From Gitmo to the Border, America’s ‘Concentration Camps’ Will Be Hard to Dismantl

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s description of U.S. migrant detention centers as “concentration camps” has provoked a fierce backlash. For this week’s podcast interview, Elliot Waldman talks with Andrea Pitzer about the migrant detention camps, the controversy over their label and their place in history.

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