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Podcast: The Lean to the Left Podcast
Episode: The Sin of Racial Capitalism and For-Profit Prisons
Description: Racial Capitalism and America's For-Profit Prisons with Dr. Robin BernsteinThank you for tuning in! I'm passionate about bringing progressive voices to the forefront, and I hope our discussions inspire you to think critically about the issues we face today.In this episode of the Lean to the Left podcast, we discuss America's ongoing struggle with racism and racial capitalism in America's for-profit prisons with Dr. Robin Bernstein, the Dillon Professor of American History at Harvard University.Dr. Bernstein explores the shocking history of convict leasing in the north well before the Civil War through...