This week on The Stakes:- Producer James T. Green spends an evening with Assata's Daughters, an abolitionist group formed to address a shortage of programming and community for young Black women in Chicago. - MTV Style Editor Haley Mlotek interviews director Brett Story about The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, a documentary about our prison system that never shows a single prison.- PProducer Mukta Mohan interviews Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot, about her latest music video called “Make America Great Again,” which imagines a dystopia in which ... Donald Trump is president of the United States.- Poet-in-Residence Marcus Ellsworth shares his Election Night poem, "Over My Shoulder."

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The Stakes is your look at the week's news, without the filler of talking heads and clickbait. Every week, MTV’s Holly Anderson and her team of writers — including Ana Marie Cox and Jamil Smith — guide you through the week’s news, social justice issues, and culture stories through a mix interviews, essays, special reporting, and poetry. The Stakes is investigative, thoughtful, and BS-free.