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What Would Dr King Think about the Siege of the Capitol?

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." But what would he say about this particular bend – four years of President Trump culminating in a violent insurrection? Emory University professor Audra Gillespie, who has written about the legacy of the civil rights movement in American politics, joins us to reflect on how Dr. King might respond to the current political moment and the pandemic, which have exposed glaring inequities in our society.see more
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What Would Dr King Think about the Siege of the Capitol?

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." But what would he say about this particular bend – four years of President Trump culminating in a violent insurrection? Emory University professor Audra Gillespie, who has written about the legacy of the civil rights movement in American politics, joins us to reflect on how Dr. King might respond to the current political moment and the pandemic, which have exposed glaring inequities in our society.see more
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Malaysian Jet Crash in Ukraine

Mina Kim
at 9:30 AM
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We discuss the latest on the downed Malaysian Airlines jet carrying 295 people that crashed in eastern Ukraine.

Guests:

David Herszenhorn, Moscow-based correspondent for The New York Times

Michael Nacht, UC Berkeley Professor of Public Policy

Serhii Plokhii, director of Ukrainian Research Institute and professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University

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