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Student lie-in at the White House to protest gun laws 2/19/2018
NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson describes how the FBI and local authorities missed warning signals before the mass murder at a South Florida high school last week and the power of young people pushing for gun control.Then, former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, on what it will take redirect our politics and our economy toward the common good, and Diane’s commentary on the mass shootings in Florida.
Guests
- Robert Reich Professor of public policy, University of California, Berkeley; chair of the National Governing Board of Common Cause; and former secretary of labor under President Clinton.
- Carrie Johnson Justice correspondent, NPR
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