Episode
35
The Overlooked Section
May 31, 2016
Professor Jamila Michener discusses one way the United States tries to incorporate low-income and minority individuals into the political system and why the effort has been failing. The core issues are those of partisanship, race, and who implements policies.
For more on this topic
- Check out her two-page brief, How Medicaid Programs Run By The U.S. States Influence Citizen Participation.
- Read her article, Race, Poverty, and the Redistribution of Voting Rights.