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They appealed to the monarchy, they appealed to the government, there was silence because that is the history. but let me tell you, there's a photograph on the cover of my recent book, britain's black debt, and it shows queen elizabeth visiting the bell sugar plantation in 1966, february, on the eve of independence, and what did the queen do? she came to barbados to visit a sugar plantation that was owned by herfirst cousin. and here is the earl and the queen on the sugar plantation in barbados in february 1966. a plantation that was bought by the family of the earl in 1782 with 300 slaves! so...

The world saw for themselves what we have been seeing all along in our communities. but that has been taking place all over the world. we have seen it in south africa during the anti—apartheid struggle. the world did not really care about apartheid in south africa until the killing of young people, young people on the streets demonstrating, then the observations came together. a lot of people look at the african—american diaspora and, you know, see what happens there in the united states as an example of what might happen in other parts of the world. and in april, the housejudiciary commit...

All over africa, what happened to the indigenous people of the new world, all of this is part of the same conversation. the african part of it is a critical part of it, but it goes beyond the african experience. so, do you think that in the light of the killing of george floyd last year, and the blm protests, that there is a new awakening? i tell you what michelle bachelet, the un human rights commissioner, former president of chile, said after the killing of floyd. "behind today's racial violence, systemic racism and discriminatory policing, lies the failure to acknowledge and confront the le...

Expertise for a man who finished in the bottom half of the top third of his glass. it sounds like he could use a lesson from a man called tucker. >> the cdc does not make laws in this country, it's not allowed to. under the u.s. constitution, making laws as the exclusive role of the congress. you vote for your senators and your congressmen and they decide what the rules are. that is known as representative democracy. it's been in our system for nearly 250 years. but apparently, it's now over. >> greg: the supreme court said no, but that didn't stop king joe. two weeks to flatten the curve has ...

That's existed for years and goes back well beyond the arab spring revolution of 2011. is there a danger, though, that the response becomes a default — "oh, look, what we need is a strong leader, someone who will get things done"? i think there is, and i think, and i hope we can take at face value the president's words that he doesn't want to consolidate power in his own hands but i think mina is right — the trade unions, other civil groups will, one hopes, be keeping an eye on this because, for all its faults, tunisia was the last semblance of a functioning democracy — although it didn'...