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FOR-PROFIT CREDENTIAL: “John McCain Tears into Reporters Who Exposed Deceptive Recruiting at University of Phoenix “/ Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

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 At an Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Senator John McCain attacked reporting by our guest, Aaron Glantz, on the University of Phoenix’s deceptive recruiting practices that prompted the Pentagon to put the for-profit school on probation for deceptive recruiting practices. The move was welcomed by consumer advocates and veterans groups. We air an excerpt of the report for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and get Glantz’s response.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Cornel West on Keith Lamont Scott Case: Yet Again An Officer Gets Away With Killing a Black Man”/ Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

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In Charlotte, North Carolina, people took to the streets Wednesday night to protest the announcement that police officer Brentley Vinson will not face charges for fatally shooting African American father Keith Lamont Scott. We talk to Dr. Cornel West about the Keith Lamont Scott case and the national issue of police brutality.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Cornel West: Unlike Bernie Sanders, I’m Not Convinced the Democratic Party Can Be Reformed” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

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In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory over Hillary Clinton, some progressives are now pushing a shake up of the Democratic Party’s leadership in efforts to reform the party. But Dr. Cornel West says the Democratic Party can’t be reformed. During the Democratic primary, West endorsed Bernie Sanders. Sanders later picked him to serve on the Democratic platform committee. After Hillary Clinton won the nomination, West made headlines when he endorsed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Professor Calls for Fighting Systemic Ignorance That Leads to Islamophobia in the Classroom” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

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In the aftermath of several terrorist attacks over the weekend that involve Muslim suspects, we speak with professor Nazia Kazi of Stockton University about her latest article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Teaching Against Islamophobia in the Age of Terror.” “The U.S. war on terror would not have been possible without a deep, public anti-intellectualism,” Kazi argues. “Many of my students have been fed these binaries about the free world and the unfree world, peace-loving people and terrorists.”

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Dr. Jill Stein vs. Ben Jealous: Should Progressives Reject Hillary Clinton and Vote Green?” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

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After a tension-filled opening day of the Democratic National Convention that saw Senator Bernie Sanders endorse his former rival Hillary Clinton, we host a debate between Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein and Ben Jealous, former NAACP president and CEO and a Bernie Sanders surrogate.