National News Roundtable: Trump Birtherism, Bombings, and Police Violence

September 19, 2016 – Segment 1

We have a national news roundtable, with topics including: Donald Trump’s recanting of (and blaming Hillary Clinton for) “birther” claims against President Obama; the various attacks across the country this weekend in New York, New Jersey, Minnesota and Philadelphia; and the police killing of 13-year old Tyree King in Ohio. Adam Jackson, CEO of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; and Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, Associate Professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and author of Race Brave: New and Selected Works, Notes From a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emile Frances Davis and My Black Sons: Raising Boys in a Post-Racial America.

Written by Marc Steiner

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