With the case that undoubtedly dominated many discussions at the thanksgiving table this week. Thats, of course, the guilty verdict for the murder of Ahmaud Aubrey. Lawyers for travis and greg my mcmichael as well as William Roddie brian plan to appeal the conviction. Up next, a federal hate crime for intimidating aubrey because of his race and color. All this comes almost after a decade after the killing of trayvon martin. So these guilty verdicts are certainly a welcome change. But lets be honest, we have to remember all that it took to get here. The case faced an uphill battle to get to court. The when were not charged or arrested for month, until the video of the shooting was leevenlgd even the shoddy testimony by Travis Mcmichael and a strong presentation by the prosecution, this verdict was, quite honestly, still a Question Mark in a case that should have been opened and shut. And we have to remember, there are many more trials to go. Joining me now to discuss them, msnbc contrib
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, vladamir putin says the world faces the most dangerous decade since world war ii. will he make it more dangerous by using nuclear weapons? can he compromise and make a deal? i will ask boris bondarev, one of the highest level defectors from putin s own government. then britain has its third prime minister in less than two months. we will tell you what you need to know about rishi sunak and his plans. trust is earned, and i will earn yours. can he gave the economy? and the reputation of that storied nation? and as a divided america heads to the polls, what can we learn from the most divided period in american history? the civil war years. i sit down with john meacham who just published a new biography of abraham lincoln. but first, here s my take. history and current polling both tell us that the house of representatives will likely flip over to republican control in the november midterms.
100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 won t graduate from high school. a total of 50 won t go to college. that s half the class that won t go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhi meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at 26th. what s odd is that we ve been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. in 2007, we spent over $10,000 per student versus the $7,400 average for rich countries. how can we spend so much money and have so little to show for it? we ll ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education here on this special essay. we ll examine the role of teachers, testing ands technology. and we ask
Graduating Chadron State College seniors were honored during Ivy Day, a traditional event since 1920, sponsored by the Blue Key and Cardinal Key national honor societies.