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The politics of equity 2021

Hundreds are gathered at the Federal Plaza and take streets to protest after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Hundreds are gathered at the Federal Plaza and take streets to protest after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Chicago, Illinois, United States. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

In this wide-ranging, year-end conversation, Mary C. Curtis speaks with New York Times columnist Charles Blow about what he considers the dramatic rollback of the nation’s civil rights, inequity and whether President Joe Biden has been proactive enough to help stem inequity. 

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