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Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
25 Apr 2025
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Black Agenda Radio · Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News

Alec Karakatsanis is an attorney with a long history of work as a public defender. He is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps , an organization that advocates for racial justice and brings systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. He joins us to discuss his new book Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, published by The New Press.

copaganda
mass incarceration
Hyper policing
Racial profiling

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