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In an interview with The Wire, Kumar discusses a range of issues – including freedom, democracy, caste and political violence.

District: Cabarrus County

Against democracy and against the basic functions of that democracy, so you know, the piece is written as much in sadness as it is in sort of chest-thumping anger. this is a sad moment for the country, and one where i think we really are at a point of, you know, a reckoning, a needing to determine how do we move forward, how do we build up the democracy and how do we live out a democracy on a day-to-day basis when faced with a threat of this nature? >> you know, part of the trickiness here, michelle, is that i think there's a desire, and david plouffe talked about this on this program last wee...

That has turned openly and eagerly almost against democracy, and i met dense the basic functions of that democracy. so, i think the piece is written as much and sadness as it is in sort of you know, thumping anger. this is a sad moment for the country and one where i think we are at a point of -- reckoning -- needing to determine how we move forward, how do we, how do we build the democracy and live in a democracy on a database basis when faced with a threat of this nature. >> you know part of the tricky-ness here, michelle, is that there is a desire in -- others have talked about building a p...

By the end of the 1920s, demand for oil had dried up, and the money stopped flowing. the world forgot the reign of terror while the osage tried to heal. but they were still under siege. in 1906 when the government broke up the reservation, they stripped the tribe of its collective sovereignty, the authority to govern themselves as a people. >> they imposed a form of government on the tribe, defined who an osage was, and defined what powers the osage government had, who could vote and who could run. >> every single decision had to be approved by a federal government representative, even somethi...