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Gandy and the party. indias only muslim majority state he sent in troops, put in cuff few and surveillance and cut affaccess to certain areas for months. modi has pushed for things like citizenship registries meant to disinf disenfranchise and hes pushed through passage of a law that would provide citizenship for immigrants of literally every religious minority except muslims. that law has provoked massive protesters around the country. for more im joined by an associate professor of journalism ...

Our country. >> finally, the reporting out of a long new york article, the other stuff by ranah, out of kashmir it describes what can only be described as a police state. this is the only muslim majority state in india. >> im hearing the same sort of thing. though the indian media has been fairly shamefully quiet. i think the new yorker piece by dexter fillkins was sound but under cover reporting. he wasnt there openly going around speaking. thats the sad thing that an indian state even of the w...

Idea of america first to really be america alone. and its just this trend that were seeing around the world that people no longer have the right to self-determination. we see it in our culture wars that we talk about here. who do you think you are. the idea that you should just put up or shut up. that if you live here, then you have to behave a certain way. thats at the heart of whats going on with hong kong being integrated into china and we know with kashmir being integrated into india. >> a m...

That if you live here, then you have to behave a certain way. thats at the heart of whats going on with hong kong being integrated into china and we know with kashmir being integrated into india. >> a muslim majority state in india which i think for ten days now the indians have cracked down on. there is no internet, there is no communication with anybody there. and the president says hes happy to negotiate. whoa be happy to mediate. >> now both of those countries are nuclear powers. and this ha...

The numbers are rising fast. in 1993, the average student loan holder owed about $9400. today, the average balance is more than $34,000. studies show that most kids never bother to calculus their monthly payments when they apply for the loans. not surprising that the majority state it would not do it again. about half of loan holder is worried they wont be able to pay off their loans over the course of their lifetimes. some will and some wont, but lenders dont appear to make those decisions. the...

And it should shame senior burmas leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open democratic burma. myanmar has however rejected claims of ethnic cleansing. the buddhist majority state says violence against the muslim minority in rakhine state is not based on religion but rather terrorism i wish to stress no ethnic cleansing and genocide. ethnic cleansing and genocide are serious charges and they should not be used lightly it would be a sad commentary of our times if we allowed emotions to grow ...

At the united nations security council frustration over the crisis is mounting the united states is now calling for action against military leaders in myanmar formerly known as burma saying their actions have forced the ruhi inject to flee. we cannot be afraid to call the actions of the burmese authorities what they appear to be a brutal sustained campaign to cleanse the country of an ethnic minority and it should shame senior burmas leaders who have sacrificed so much for an open democratic bur...

Office where he can make his political and policy chops and we expect great things in the future. >> do you have doubt this is just the start for him. >> no, but if his values reflect the values of his family, im afraid during the bush years, $600 billion was made by the oil industry and now that hes land commissioner down there, you know, i think hes not going to be doing a whole lot for the clean energy folks and thats going to be problematic for us. >> people are going to be watching that ver...