Profiting from Poverty. Inside the Legal Battle that Fought the KKK.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 24, 2016

Law professor Daniel Hatcher reveals how some public-private partnerships steal billions in federal aid from impoverished families. "Hadestown" tells the story of Orpheus’ mythical quest to overcome Hades and win back his true love, Eurydice. How a 1981 ruling dealt a serious blow to the KKK after two of its members lynched a 19-year-old African American man in Alabama. Warner Bros. heir Lewis Steel on why he devoted his law career to fighting racial and sexual discrimination. 

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