what do you make of that, michael eric dyson?t people are manufacturing their own results on studies? >> well, clearly people are appealing as the state senator said. never let a fact get in the way of telling a good story. the narrative being put out there who is being put upon is the state, in this case, of ohio. what they're trying to do is to police their boundaries to make sure fraud doesn't exist. let's be honest here. the proof of the existence of fraud is so minuscule that it far outweighs in doing negative than the positive it might bring by pointing out the fraud. there ain't no fraud. and as a result of their witchhunt for those who are fraudulent, what ends up happening is, the discouragement of voters from coming to the poll. and as goldy has laid out brilliantly about the various strategies deployed in these states to make certain there is a blockage in the artery of democracy so the freeflow of blood will be prevented from going to the very heart of this country and that's the voter. >> well, the voters have seen a

i just have to say this about michael eric dyson. professor michael eric dyson was not accidentally selected as the moderator. he is one of the nation's preeminent social commentators for "msnbc". he has authored and edited more than a dozen books, dozens of books, the recent innumerable awards and is an esteemed professor at georgetown university who understands the problem. he was only this year -- he received the invaluable leadership award from the naacp awarded by dr. wendell anthony himself. [applause] and most of all adding to all of that, he is a true and loyal native son. thank you very very much professor dyson. [applause] >> thank you so much congressman conyers for that powerful statement and let me say since one of the hats i wear is a baptist preacher and i have preached in this church to the thunderous oratory and the magnificent eloquence and the fire of the reverend dr. wendell anthony. we are grateful to his presence and his leadership. [applause] in this church and in this city. as congressman conyers has with elega

michael eric dyson, good to have you with us tonight. that's "the ed show."th reverend al sharpton starts right now. it's going to be a long night at the office. reverend, i would like to get your thoughts on how you think the president played it today. >> well, so far he's, in my opinion, playing it well. the country -- the question is how the country's going to be in terms of all of us within a few hours. and that's what we're going to talk about tonight on "politicsnation." so you're right. it's going to be a long night at the office. i'm here in d.c., ed. thanks a lot. >> you bet, rev. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, you can't shut it down. with just six hours to go until a government shutdown, president obama rips republicans for playing games with people's lives. all in the name of attacking obama care. john boehner and his extremist tea party republicans have their foot on the gas. and a reckly

michael eric dyson, good to have you with us tonight. that's "the ed show."th reverend al sharpton starts right now.

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michael eric dyson, sociology professor of georgetown university.ent or a movement? >> i 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,

my name is michael eric dyson.ck george sampson, the pastor of congressman conyers and myself. we are here today because of the devastation upon the city. we know that detroit is vulnerable to serve economic forces and that the marketplace has levied a tremendous tax, if you will, and a burden on the city. we know that the city of extraordinary vitality, 1.8 million people, lived in our city in the 1950s. we hemorrhage over a million people from that time until now. from 2000 until 2010, we lost nearly 700,000 people. so that the population of detroit, along with the economic devastation upon the unique circumstance between city and suburbs, where my former colleague of the university of pennsylvania suggested, the mass exodus to suburbia and they continue to be economically exploited by a corollary investment. now we see with not only did the population and economic arrangement between cities and suburbs, but we also know that there has been a tremendous bleating of manufacturing jobs, nearly 200,000 that a hides

michael eric dyson. people don't know your story. my colleague here, contributor to msnbc.e. tell them your story. you wasn't always the socrates of our time. >> you're very kind, reverend sharpton. yeah, i grew up in the ghetto of detroit. my father was an automobile factory worker. my mother worked in the public schools. we struggled. we hustled. i began to speak in public at the age of 10. as a result of that, i got released from some of that struggle. joined a gang later on. me and my brother. after that, went out to a prestigious secondary school. got kicked out, came back and went to night school. became a teen father. hustled on the street for three years. lived on welfare. then went to college at 21. and as a result of that, you know, i saw my brother suffer as well. my brother who's been in prison now for 24 years. >> your brother. >> my brother. that's right. accused of murder. we believe he's innocent. but the reality is he was enthralled by the vicarious pleasures of street pharmaceuticals. so he was engaged in -- he slung drugs. he slung crack and he sold marij

joining us from washington is msnbc political analyst, professor michael eric dyson.ontributor, jared bernste bernstein, who is, of course, from the center on budget and policy priorities. and former adviser to the vice president. jared, if i might begin with you, did it not strike you that when the president was speaking, it was obvious that he had learned a hard lesson from 2011 when he involved himself in a negotiation with speaker boehner that went nowhere, and when republicans caused the credit rating of this nation to be downgraded, the aggression in his voice today seemed to me to suggest that he has had it. that these kind of discussions are so self-injurious to the american economy, he's not even prepared to have a conversation about it anymore. >> yes, i heard that as well. and i thought it was extremely important. because if the president or any president were to negotiate with republicans or, for that matter, i thought the president made a good example when he turn it around the other way. you could be negotiating with a future group of renegade democrats.

michael eric dyson. people don't know your story. my colleague here, contributor to msnbc.rker. my mother worked inned public schools. we struggled. we hustled. i began to speak in public at the age of 10. as a result of that, i got released from some of that struggle. joined a gang later on. me and my brother. after that, went out to a prestigious secondary school. got kicked out, came back and went to night school. became a teen father. hustled on the street for three years. lived on welfare. then went to college at 21. and as a result of that, you know, i saw my brother suffer as well. my brother who's been in prison now for 24 years. >> your brother. >> my brother. that's right. accu accused of murder. we believe he's innocent. the reality was he was enthralled by the vicarious pleasures of street pharmaceuticals. so he was engaged in -- he slung drugs. as a result of that, we went two different ways. as a kid i was called professor and as a kid he was seen as somebody who might not live up to his potential, so one became a professor, one became a prisoner, but we come

and we have the distinguished doctor michael eric dyson and paul farber. all of them are here with us for a special kind of conversation. i will tell you a little bit about each individual weekly. and i would like to tell you that bridgitte freed matt leonard freed in rome. in 1956, he married a year later where they lived in amsterdam. they decided to leave for life in the united states in 1963, just a few months before the march on washington. i don't think that they knew what it was about to happen at that time. bridgitte freed developed and printed the photographs of leonard freed for were 20 years. including those in the internationally acclaimed photographer. in addition, she now lives in new york in the hudson valley and she was born in germany. after living in the united states for over 40 years, she recently became an american citizen. [applause] doctor dyson is one of the most influential and renowned public intellectuals. he is an essay contributor for the book. he published over 18 works of scholarly influence, including navigating the color li

. >> the great michael eric dyson what a wonderful job you are doing. it's such an honor to be here with you and the reverend wendell anthony let me say it's an honor and privilege to share the stage with you. hello detroit. how are you all doing? let me first just say this. a great one -- great man once said law should not rest on the simple will of the majority but be eternal foundation of righteousness. the law is not righteous. the ian law is illegal. the ian law must be repealed. let me just say the people in lansing think they have got you beat. they are sitting up there rubbing their hands together. they are sitting there licking their chops but they don't know who we are. they don't know what detroit is. they don't know detroit is the home of rosa parks the woman who sat -- the city of detroit is the place where dr. martin luther king first gave his eye have a dream speech. the city of detroit is the place where the first radio broadcast the first row was built. we put the world on wheels. we made a soundtrack or a generation motown right here i