francis boyle is a professor of international law at the university of illinois and has served as counsel to nations such as bosnia, herzegovina, and the provisional government of the palestinian authority. professor, good to see. thank you for joining us on this seemingly benign topic. but it's also very opaque one. let's take, for example, u. s. a id that began in the 960 s. it's america's main and official soft power agency. now since then, other official agencies such as ned, the national endowment for democracy and branches beneath that have sprung up as well. they put tens of millions of dollars into groups known as n g 's. why do this, why not run programs directly through official government agencies or government channels? well, 1st let's start with usa id. it's a well no front organization for the central intelligence agency. as a matter of fact, i have lunch once a friend of mine who is a former director of usa id when it was an independent agency and a lawyer. and i asked him about penetration of u i c i d by the central intelligence agency. and he just sort of smiled and he s

and then i moved out here to the university of illinois and champagne and was actively involved in the or champagne county, a c o u. and then it turns out that the president of the champagne county, a, c, l u, launched an internet character assassination campaign accusing me of being anti semitic. and he sent this to jewish people. wonderful was a friend of mine and responded and reprimanded, saying, you know boyle is an anti semitic, but he is as critical of israel as i am. so you have to, this was the a c o u. so i didn't renew my membership, but you have to understand here in the united states, large numbers of n, she yos like the a c o you are paid for by sign a sources. are you haven't zionists on their board of directors, zionist official sinus gatekeepers, and the anything that is objectionable to the of zionist agenda is killed right away. that was my experience with thumped. having been dealt with thought amnesty international for the years, i was a dealing with them and, and other organization. so, ah, they all have an agenda right now. you, st. zionist, as it pertains to tha

a very pleased welcome tatiana during a associate professor of finance at the university of illinois. she's also part of the global collective economist for ukraine. tatyana the u. n says half of ukraine's energy infrastructure has been destroyed and russian attacks when everything is in ruins. where do you even start rebuilding? that is a great question. i do think that energy is on mental. so the way that modern economy operate, it's just necessary for getting anything else done. and i think you absolutely have to start rebuilding with energy infrastructure or recent estimate by the world bank put the total cost of rebuilding ukraine to be up to $600000000000.00 euros. that is a lot of money. who do you think should pay for it? well, i think the obvious answer is russia. russia has caused the damage in ukraine, and it obviously has been very unsurpassed. right? so ultimately, it should be rational pace. but what would that actually look like in practical terms? is there any mechanism by which you could have russia peg? so i'm not a legal expert, but i know that many legal experts ar

john hill, professor of education policy at the university of illinois. you know, i've always been a firm believer in teaching both inside and outside the classroom and all the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic should be uniform. a quality education should be one which repairs you for the best, for whatever path you choose for your future. sadly, education has been used to advance certain members of society while limiting others not to mentioned. the quality of the lessons being taught, packed a certain level is purely subjective. but this is not just a natural occurrence. i believe this is purposely being done in order to help maintain society. a hierarchy with little movement, permanent survey, is the goal of those on top with everything possible being done, all just to maintain the status quo. education should be the great equalizer in theory. however, just because a child has said to be getting an education, that doesn't necessarily mean they are learning what they need to enhance their futures and straight out here. and this has been your 360 vie

i am a professor in the college of education at the university of illinois at our benicia pain. the historian of education with a emphasis on the afro-american educational experience. and i am also the chief of staff for the chancellor at the university of illinois and associate chancellor for administration and pre-k through 12 initiatives and it's my distinct honor to. be the moderator of this important discussion that we're going to have with our esteemed colleague, mary beth gasman. before we get to an introduction of mary beth, her book, which we're going to have a conversation about, i'd like to thank our sponsor for this event, the samedi proctor institute for leadership equity and justice, syracuse university. and i also would like very much to introduce really the star of our show, fellow friend and historian, colleague marybeth gasman. marybeth is the samuel dewitt proctor endowed chair and distinguished professor in the graduate school of education at rutgers university. she also serves as the executive director of the samuel proctor institute for leadership, equity an

