AUDIO: ‘Left, Right & Center’: Cuba and Ferguson — Plus, Does Clinton Have Competition?
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Cuba to raise the American flag, violence in Ferguson, Mo., one year after the police killing of Michael Brown, and whether Hillary Clinton should be worried about Bernie Sanders.
Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. (Phil Roeder / CC BY 2.0)
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Cuba to raise the American flag above the U.S. Embassy for the first time in 54 years; violence in Ferguson, Mo., one year after a white officer’s killing of Michael Brown, a young black man; and whether Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should be worried about rival Bernie Sanders.
Scheer is joined by KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis moderating from the center, Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right and Lizz Winstead, comedian, author and co-creator of “The Daily Show,” as a special guest.
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— Adapted from KCRW by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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