Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


The Push Biden’s Going to Need

December 02, 2020

Ousting Trump is not enough. Getting back to the normalcy of tremendous economic injustice is not enough. With unprecedented wealth owned by a very few, close to 50% of Americans are at the edge of real poverty. Guest is Reverend Liz Theoharis who is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, started by Martin Luther King. She says the actual title of his famous I Have Dream speech was “Normalcy Never Again.” Going back to normalcy now is not an option. The mandate of the election was clear, it was the votes of poor people in the key states that made the difference. Now is the time to keep up the push for a stronger, more sustainable economy.