from facis street from chlorobenzene hexa parasites and mosquitoes in collaboration with the university of illinois. finally, preliminary studies were carried out on the west nile virus , hemorrhagic fever, crimean congo, imported skin fileriosis only on negosis. all of these species were chosen because of their potential involvement in the west nile virus transmission cycle in pakistan, or because they were found to be vectors in other geographic areas and were found to be the only widely a common mosquito in pakistan that actively feeds on both humans and birds and was for certain. it is known that the west nile virus is maintained in the wild bird mosquito cycle in egypt and south africa. well, the scandal begins . why, uh, our editors are already responding to attracting our scientists as a result. although they are in the pocket of the americans, but a scandal. this is not the soviet union and they tell him. an investigation by soviet journalists ion andron and his colleague vladimir vesensky on how the americans in the pakistani laboratory in lahore bred a breed of killer mosquitoes, infected

bob: university of illinois. david: what did you study? bob: i was a history major.id: what did you want to be? bob: a diplomat. ambassador. david: what year did you graduate? bob: 1968. david: then you went to woodrow wilson school at princeton, and that is to do further diplomatic knowledge kind of thing? bob: yeah, i got a masters degree in international affairs, and again, the fascination was history and global affairs. david: you get a graduate degree from princeton, and the u.s. government says we are ready for you to be a diplomat or what happened? bob: all of a sudden, they ask you if you want to go to the foreign service. you have to take a test, and the test requires you to be literate in things that a kid from hickory, mississippi, freeport, illinois did not know about, so they had a question -- i will never forget this, they asked me a question, what is a wedgwood? i thought it was, wedgwood was a dresser. david: you were not somebody with wedgwood. bob: [indiscernible] david: you ultimately came to washington, and what did you do? bob: i came to washingt

my dad got his degree at the university of illinois.y mom put food on the table by working three jobs a day, one of which did happen to be in a chinese restaurant, where i moonlighted as a dishwasher. so, i got to hang out with mom that way, as a way of growing up. and i did that, i mowed lawns. and that is really kind of how i saved up money to buy nintendo games and do all the things that were the wonders of my childhood. emily: what do you think you learned from that? you know, mowing lawns early, washing dishes early? tony: i think two things. one, looking backwards, it is just that you have to work to actually get things done. i didn't understand what it meant to live off of food stamps, to buy groceries, or free and reduced lunch, every day, inside school. but it was a very empowering feeling to buy my own nintendo or earn my way to buy my first apple computer. the second thing was, really, just the power of independent thinking. you know, my parents, because they were so busy just trying to make a life for our family, that i was

about 1500 faculty members at the university of illinois chicago have ended a four-day strike after winning tentative agreement on a new contract. if union members approve the deal, it will boost minimum salaries for the lowest-paid faculty members to $60,000 a year and will see the university commit to providing free mental health assessments for struggling students. in georgia, hundreds of protesters marched through downtown atlanta saturday to demand justice for an activist killed by police earlier in the week. manuel teran, who went by the name tortuguita, was shot dead by a swat team on wednesday as officers violently raided an encampment of protesters opposed to cop city, a proposed $90 million police training facility in a public forest. protesters are demanding an independent probe into the killing. atlanta police arrested six people at saturday's protest. they charge them with felonies, including domestic terrorism. demonstrations and vigils for tortuguita also took place in other cities across the u.s. as opposition to cop city grows. and sunday marked the 50th -- what would have

and hundreds of faculty at the university of illinois chicago launched an indefinite strike tuesday afterd contract negotiations. their demands include fair wages that reflect historic inflation, mental health support, and learning disability assessments for students. this is aaron krall, a senior english lecturer, speaking at tuesday's rally. >> we are out here fighting for job security for nontenured faculty. [cheers] we have seen universities around this country relying on intentioned labor. is that right? this higher education and public good? -- a public good? amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now!'s juan gonzÁlez in chicago. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. this sunday, january 22, would have marked the 50th anniversary of the supreme court's landmark roe v. wade decision that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. i just over six months ago, the court upended five decade

i am a professor in the college of education at the university of illinois at our benicia pain. the historian of education with a emphasis on the afro-american educational

as witnesses today doctor virginia help visiting assistant professor of sociology at the university of illinois chicago. paul austin and tanisha tate austin homeowners from marin, california. michael friended tony senior vice president of research and technology at the mortgage bankers association. present of the appraisal institute. we will begin with doctor howell. >> thank you. good morning thank you for this opportunity to testify in front of you today for a decade ago my collaborator began researching appraisers. like most people would groan at being taught a property's worth was based on its location. committees with well constructed homes that were larger with ample resources and retail establishments should be worth more. be in to investigate the industry itself would begin to know something significantly offer the time we were living in houston where there are several highly sought after black and the teaneck's middle-class neighborhoods. even when they were for sale and buyers had already offered higher prices. this began what became a decades long investigation that has produced thre

