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>> reporter: california's community colleges serve 2.6 million students. it's the largest higher education system in the entire country. but its mission may be changing. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks with the authors of "tinderbox," a new take on the history and spread of aids. >> the roots of colonialism, it's unlikely that the epidemic we know today would have come out in the way we've seen it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> citi tu...

>> reporter: california's community colleges serve 2.6 million students. it's the largest higher education system in the entire country. but its mission may be changing. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks with the authors of "tinderbox," a new take on the history and spread of aids. >> the roots of colonialism, it's unlikely that the epidemic we know today would have come out in the way we've seen it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> citi tu...

>> reporter: california's community colleges serve 2.6 million students. it's the largest higher education system in the entire country. but its mission may be changing. >> woodruff: and ray suarez talks with the authors of "tinderbox," a new take on the history and spread of aids. >> the roots of colonialism, it's unlikely that the epidemic we know today would have come out in the way we've seen it. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> citi tu...

>> the rise of prostitution prostitution, declined to social factors, the first part to cause the epidemic to grow. we thought that was a provocative way to title the book. >> host: i hear you say there is a tinderbox around the burled for the emergence of hiv/aids. >> guest: that is why it surprises people the most. and surprised me. the genetic scientist who gave a rough day to of when the epidemic starts. most of the world is what moss, there's not much a j.p. but other places it is incredibly destructive. to understand these categories allow us to to think what benefactors to kee...

congratulations. really, really enjoy reading your book. fascinating read, and i have a million questions for you and i think the next 60 minutes are going to just fly by. let me start with the title, "tinderbox." if you would, explain why you chose that title and then i have a follow-up question for you. but the title, it's intriguing because, you know, tinderbox -- just if you could explain briefly why you chose that peddle and how it applies to the hiv/aids epidemic. >> guest: first of all, thank you. it's nice to be in the book writing process people's read it instead of just c i...