reform efforts in the city at a time when tensions between police and some members of the community remain high.

In Yonkers, as in the rest of the country, a substantial number of police calls involve situations where someone is having a mental health crisis. But are cops the right people to answer those calls? A growing number of cities across the country think the answer might be "No." Some have launched cri...

Every four years, the Yonkers Police Department starts the process of hiring new officers. This time, the department is specifically recruiting people of color through a program known as "Be The Change." Of course in Yonkers, there are plenty of Black people who don't feel it's up to them to "change...

For a long time, the police department in Yonkers, New York had a reputation as overly aggressive, especially when it came to policing the poorer parts of the city. There were lots of stories of "bad apples"-police officers who allegedly roughed people up or planted drugs during random stops and arr...

Episode 1 takes listeners to Yonkers, New York, a city with a long and ugly history of bad policing. The Justice Department has demanded an overhaul of the department and has been monitoring it for more than a decade. The commissioner in Yonkers has promised to do what the feds want and more. He has...