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Of television and considered just another profit. >> late 1920s, to early 1930s, to the 1980s, the sense was if we will give some of the broadcasting time to public service. 1990s, journalism in the country changed a great deal. you couldnt talk about public service. what are the ratings going to be? what are the demographics going to be? what is the profit going to be? well, sensationalism sells. >> in a plea bargain, 18-year-old amy fisher got up to 15 years in prison for shooting the wife of ...

Teachers — rmt, the big rail union, also the teachers union, obviously this threat — teachers union, obviously this threat of— teachers union, obviously this threat of strike by the rmt is very concerning — threat of strike by the rmt is very concerning. they themselves have said they— concerning. they themselves have said they will bring the country to a standstill if this goes ahead, talk that— a standstill if this goes ahead, talk that it will be the worst strike — talk that it ...

Countries, the ideologies that drive the jihadists are nowhere near as mainstream as the very explicit racist conspiracy theory that was fueling white supremacy violence in the west. >> ishaan, i want to ask you, what is the difference between past stirs in american history and this one, which seems to be much more violent? in other words, there were similar concerns in the 1920s about america being overwhelmed by in those days italians and irish and to a certain extent jews. and thats part of w...

And you really have to think in a lot of muslim majority countries, the ideologies that drive the jihadists are nowhere near as mainstream as the very explicit racist conspiracy theory that was fueling white supremacy violence in the west. >> ishaan, i want to ask you, what is the difference between past stirs in american history and this one, which seems to be much more violent? in other words, there were similar concerns in the 1920s about america being overwhelmed by in those days italians an...

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1920s. he was a democrat, a dixiecrat, before the realignment of the parties, on the racial issues that happened in the 19 50s. below was just profile in the washington post this weekend for reasons that will become clear in a moment, if theyre not already. governor billable wrote a book in 1947 it was called, take your choice, separation or hmong realization. in the book, he argued that white people were being replaced, that the white race would in fact disappear, if white people allowed nonwhi...

0 of the democratic story. >> heather mcghee, has always, great to hear from you. thank you so much. that is all in for this night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. night. the rachel maddow show begins rightth now. >> happy to m have you here. in world war, two when the united states needed to quickly ramp up production of war-time material, planes, tanks, guns, ammunition, uniforms, everything, the government opened defense productionev facilities all over the co...

Our history for hundreds of years. back in the 1920s, the ku klux klan had five to 6 million members who were lynching people of color. this is an obnoxious thing. for politicians on the right, republicans to use this language between the lines, its stokes hatred and -- and a young man like this who, basically, has access to these races creeds, has access to assault weapons and body armor, and has access to shoot black people. its an appalling thing. >> matt, this month, new york times reported ...

Charges to enforce these crimes against congress. and its not just their crimes against congress, jonathan. we are all waiting to get all the information we can out of witnesses who are choosing to defy congressional subpoenas. they are, by extension, crimes against all of the american people. so, hopefully, perhaps this will inspire congress to use its own power of inherent contempt to take these people into custody, who are refusing to abide by lawfully issued congressional subpoenas. and comp...

Relationship between geography and space and political power. from the old irish province and counties of ulster, in the 1920s politicians drew a boundary line between the united kingdom and the new republic, a border twisted and tweaked to create a territory where british unionists would always control affairs. it was very messy. but today, a century later, and the largest political party in northern ireland supports irish nationalism. and now suddenly that boundary settlement which caused so m...