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The Social Contract with Joe Walsh
How This Country Got So Divided: A Black Man’s Perspective
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Continuing my “face to face conversations across America” tour: South Side of Chicago with black activist Maze Jackson. His thoughts on our divide, he blames the tea party for a lot of it. And what do we do about the divide, the hate? Hint…it has to do with conversations. Having conversations. And giving grace.
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