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Skolnik and global grind.com. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you, ari. >> you heard the national president of the urban league saying something that makes everyone take a step back when you realize it. when you come out of prison, you have your rights to religion and speech and due process, and yet in many states you don't have your right to vote. >> i think we also look at the racial component of this disenfranchisement of african-americans across the country. one in three african-american men in this country right now cannot vote, have been barred to vote because of this law. that goe...

Father over the last couple of hospitals. but that he did acceptsend a bra text message saying he was going to commit suicide. we know he had not spoken to his family for quite some time. >> miguel almaguer, thank you so much for that report. new yorkers go to the polls tuesday to elect the city's next mayor. the outcome could determine the fate of one of the city's most controversial policies. stop and frisk. joining me is president of global grind.com. thanks for being here tak, mich. what was the reaction decision that came out that appeals court decision to reinstate the policy? >> it wa...

A business model, and recidivism as a bonus. >> when you get out, if you're a criminal and come back, we would love to see you again. >> mark mauer is the executive director at the sentencing project, michael skolnick that you just saw in the report is the editor in chief at the global grind.com. let's look at the numbers here. since mandatory citizen sentencing, we've seen a 700% rise in prison population, 1600% jump in the private prison population. what are the implications of prisons profiting from this so-called war on drugs? >> the real implication is we have the highest number of people...

Is inevitable that something is going to happen. >> joining us now to react michael, a board member of the travon martin foundation and president of global grind.com. a pop cull purr web site. michael. great to see you. >> good to see you, too. some tough words from jay-z there. i mean, he is obviously incrediblably successful entrepreneur, is he worth almost half a billion dollars and is he involved in all sorts of business interests and all of them as far as can i tell quite stefl. and he says that and he makes that point about well, basically, watch out, you are not going to be able to cont...

I mean, certainly the tea party folks, you know, rightfully so were protesting an idea that the middle class was disappearing. and that folks were no longer part of the american dream. >> laura: they are not threatening implicitly or explicitly that things from their perspective are going to get violent. they go to rallies. they have uncle sam hats on. >> laura, come on, you are not going to say jay-z is advocating for violence. >> no, i didn't say he advocated it. i said he referenced it. he has a lot of power and a lot of authority. i think in the plaque community for better or for worse. ta...