States vote to legalize marijuana – now what?

States vote to legalize marijuana – now what?

Tony Dokoupil, senior writer at Newsweek and the Daily Beast; and Kevin Sabet, former senior advisor for the Obama Office of National Drug Control Policy; join Up w/ Chris Hayes to talk about how Washington state is dealing with the result of an Election Day ballot measure which was passed, legalizing the recreational use of […]

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Military Defense vs. Social Uplift (Video)

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Military Defense vs. Social Uplift (Video)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Discusses the Importance of Investing in Programs of Social Uplift Versus on Military Defense “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. By 1967, King had become the country’s most […]

Is there a US-Cuban prisoner swap in the works?

Is there a US-Cuban prisoner swap in the works?

In what could be the setting for a gripping thriller novel, Cuba and the United States are reportedly locked in a standoff this weekend, with the fate of an American contractor, Alan Gross, hanging in the balance as purported negotiations go forwards for a swap of 5 Cubans imprisoned in the U.S. for Mr. Gross. […]