The mass incarceration of poor people of color in the United States is tantamount to a new castelike system, one that shuttles our young people from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand new hightech prisons. It is a system that blocks poor people, overwhelmingly poor people of color, into a permanent second class status nearly as effectively as earlier systems of racial and social control once did. It is, in my view, the moral equivalent of jim crow. Get ready, booktvs first Online Book Club meets at the end of the month. Watch video of Michelle Alexander at booktv. Org and read the new jim crow. And then on tuesday, march 26th at 9 p. M. Eastern, join us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on the new jim crow. And now, karen elliot house provides an inside look at the history, culture and politics of saudi arabia which shes covered for 30 years. This is about an hour. Thank you very much, dr. Wilburn. Its a real pleasure to be here. I appreciate im h
From kiev. But first the threat of isis dominating discussions on the sideline of the nato summit in wales. As leaders of the biggest military might express concerns about the extremists in the middle east and beyond. American intelligence officials have their ear to the ground monitoring terrorists groups including isis because theyre reporting increased chatter online and over the phone lines as we approach now 13 years since the september 11th, terror attacks. James roz season live for us from the state department. How are you today in. Im well. Good afternoon, gretchen. It was in february of this year that al qaeda formally disowned isis from its organization citing tactical differences. Now the head of al qaeda perhaps feeling displaced has announced a new Branch Office on the indian subcontinent. In a videotaped conference, he said the indian package is years in the making. However, just last week kill abdullah of saud the arabia told people that he was certain that the jihadists
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