William J. Barber II has long been one of America’s most persistent and eloquent spokespersons for poor and working-class Americans.
Barber is the recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant” and helps lead the Poor People’s Campaign, which seeks national solutions to ongoing poverty.
Barber also done something else: He’s shown Democrats how they can win political victories in red states.
He once said, “Racism may target Black people, but it damns a democracy, and it damns humanity.”CNN spoke with Barber about the country’s future in Trump’s impending second term.
Critics say Democrats are elitist and look down on working-class people.
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