Witnessing Abuse as an Undercover Prison Guard, Decoding Political Language

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 11, 2016

Journalist Shane Bauer spent four months working undercover as a private prison guard and details his in-depth investigation for Mother Jones. How demand for opium, gambling and prostitution in 1930's Chinatown led to the growth of organized crime and gang wars. "Judas Returning Thirty Pieces Of Silver," one of Rembrandt's first masterpieces, makes its American debut at the Morgan Library Museum. Our language expert Ben Zimmer returns to decode the latest political jargon.

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