The Effects About Media, Bias, and Justice Yusef Salaam Interview

In this powerful conversation, we sit down with Yusef Salaam—New York City Council Member, activist, public speaker, and one of the Exonerated Five—to talk about wrongful conviction, media narratives, implicit bias, and what real justice and accountability look like today.Yusef reflects on how propaganda and fear-based storytelling shaped public opinion in his case, the lasting impact of over-criminalization on Black communities, and how those same patterns still show up in politics and media today. We also talk about moving from awareness to action, what he’s doing now to serve his community, and how we can turn painful history into real, lasting change.