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Money has been wasted. >> yeah, the shanty towns that exist throughout brazil what theyre pointing to in terms of what they want to improve. qatar has issues to deal with itself. imported hundreds of thousands of workers to build the stadium, workers come from nepal, south asia, other countries. the western of human trafficking, of modern day slavery? >> i dont think the description of the labor system, what they call the labor system in qatar, as slavery is an exaggeration. thats an apt descrip...

New government program. but what were talking about today with my brothers keeper is a more focused effort. an boys and young men of color are who having a particularly tough time. >> president obama made a claim for the need to specifically target boy who is tr the focus of the program by recognizing the especially daunting realities of their lives. >> as a black student you are far less likely than a white student to be able to read proficiently by the time you are in fourth grade. by the time...

Z." you were actively involved in the struggle against apartheid. can you talk a little bit about the nature of the apartheid government. i think it seems remote. people dont quite realize what a comprehensively awful regime this was. >> see, a lot of americans compared south africa to the u.s. and thought in terms -- >> jim crow. >> the civil rights movement, where peoples rights were being violated. in south africa, there was no constitution and there were no rights. so apartheid was really a ...

Violated. in south africa, there was no constitution and there were no rights. so apartheid was really a labor system, a way of controlling black workers to the benefit of the people who owned the mines and the resources of that country. and so the whole system regulated peoples lives, almost in every dimension, where they could live, where they could work, and they couldnt violate those rules. they couldnt be in the city after dark. they couldnt, you know, work in certain areas. it was a tightl...

Have proven to be good alt something, and there has to be more competition to be in the elite? >> we have a system of tremendous competition now. some of the problems we have, the jamie dimons of the world are a perfect example, but we have a terrible combination of, its kind of like the bailouts, they were the worst parts of socialism and the worst part of capitali capitalism, we have the worst part of this ceaseless competition and dont have accountability at the top. think about the fact that...

Capitalism, we have the worst part of this ceaseless competition and dont have accountability at the top. think about the fact that we have seen more baseball players before juries for lying about steroid use, than we have seen major bankers before juries for the largest destruction of wealth in the history of the country. right? we have a country that is incredibly, incredibly at the bottom, we put more people in prison than any other industrialized community, and we have a labor system in whic...

Think about the fact that we have seen more baseball players before juries for lying about steroid use, than we have seen major bankers before juries for the largest destruction of wealth in the history of the country. right? we have a country that is incredibly, incredibly at the bottom, we put more people in prison than any other industrialized community, and we have a labor system in which you can be fired because you give your boss the wrong look or call him dude, yet at the top, we see almo...

System that the spaniards set up to get people, forced laborers to work in the mines. it created a big catchment where all male laborers were forced to work in the mines. the remarkable thing today, based on a study done by one of my students, if you look just outside the border of the catchment area and still inside. you still see a 30% difference in living standards. hundred of years after the meta was set up. whats so telling about that system is its really a coercive labor system thats been ...

>> its weird, this idea of localism, it breaks down on the state level. >> and then austerity. the idea on the local level when have you a republican governor saying the answer to detroit, mint, and all of the other localities problems are austerity, and the government introduction of cash infusion and assistance worked out in a positive way. >> for eight years, there was democratic governor jennifer granholm, who by all accounts in the state of michigan did a horrible job for the state economy....

and emotional verdict tonight. an italian night sets amanda knox free. heres the scene inside the courtroom. >> translator: on behalf of the italian people, after having examined section 6 and 5 of the criminal procedure code -- >> as the verdict was read, knox broke down, hugged her attorneys, then was rushed from the courthouse. she and her one-time boyfriend have been in jail since 2007 when they were arrested for the brutal murder of knoxs british roommate. they were convicted of m...