The Intercept’s Mehdi Hasan spoke with Rev. William Barber on Covid-19, poverty in America, and the coronavirus stimulus bill that handed out trillions of dollars to corporations and gave crumbs to working people. How did the bill fail to meet the needs of poor and working Americans, and what would a just and equitable stimulus look like?
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