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uprising_2016_02_05

by: Sonali Kolhatkar

Publication date: 2016-02-04

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: report, National Registry of Exonerations, people, wrongly, convicted, US, justice, system, edits, Idia, backlash, rule, Prime Minster, Nerendra Modi, Dalit, American, activist, filmmaker, intolerance, democracy, public, banking, book, exclusion, exploitation

Language: English

A new report by the National Registry of Exonerations found a record number of people being wrongly convicted in the US justice system in 2015. We'll speak with Professor Sam Gross who edits the registry. And, as India's oppressed castes continue to face backlash under the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we'll speak with Dalit American activist and filmmaker Thenmozhi Soundararjan about just how new intolerance is in the world's largest democracy. Plus, is the US ready for public banking? Mehrsa Baradaran will discuss her book, "How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy."