Bearing Witness to New Jersey’s Contentious Immigrant Detention Center

from Velshi · host Ali Velshi, Mayor Ras Baraka, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Eddie Glaude, Matt Stoller, Rep. Robert Menendez, Dorothy Roberts, Fmr. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Allen Orr, Dr. Shubham Pant, Barbara McQuade

Protests outside the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center in Newark, NJ have intensified over several days. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) discusses the lack of transparency over the conditions of the facility. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is confronted over actions by the NJ State Police to block the press from witnessing the protests. Eddie Glaude discusses his new, and timely, book ‘America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries’. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D- NJ), Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University Eddie Glaude, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D-NJ)

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