and thank you so much, dr. dyson. steve mcqueen who directed "twelve years of slave" showed human subjugation and the removal of human agency. and the fact that slavery was not a game. slavery was not some happy go lucky slaves running around as it was in "gone with the wind." it's the first time that we have seen on film, on cell aid, the fact that this entire story is told from the perspective of solomon northrop. we see his particular predicament. and we also see two interesting things. those who were the slave-holders, who claimed christianity, but it was really capitalism in drag. we also see those who were enslaved. enslaved africans, who shifted and saved jesus from american christianity. "twelve years of slave" does a powerful, powerful job of showing us the horror, the pain, the brutality of slavery, yet people in that context were able to come out and still not only praise god but also transform this country, known as the yet to be united states in the words of w.e. dubois. >> dr. haynes, what's the importan

>> i mean, dr. dysonwhere this country was centuries ago. you know, we are a nation of progress, but they are trying to take us back. these extremists. and the fact that they are creating laws that in many, many ways suppress, oppress, and regress access to the ballot box. it's not only shameful, it's immoral and against a democracy. and i got wendy davis, my sister senator, i guess they fear her just that much. but this is wrong. and it has a negative ripple effect for all of this country, not just texas. and this very law that they have passed right now, you know, remember a district court ruled that that law was unconstitutional. because the u.s. supreme court gutted portions of the voting rights act, here we are. we have not lost our minds, dr. dyson. the gop extremists have lost their ever-loving minds. >> to be sure. but, look. take a moment to platform this particular issue. a lot of people think wait a minute. it's a piece of i.d. what's so hard about that? you live in america, get an i.d., you wa

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. >> dr. dysonould find policies to disagree with, but they just want to make up their own facts, why? >> you're so absolutely right. they're living in a parallel world. the world of facts suggests this government shutdown hurt the very people that supposedly they want to take care of. working class people. though they don't mention them. middle class people. government workers. 800,000-some strong. the reality is poor people were disadvantaged during the shutdown. people lost access to health care and on top of that, some people even lost their lives as a result of some of the extreme measures taken in observation of the shutdown. the reality is obama care was not the supposed victim of this shutdown. it was the american people. and even though they said they wanted to get at obama care, that wasn't on the table. all they did was get out there and show their right wing base they can be rebelliourebelliousy did nothing to further their agenda. >> maria, i want to get back to that segment on obama ca

. >> thank you, dr. dyson. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, republicans whistling past the political graveyard. tea party republicans are literally celebrating. the man whose extremist stunts are tearing down the party. senator ted cruz. tea party activist in houston even gave him a cake with green eggs and ham in icing. all their way of saying thank you. >> thank you, today! thank you, ted! thank you, ted! >> thank you, ted? thank you for what? for destroying the party? here's the cake cruz should have gotten. the icing says 26%. that's the approval rating for the tea party. the lowest ever recorded by "the washington post" in a brand new poll. wonder what those tea party folks will say about that. >> thank you, ted! thank you, ted! thank you, ted! >> yes, thank you, ted, for bringing down both the tea party and the republican party. here's another cake. showing that approval rating of the gop is also at a record low. 32%. how's that going over on the right? >> thank you, ted! thank you, ted! thank you, ted! >> the shutdown th

. >>> thank you, dr. dyson. and thanks to you for tuning in. i'm live tonight from chicago. tonight's lead, setting the record straight. today president obama made it clear his health care law will save lives and cut costs. and he also owned up to a problem. >> there's no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow. people have been getting stuck during the application process. nobody is more frustrated by that than i am. >> no sugar coating it. for right wingers trying to follow along, that's what we call a candid, honest assessment. but then he addressed conservatives on the right who are rooting for failure. >> i recognize the republicans have made blocking the affordable care act its signature idea. sometimes it seems to be the one thing that unifies the party these days. but it's time for people to stop rooting for their failure. hard working families are rooting for its success. >> it's one thing to dislike a policy, but to attack it with lies and fear is quite another thing. take the shutdown king himself. texas senator ted cruz talking about health care this week

politicsnation" with al sharpton, "new york times" best selling author, starts right now. >>> thank you, dr. dyson tonight from chicago. tonight's lead, setting the record straight. today president obama made it clear his health care law will save lives and cut costs. and he also owned up to a problem. >> there's no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow. people have been getting stuck during the application process. nobody is more frustrated by that than i am. >> no sugar coating it. for right wingers trying to follow along, that's what we call a candid, honest assessment. but then he addressed

dr. michael eric dyson, sociology professor of georgetown university. hope it's a moment. i hope it will ignite a greater degree of offense of the many injustices of the great nation at this time. whether it's voter i.d., racial profiling and sometimes unfair police tactics and all across the board. we are up against a right-wing resurgence in this nation and we have to recognize that there's an element there that wants to repeal the 20th century and turn the nation back to the 1890s and we've got a duty and responsibility to educate, inspire and motivate people to push back and resist this yesterday vision of america, and i think we have to replace it with a future vision. >> we understand the genius of the civil rights movement was not just marching in protests and sitting at lunch counters. we want these laws repealed and we want there to be a greater sense of justice in our community and the second step of voter registration is voter education. i sort of get that, but the first two points you talk about are not just about us, but it's about how the