The View from Charleston
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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🗓️ 25 June 2015
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Jelani Cobb and David Remnick join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the aftermath of the shootings at Emanuel A.M.E. Church and the conversation about race in America.
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| 1:17.6 | It's Thursday, June 25th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. |
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