Rev. William J. Barber has long tackled the issues of race, poverty and hatred through his role as Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. Now, COVID-19 has brought to light deep-rooted fissures in our country’s treatment of those living in poverty. He shares his thoughts on those fissures, the political response to COVID-19, our treatment of essential workers, and more with Hari Sreenivasan and our partners at PBS NewsHour Weekend
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