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Inequality in this country. i view mass incarceration as a tool of social control. >> what are they controlling? >> poor people. the criminal justice system in this country, its only real function is to control and detain poor people. >> what's the threat of poor people? >> social change and political change. poor men of color particularly are the foot soldiers of revolution in the world and in this country they're viewed as a threat. >> our current incarceration crisis has its ugly roots in the unrest of the '60s and '70s. john ehrlichman, counsel to president nixon admitted that. the nixon w...

With their tax money they would demand reform and change. >> the united states has the highest incarceration rate in the world. since the 1980s, the rate has skyrocketed. how did we get to this point? >> you get tomas incarceration not by crime levels or crimes people are committing but criminalizing behavior and conduct. >> why is that? >> it took the united states from 1776 to 1990 to lock up its first million people. then the prison population doubled between 1990 and 2000. it took us 10 years to lock up our second million. we have widening gaps of inequality in this country. i vie mass inc...

>> the united states has the highest incarceration rate in the world. since the 1980s, the rate has skyrocketed. how did we get to this point? >> you get to mass incarceration not by crime levels or crimes people are committing but criminalizing behavior and conduct. >> why is that? >> it took the united states from 1776 to 1990 to lock up its first million people. then the prison population doubled between 1990 and 2000. it took us 10 years to lock up our second million. we have widening gaps of inequality in this country. i view mass incarceration as a tool of social control. >> what are the...

Country and there are a few g. crisis similar to dance of syria and iraq a. new protest parties are hoping to challenge the political elite some in lebanon are sick of corruption and divisive religious politics but it seems unlikely that there are enough of them to challenge the overall outcome. of the story let's cross over the bench she's in beirut she's director of the highly both foundations middle east office there thanks for joining us this morning the projections show that hezbollah and its allies are set to win over half the seats in parliament why have they done so well in this electi...

Sort of segregation era feeling of we just don't belong, and the police can be callous for any moment. remember, these guys were only there for two minutes. two minutes. >> that's the stunning part. >> i had a caller to my radio program say something provocative. i asked the question, is implicit bias uniquely american? and a caller said to me what's uniquely american is the combination of implicit bias and a gun culture which adds another dynamic to all of this. you get the final word. go ahead. >> yeah, we live in a culture and a history where fear of black skin has been -- is as american as...