When Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett took center stage last month as a House manager in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, America took note. A star was born.

In the latest episode of Equal Time, Mary C. Curtis talks with Plaskett about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, her work on the House Ways and Means Committee, inequities in infrastructure and education, and even hip-hop.

Show Notes:

• Seeking environmental justice: the impact of climate change on communities of color
• What’s next on immigration, an issue that’s personal, political — and complicated
• ‘If racism is a lie, how has it been sustained, institutionalized and structured in America?’
• ‘White Rage’
• Equal Time: Faith and politics