Air date: 10-9-15

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Today we take a look at the fundamental flaws of our criminal justice system and the emerging consensus that we need to make the changes necessary to do better

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Today we take a look at the continuing failure that is the War on Drugs™ as well as some of the signs of hope that we may be making progress toward shutting it down

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Today we take an in-depth look at the response to Freddie Gray’s murder at the hands of Baltimore police

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Today we take a look at the legacy of torture and police militarization we’re creating and where that path leads us

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Today we take a brief look at the Walter Scott killing, just one of several recent police killings of unarmed black men in America, as well as examining the broader system in which these killings are allowed to happen

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Today we take another look at what spying the government is engaged in and a few ideas to protect yourself.

Today we take a look at how over-policing and the threat of constant surveillance chips away at freedom in direct and indirect ways and why you should be concerned (if it weren’t already obvious)

Today listen and learn from those most deeply effected by the pattern of deaths of black men and women as they talk through their grief and anger

Today we take a look at the short and long-term effects of the combined forces of decades of systemic racism and the military-industrial complex as seem through the lens of the murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson, MO and the resulting anti-police protests

Today we look at the structural oppression of 'Stop & Frisk', not to mention how counterproductive it is to alienate people in their own neighborhoods. Plus, thoughts on the absence of poverty in the discussion of black crime and a special discussion of the definition of racism.