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>> welcome to the show. i am mehdi hasan. they called it black monday. it was the day the supreme court issued its famous ruling in brown v. board of education. a ruling that told americans school segregation was unconstitutional. and for a group of white mississippians, that they came to be known as black monday. the monitor came from this man, thomas pickens brady, a prominent segregationist and future mississippi supreme court justice who gave a defiant speech against the decision entitled, black monday. it was printed as a booklet and passed out to white school children in missis...

Small, rural town, but the capital of an american state. >> the state legislator in mississippi, what they have done, a great job at ease ignoring problems. that is something they do well. we have had issues with our tap program, where government -- governor little used it as a slush fund, to take money supposed to be helping those in need, to developers and football players. , >> we have had hospitals clos, and the legislator doesn't have medical the dispatch. we have what, two billion dollars in federal funding, aqua funding, 18 months ago. that money still has not been spent. there is no re...

It's been nearly three years since revelers last gathered in the Old Mill District to celebrate Bend Brewfest, a stretch set to come to an end May 13-14 when more than 65 breweries and cider houses from throughout the Pacific Northwest will gather to pour 100-plus beers, ciders, and seltzers on the banks of the Deschutes River. It's been a long time coming, says Beau Eastes, marketing director for the Bend Brewfest. "We couldn't be happier to be back," Eastes says about this year's festival, which also coincides with Bend's iconic Pole Pedal Paddle multi-s...

>> she receives from a program for low income. she qualifies by working at a clothing institution. >> i knew i had to do something better for my four children. i'm only eligible for the k tap program for five years after that what am i going to do? what's going to be my income? so i got on a school program. >> in this portion of the country, employment is hard to come by. the largest town in the county sits vacant and overgrown. >> there's no jobs here. i mean, there's nothing. >> with the median income at $22,000, it is one of the poorest counties in america. that's one of the reasonings that...