Episode 15 (recorded Feb 5, 2017)

We’re Joined this week by Mark O Estes, Derrick Jones, Lonnie Richardson and Xavier Spann. This week we talk about the travel ban and the opposition to it. We react to a video that admonished black people for opposing the Muslim ban. We discuss the ways the ban affects the academic, medical and entertainment industries. We talk about the US Supreme Court, the ATF and the transfer of agents to Chicago, We talk about how to deal with trolls on social media, the connection between free speech and abortion rights, excess penalties for protesters in conservatives states and the role the role the Democrats play as the oppositions party. We also discuss what could renew interest in Black History Month. We discuss the implications of Dylan Roof having several mental illnesses and how that would affect his conviction or sentence.