Synopsis: Are black women funny? Today, we talk to writer-director Lauren Vernea, of the Black Pantherettes, a five member sketch group working to combine knee-slapping comedy with today's most controversial politics. Also, listen to King Downing and Johanna Fernandez in conversation with executive director of the Alliance for Families of Justice, Soffiyah Elijah, about mass incarceration and disparate among access to criminal defense attornies in New York City.