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Fighting For The Dream of Economic Justice


Coming up on today's show:
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There is a new effort underway to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/us/martin-luther-king-poor.html?_r=0" target="_blank">renew</a> Dr. Martin Luther King’s campaign against poverty. On this holiday honoring the late civil rights icon, <a href="https://twitter.com/liztheo" target="_blank">Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis</a>, co-director of the Kairos Center and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, discusses the new poverty campaign. <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaunKing" target="_blank">Shaun King</a>, a columnist at The Intercept and a social justice activist, reflects on the movement in <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/racial-firestorm-surrounds-trump-mlk-holiday-52336232" target="_blank">the wake</a> of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/trump-shithole-countries.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=first-column-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news" target="_blank">recent racialized statements</a> made by President Trump.
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<li>A number of detainees taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) allege that they have been threatened with solitary confinement for refusing to work in for-profit ICE facilities. <a href="https://twitter.com/spencerwoodman">Spencer Woodman</a> is a reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and wrote about the growing practice of solitary confinement in ICE facilities for The Intercept.</li>
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<li>On Saturday, a false missile alert caused panic in Hawaii.  Within roughly 10 minutes, state officials were informing residents via social media that the alert was a false alarm, but it took 38 minutes before the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency formally take action to revoke the alert. <a href="https://twitter.com/nktpnd">Ankit Panda</a>, senior editor at The Diplomat, an online news publication focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, joins The Takeaway to put Saturday's false alarm into perspective. </li>
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A New York City program is taking a controversial approach to the opioid epidemic. They're practicing “harm reduction” — a non-punitive approach to reducing the consequences of drug use. That means giving access to sterile needles, and, in the case of The Washington Heights Corner Project, providing a bathroom where users can safely inject drugs. Takeaway Producer <a href="https://twitter.com/talkonpointe">Alexandra Botti</a> takes us to Washington Heights, Manhattan, for a look at how it works.
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The 6th Annual Black Comic Book Festival took place over the weekend in New York City. Thousands attended the two day festival — some were drawn in by the upcoming Black Panther movie, while others were seeking to find deeper stories through comics. <a href="https://twitter.com/DrSheenaHoward">Sheena Howard</a>, associate professor of communications at Rider University and author of the "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682751015/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_cdNazbM1182MB">Encyclopedia of Black Comics</a>," explores how black comics have evolved since the civil rights era. 
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This segment is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/toddzwillich">Todd Zwillich</a>

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