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March 10, 2017

Friday Nite Videos -- March 10, 2017

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No, Ben Carson, Slaves Weren't 'Immigrants'. The State That Beat Trump's Travel Ban Is Back in Court. The Dalai Lama: John Oliver. How Jails Extort the Poor | Salil Dudani. The Doomsday Clock, Explained.

No, Ben Carson, Slaves Weren't 'Immigrants'

March 10, 2017

After Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson refers to African slaves as "immigrants," Trevor gives him a lesson in semantics.

The State That Beat Trump's Travel Ban Is Back in Court

March 10, 2017

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson joins Ari Melber to discuss his plan to challenge Trump's revised executive order on immigration, just as they did the first one before defeating it in court.

The Dalai Lama: John Oliver

March 10, 2017

John Oliver sits down with the Dalai Lama to discuss China, the conditions in Tibet, and horse milk.

How Jails Extort the Poor | Salil Dudani

March 10, 2017

Why do we jail people for being poor? Today, half a million Americans are in jail only because they can't afford to post bail

The Doomsday Clock, Explained

March 10, 2017

The clock's ticking. But this is one clock that can also be set back.

March 10, 2017

Bernie Sanders on Trump and the Resistance: 'Despair Is Not an Option'

Ed Pilkington The Guardian

The senator talks about his fight to make the Democratic party more attractive to working-class people – and on taking his progressive populism to the heartland in order to topple Trump

March 10, 2017

Trump and Russia: Shortest Reset Ever

John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus

In Trump, the Kremlin got what it wanted — an America paralyzed by an incompetent administration at odds with more than half the country’s population.

March 10, 2017

It’s Only My Health

Olivia Alperstein OtherWords.org

I'm one of the millions who could lose access to health care if Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act.

March 10, 2017

From Bad to Worse for Puerto Rico

Joseph E. Stiglitz and Martin Guzman Project Syndicate

The plan by the oversight board for Puerto Rico will depress the economy further and fuel a debt spiral, in which Puerto Ricans, US taxpayers, and in the long run, even the creditors will lose