Independent Lens

Season 24, Episode 10

Episode Title: Storming Caesars Palace

Air Date: 2023-03-20

Overview:

After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace.