“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” ? Aldous Huxley …

We’ll discuss Europe’s immigration problem – how violence and poverty are driving hundreds of thousands of people across the sea in a perilous journey that echoes our own immigration crisis. And, we’ll hear part 1 of a 2 part conversation with lawyer and author Lisa Bloom on her book Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It. Plus, a confidential report reveals why California’s last remaining …

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Jody David Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America. He is also a Soros Justice Senior Fellow of The Open Society Institute’s Center on Crime, Communities and Culture. Prof. Armour spoke recently with Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar about the spectrum of racism from racial profiling in department stores, to fatal police killings on the streets.

Watch a video of the interview here: http://youtu.be/5-VP_t_vbmI

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Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:

President Obama has authorized manned and unmanned surveillance flights over Syria. The Defense Department announced yesterday that it would send, according to the New York Times, “manned and unmanned reconnaissance flights over …

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While the eyes of the world are turned to Syria, Iraq, and Libya, Israel has resumed its military operation against Gaza. Airstrikes this morning severely damaged one of Gaza’s tallest apartment and office buildings, killing two people and wounding 20. More than a hundred Palestinians have died in a fresh round of about 350 …

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On Sunday morning, prisoners at the overcrowded Cascavel Prison in southern Brazil rose up in revolt of their deplorable living conditions. The riot which left four prisoners dead, two of them beheaded, was in response to excessive abuse by prison guards, poor sanitation, frequent strip searches, shackles and inadequate food. Prison officials are …

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Michael Brown’s funeral in Missouri yesterday drew thousands of people at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. One of Brown’s cousins, Eric Davis, was among those who spoke at the funeral, saying the community had had, “enough of the senseless killings.”

Meanwhile a newly obtained audio recording of the Ferguson shooting of …

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“Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they could have such feelings and leave us alone) but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation?” – bell hooks …

We’ll return to the on-going Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, which have continued despite the waning of global attention. And, a look at violence in Brazil’s prison system, as a Presidential election gears up, post-World Cup, and pre-Olympics. Plus, part 2 of my conversation with USC professor Jody Armour on the spectrum of racism – from Macy’s to Ferguson. …

Jody David Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America. He is also a Soros Justice Senior Fellow of The Open Society Institute’s Center on Crime, Communities and Culture. Prof. Armour spoke recently with Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar about the spectrum of racism from racial profiling in department stores, to fatal police killings on the streets.

Watch a video of the interview here: http://youtu.be/CAj2imY4WxM