Episode 6: A Reckoning
From Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order by Rachel Maddow, MS NOW
December 13, 2025 · 1h 20m · Season 1 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode explores the government's program to mass incarcerate Japanese Americans through the research of former inmates and their advocacy for accountability.
An incarceree-turned researcher and a federal inmate-turned Harvard educated lawyer comb through the archives and begin to peel back all of the layers of the government's program to mass incarcerate Japanese Americans. With their startling findings in hand, they and the Japanese American community set out to force the U.S. government to directly confront its actions.
People in this episode
Host: Rachel Maddow
Guests: incarceree-turned researcher, federal inmate-turned Harvard educated lawyer
Topics covered
- mass incarceration
- Japanese Americans
- government accountability
- research
- legal advocacy
Keywords
- mass incarceration
- Japanese Americans
- government program
- research
- advocacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: U.S. government, Harvard, Japanese American community
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