Episode
America's War On Children
1:00:39
Published: Tue Jul 28 2020
Description
Robert is joined by Courtney Kocak to discuss The War on America’s Children.FOOTNOTES: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bushs-texas-miracle-debunked-lone-star-st https://web.archive.org/web/20160129022007/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123854010220075533 https://www.templelawreview.org/lawreview/assets/uploads/2016/08/Guggenheim-Hertz-88-Temp.-L.-Rev.-653.pdf http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/prisoners-of-profit?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009 https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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