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Aug 2021
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DeRay, Kaya, Sam, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week, including small town prisons, #SheWillRise, reductions in the poverty rate, and reverse search warrants. DeRay interviews Michael Levine and Makeda Mays Green from Nickelodeon about how kids interact with entertainment.


DeRay: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/10/small-towns-used-to-see-prisons-as-a-boon-now-many-don-t-want-them

Kaya: https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant

Sam: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/politics/covid-poverty-aid-programs.html

De'Ara: https://people.com/politics/meet-women-fighting-to-nominate-black-woman-to-supreme-court/


For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

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