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Lawyer Morris Dees Holds Hate Groups Responsible for Individual Crimes
Dees co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center and has been involved in civil rights cases for years. In 1988 he made legal history when he fashioned a seven million dollar verdict against the Klu Klux Klan that effectively bankrupted the group. He has a new memoir out, called "A Season for Justice: The Life & Times of Civil Rights Lawyer Morris Dees."
The Proposed Merger of Two Labor Unions
Terry talks with two labor leaders about the proposed affiliation between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the National Writers Union: Phil Wheeler is the district director of the UAW; Jonathan Tasini is President of the National Writers Union.
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