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Dorothy Roberts: Policing Poor Black Families
Recent cases of horrific child abuse have elicited widespread media attention. What the media coverage often misses is what these incidents reveal about a two-tiered child protection system that systemically surveils,
Struggle and the State
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Bernie, Krasner, Keeanga and Premal
Fight mass incarceration w Bernie Sanders, Larry Krasner, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Premal Dharia.
Bernie, Krasner, Keeanga and Premal
Dan just moderated a discussion in Philadelphia with Senator Sanders, along with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, scholar and frequent Dig guest Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and veteran defense lawyer and advocate Premal Dharia.
The Right to Have Rights Part II
This is part two of Dan's interview on Hannah Arendt's notion of "the right to have rights." This episode covers a lot, including why we must fight not only to expand the democratic political community but also to deepen its power—all at a time when ...
The Right to Have Rights Part I
What are rights worth when government denies people the very right to have rights? Political theorist Hannah Arendt recognized this loss of "the right to have rights" as millions of refugees found themselves without a national home in the wake of world...