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Have you ever noticed how Greek life attracts people from similar backgrounds, creating an overall sense of homogeneity? Have you ever questioned why or how this homogeneity is created and

Storytelling in american life. >> joining me is media analyst bill carter. thanks for coming by. look, you know this stuff better than anybody. class divisions have been highlighted in a number of sitcoms. another sensitive topic that they seem to make more approachable through humor. why is this such good fodder for sitcoms? >> class, especially when you have two classes shown in a show, it brings in conflict. and confluct can bring in humor. and people want to see that clash and also the repre...

South were. >> they all had pretty high ratings. cbs became known as the country broadcasting system. >> but in the late 60s, ratings and demographic tools improved significantly. networks are able to see the ages, the he indication level, what kind of jobs the people reviewing the shows have. >> so the more they could refine that, the more they wanted young, professional, wealthy people. >> joining "entertainment weekly." great to see you. class divisions have been highlighted in sitcoms over t...

History of every mass shooter since 1966 and in the vast majority of cases they found there was what they described as severe childhood trauma which could include abuse or parental separation or violence. childhood trauma and the vast majority of these cases. to ignore that is just irresponsible. one more quick point i want to make, it seems to me these presidential candidates were running around accusing the president of stirring up racial division, when they speak like that, trump supporters h...

>> i prefer the left we used to have in america and bernie sanders is the last gasp of it that looks at the class divisions and you still get pretty contentious politics. there is upward and downward mobility, you cant tell which class you are involved with. you cant have a country with progressive class-based politics, you a cant have a country with open borders. >> tucker: nearly 10 million immigrants arrived legally in the united states since 2,000, this show has taken a pretty tough standing...

The album has made many waves for its commentary on racial inequality, police brutality, on economic and class divisions. and you see kendrick performing right there. "damn" was also named the best grammy for album. we congratulate him on the pulitzer. now up next, something a little lighter. i got the john oliver treatment last night, and well show it to you. who governed thousands... commanded armies... yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my...

Ground in russia, do you get the sense that vladimir putin is emboldened by the response or perhaps lack thereof from the president? >> there were a couple aims, according to the u.s. assessment for the russian meddling. one was to deny the white house, to keep hillary clinton from the white house. putin abhors her. did not want her to be president of the united states. the other was to capitalize on, to take advantage of the divisions in our country. the racial divisions. the class divisions an...

Who is our dream interview. at this moment, im embarrassed to say, beyonce has not worked out. you, my friend, sat down with president trump this morning and thats who you picked. >> caller: we caught a few minutes here with the president. hes never been here. he thought it would be appropriate to tour the museum during black history month. he had his secretary of housing and urban development, i should say his nominated secretary, doctor, ben carson and tim scott. he walked around and spent a f...

Going on in that world. a great line today, if pence was a designated survivor o the republican primary, a man held away from the carnage trump has inflicted in the republican party, its conventions, orthodox es and pieties. >> i dont think this country will be the same. i dont think either party will be the same after this election. its an up-end the rules election. we saw last night an element of the republican party which has been descending, not ascending, even before donald trump -- >> that...

>> -- took this -- >> by that you mean social -- >> social conservatism. if you think what has roiled this election year, it has been populism, economic issues, the class divisions within parties, it has been economic insecurity and not the social issues which so animated the republican party. so we can talk all we want about preparation and this and that. last night we did see an extremist give really extremist positions a reassuring face. but the big issues facing i think this country and both...