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‘Republicans often racialize poverty. Democrats often run from poverty’

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, of the Poor People's Campaign, march on Capitol Hill earlier this year.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, of the Poor People's Campaign, march on Capitol Hill earlier this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

MacArthur “genius” grantee, founder of Repairers of the Breach, and organizer of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Rev. William J Barber II has made eradicating poverty his life’s work. He sits down with host Mary C. Curtis for a candid and surprising conversation.

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