To understand the longest-running crime in U.S. history—committed against Native Americans—we go back to 1492, when Christopher Columbus set sail on a misguided voyage to “India.” We brought sickness to North America, which devastated First Nations Indigenous people.

Then we stole their land and killed their people, and despite our intrusions here, Native Americans were among the last people to be recognized as citizens and legally allowed to vote.

But even then the horrors weren't over--we stole their children and tried to erase their heritage. And if you didn’t know those crimes continued until 1978... you’re not alone.

This episode opens with Emma Lazarus’s iconic welcome, etched beneath the Statue of Liberty. But Beth has a hard truth to unpack: that light beside the golden door only shined because our ancestors made th ...