Rittenhouse Acquitted, Build Back Better Passes House; Arbery Murder Plea rejected, NY Communal Meal

11.19.2021 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: House voted mostly along party lines, but Biden's $1.75tn Build Back Better plan passes after months of negotiations for the legislation, which focuses on programs ranging from education to healthcare. Texas Representative Mark Veasey will join us to talk about today's vote and the bill's chances to pass the Senate.

Not Guilty on all charges. After days of deliberations, Wisconsin jurors acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of shooting three people, killing two, at a Black Lives Matter protest in Wisconsin last year.

In Georgia, a defense attorney for one of the three white men who chased and murdered Ahmaud Arbery asked for a plea deal before handing the case to the jury next week and called the rally of black pastors a "public lynching of the 21st century."

We'll look at a new report that says premature births have increased for Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native women.

Cedric Robinson was a political theorist, historian, and activist. We'll talk to author Dr.Joshua Myers who's book explains how Robinson's work questioned the foundations of western political thought, modern capitalism and changed the meaning of race.

What can a community gain from the communal meal? We'll talk to an organizer of New Jersey's Give Thanks Community Meal to find out how organizers will use food to build communities among different peoples to effectively organize and create the world they want to leave for their children.

And in our Education Matters segment, the CEO of the Harvard Diversity Project explains how the program promotes educational equity by creating opportunities for underserved youth.

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