howe visiting assistant professor of socialology at the university of illinois chicago. paul austin and tenesha tate austin, home owners from marin, california. and michael, the senior vice-president and chief economist at the mortgage bankers association and craig steinley president of the appraisal institute. we'll begin with dr. howe. dr. howe. >> thank you, good morning, representatives of the appraisals committee and doctors park and martinez, thank you for the opportunity to testify in front of you. a decade ago my collaborator and i researched like most that the property's worth is in the community. homes that were larger, ample school resources and retail establishment should be worth more as we began to investigate the industry itself something was off. we were living in houston where there are several highly sought off black and latinx neighborhoods and they were comparable they were repeatedly valued considerably lower and when they were for sale and buyers offered higher prices. this is a decades' long investigation. with three empirical studies and looked spe

joining us and the witnesses today, are visiting assistant professor of sociology at the university of illinois chicago, carl austin and tanisha astin, homeowners from maryland, california. the senior vice president of research and technology and chief economist at the mortgage bankers association, and craig steinle, president of the appraisal institute. we will begin with doctor howell. >> thank you, good morning. thank you for this opportunity to testify in front of you today. a decade ago, my collaborator and i began researching appraisers. we had grown up being taught a property's worth with based on well constructed homes that were larger with full resources and lots of retail establishments should be worth more. as we began to investigate the industry, we noticed something was significantly lost. we were living in houston where there are several highly sought after black and latin x middle class neighborhoods and even though their properties are comparable we noticed they were repeatedly valued considerably lower, even when they were for soil and buyer set off at higher prices. this began

did that thing that can happen, he was so dam smart as a young kid he was copart into the university of illinoisin media. david rubenstein's show tonight, look for that at 9:00 p.m.. mr. rubenstein joins us this morning from chicago. bob johnson was first in early. why aren't there more bob johnson's? >> his view is the white business community gives a lot of lipservice to helping black entrepreneurs but in reality very little money shows up. bob johnson was the first black billionaire in the united states and after he built bet, like entertainment television he bought the charlotte hornets and also me -- ultimately sold it to michael jordan. he is a very wealthy, smart person but his view is the white business community is probably better at lipservice fan reality of helping black entrepreneurs. tom: you live this every day, as we do at bloomberg. the modern finance system co-opted black innovation is what it really comes down to, how do you see david that we nurture this forward to develop more bob johnson's? >> you have a 200-year-old problem you're not going to solve overnight. there has bee

of illinois. she's a professor of prctice at university of chicago law school. so tom, describe the mood in this community. what can we expect tonight with this video? >> reporter: great to be with you this morning. people are upset. the family of tyre nichols clearly upset. the police chief clearly upset ask law enforcement from the state and local level also upset. along with the people of memphis. that being said, right now the mood here is very calm. it is a very chilly day in memphis, which may work in favor of city officials here because they are asking for everyone to be calm tonight. the president even weighing in. president biden asking for people if they want to protest, that's fine, but don't get violent. we now know from the chief of police they are dwoing to post a video after 7:00 p.m. eastern on youtube. she. ed to put it on youtube to make sure people can see this. they are going to wait because this their opinion, it's the best time to post that video because the kids will be out of school. after school activities will be done and businesses in

three weeks from now valentine's day will be the 15th anniversary of a mass shooting at northern illinois university. the shooter starting fired at 3:06 p.m. just five minutes later had he taken his own life but not firing off 55 pounds of ammunition killing six people and injuring another 21. in park lapd, florida, on valentine's day, they don't memorialize northern illinois university, they memorialize a shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. that shooting lasted for six minutes. 139 rounds were fired. 17 people were killed. and 17 were injured. in six months from now on independence day folks in highland park, illinois, will memorialize first air force of a mass shooting where 7 people were killed and 48 were injured before the police who were present at the scene could identify the location of the shooter. we do not get our holidays back unless we act. too often this body has responded with thoughts and prayers. prayers that the american people won't notice. some of my colleagues were putting the economic interests of gun manufacturers ahead of people's lives. but every once in a whil

