Father Michael Pfleger: Chicago’s Activist Priest and MLK Disciple

Father Michael Pfleger: Chicago’s Activist Priest and MLK Disciple
Father Michael Pfleger: Chicago’s Activist Priest and MLK Disciple

Father Michael Pfleger: Chicago’s Activist Priest and MLK Disciple

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Chicagoans know Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Catholic Church on the city’s South Side as activist priest who takes on issues like economic inequality and gun violence. He’s been in the news a lot in the last year, and he even made an appearance in President Obama’s town hall event on guns last month. Evan Osnos, staff writer from the New Yorker, talks to us about his profile of Pfleger where he goes deep into his personal story to explain what makes him tick.