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Mom Says Plano 8th Grader Was Victim Of Racist Bullying, Forced To Drink Urine

Summer Smith says her son was physically assaulted, forced to drink urine and called racial slurs by white classmates during a sleepover. Plano police and the school district are investigating.

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Widening Inequality, One Home Sale At A Time

Max Besbris, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins us to talk about his research into how “hot” neighborhoods are formed, the agents who market them, and how the system pushes up prices for all homebuyers, creating housing inequities along the way.

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