Children in Need

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010

Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, talks about her new book, The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting A Course for the Next Generation, where she condemns government support of the nation's richest citizens and calls for action to help millions of children in poverty.

Edelman will be leading the worship service at Riverside Church on Sunday, Sept. 28.

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