of these soft on crime policies and those who push it. george soros number one. another chapter from the wild world woke schooling. northern illinois universitynow offering workshops for fact ament and instructors claiming the goal is to make classrooms more inclusive and emphasize equality. one course advertised as this session will explore the concept of resistance in the various manifestations of resistance that can arise in classrooms. white fragility and white fatigue. the decolonization in the classism. anti-race many. clear and trans inclusion. navigating resistance. the list goes on. pete. >> oh, another day, another syllabus that happened to make its way to the internet that exposes things they don't want us to know about but are prolific across higher education. i heard of white guilt and white fragility. i had to look up white fatigue. i have that today as a minnesota vikings fan because of the epic failures they continue to have. it doesn't fit -- what it is, i might be accused of being tired of hearing about -- i may be accused of wanting to talk about seeking equality now and seeking tolerance now and the fact that i don't treat

illinois legislature calling this the safe-t act. maybe the criminals will be safe under the act. eliminating cash bail has been a disaster everywhere it has been tried even chicago. university ofle released offended on a violent crime when they were let out. these politicians are pushing up these policies when murder is up 48% in illinois over the last 10 years. how stupid do you have to be to go even softer on crime, in the midst of hittor rick crime wave this is complete joke. david: what they're saying in the illinois case, it is unconstitutional overreach. that the state legislature can't step into matters of the judicial system. it is up to the judicial system and state prosecutors. they're the ones suing hey, don't do this. there is constitutional separation of powers case. joe, why, how come the voters don't get to weigh in on this at all? >> i think there is a reason why they don't have voters weighing in on bail reform and why they don't have them weighing in on sweetheart deals for criminals. this is why it is all done in the dark. why you never know how many deals the d.a. is cutting. it is why you don't hear about these charges being dismissed. if the public had an

caller: i went to school at southern illinois university and there was this great genius of a guy who designed the geodesic dome. it uses 1/6 of the building materials and one third of the energy to heat and cool. what a great time for this idea to come to fruition. how do you think this could best be presented? i am not the world's greatest public speaker myself, but this idea should be acted upon i think. steven: i was a teenage fan boy of bucky fuller. john: who is he? steven: i forget his biography, but he was an inventor, futurist. the dome, i made one in high school with my friends. it took all summer because there were no kits. we bought aluminum piping and we had to measure things out, then you had this thing, bold them together. we made one. [laughter] i am right with you about how they are neat in concept. but they are a dome. i have seen a few houses made in that form, but there are no design features. i do not want to say they are ugly, but i do not think people would find them rewarding if they were widespread. on the energy efficiency, i used to do some on policy. not as

of and it said, have you heard about this? and it was a link to a flyer for a missing person. >> 19-year-old pravin varughese. a college sophomore at southern illinois universityst seen leaving a house party, stepping out into the bitter cold. >> and i was like, where did this kid go? >> why did you think maybe he took an early spring break to travel? >> the young man that contacted me was in distress. he said, this is abnormal, he would not do this. something is wrong. >> monica learned that pravin came from chicago, a six hour drive away. he was the adored middle child of two first generation immigrants from india. his dad was a respiratory therapist, his mom lovely, a nurse. >> thursday morning i walk up with this awful feeling of something heavy in my chest. >> when the phone rang that night, lovely expected to hear pravin's voice. he called whom most evenings. but it wasn't her son, it was a police officer. >> and he said, well, your son is reported missing by his cousin. i just screamed. everything changed that moment. everything changed. >> so, lovely and her husband drove to carbondale and met their daughter at pravin's student apartment. there was no

hayward, i went to school at southern illinois university, there was this preaching is a big i there who decided the dome and the geodesic dome uses 16 ofilding materials one third of the energy to heat and cool. and i think will what a great time for this idea to come to fruition and howdy think this could be best presented at the world greatest public speaker myself but this idea should be acted upon the think. >> yes, i was a teenager fan boy of his w you know, i forget the exact biography but we he was out interest in futurist is always thomas well i made one in high school with a couple of friends of mine who endured and it actually took all summer because we were ordering because we actually bought aluminum pipe being our parents did we had measure things out lengths and put them together as we made one. so i'm right with you about heather needed concept of the problem is that there is dome and pressing a few houses made in this form but i think there are some design features, kind of but i don't think the people find them very aesthetically rewarding if you have it widespread pretty on the energy efficiency come i know i used to