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Uprising’s guest expert Rahul Mahajan, sociologist and news analyst and author of Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond, analyzes today’s news headlines:

Ferguson, Missouri continues to burn as yet another police shooting leaves a young man critically injured early this morning. The shooting death of an 18-year old unarmed black teen Mike …

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The US has sent 130 military advisers to Iraq as part of its operation to deter the Sunni rebel group ISIS that has taken over large swathes of the north. A US bombing campaign began late last week. At the same time the French government has decided to send arms to the besieged Yazidi …

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On Monday Academy Award winning actor and comedian Robin Williams was found asphyxiated with a belt around his neck in his home in Tiburon, California. Police confirmed that his death was a suicide. Despite an illustrious career in Hollywood which started with the TV show Mork and Mindy and included movies like The Birdcage, …

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In most public schools in the US, particularly in poor areas, children rely on school lunches for their only full meal of the day. A typical school lunch can consist of previously frozen chicken nuggets, a packet of Cheetos, and a sugary soda. But, over the years, communities began transforming their food systems, making …

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We’ll speak with award winning journalist Patrick Cockburn, author of a new book about ISIS in Iraq. And, Gabor Mate joins us to examine depression, addiction, and suicide in the wake of Robin Williams’ death. Plus, Tony Geraci, the star of the documentary Cafeteria Man makes the connections between food, children’s health, and the environment.
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• Listen to this segment with Robert Jensen

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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:

Human Rights Watch has condemned the killings of hundreds of protesters in Egypt by security forces last year. The organization, in its 195-page report asserts that Egyptian security forces, “systematically and intentionally …

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• Listen to this segment with Mychal Denzel Smith

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The most obvious thing that Michael Brown, John Crawford, and Eric Garner had in common, besides being killed by police within the past month, is that they were black men living in the United States. All three were between the ages of 18 and 44 and were killed in different cities, from St. …

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The gushing tones of ads for the University of Phoenix belie the fact that the for-profit institution has graduation rates that are among the lowest in the nation. In fact, the University of Phoenix was red-flagged last year by USA Today, which conducted a study of institutions like it whose loan default rates were …

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The United Nations is describing the destruction from Israel’s war on Gaza, code named Operation Protective Edge, as “unprecedented.” While negotiations continue between Israel and Hamas in Egypt during a three day temporary cease fire, tens of thousands of Gazans have been returning to their homes only to find piles of …

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“I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.” – Nelson Mandela …