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Messiah Rhodes was just a kid when his mom first went to jail. Over the course of 15 years, she went back four times. Messiah speaks to his mother and looks back on his childhood to understand why so many women are trapped in the U.S. criminal justice system. This is the first episode in a two-part series on women in the U.S. prison system called “Against All Odds.” in collaboration with AJContrast. Watch the second episode next week. #AgainstAllOdds #PrisonSystem Sign-up for our newsletter: https://ajplus.co/ekdv4 Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajplus/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus

Messiah Rhode’s mom was in and out of jail throughout his entire childhood. He wanted to know why. In this episode, he takes us on his journey to find out why his mom and so many other women are left untreated while in the U.S. prison system. This is the second episode in a two-part series on women in the U.S. prison system called “Against All Odds.” Watch the first episode here: https://youtu.be/kDz87qXqRtQ. This film was made in collaboration with @AJContrast. #AgainstAllOdds #PrisonSystem Sign-up for our newsletter: https://ajplus.co/ekdv4 Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajplus/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus

What do recent events tell us about the state of Black people in the US today? In the first episode of our new digital show #WeNeedToTalk, Malika Bilal talks to Jecorey Arthur, the youngest councilperson-elect for Louisville, Kentucky to discuss the upcoming US election and the Black agenda. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Aljazeeraenglish #We_Need_To_Talk

What does the COVID-19 outbreak in Trump's administration mean for the election? “The fact that [we’re facing COVID-19], the biggest crisis in the world, and the president himself cannot seem to handle it doesn't inspire much confidence that he should be the president of the US anymore.” Says Waleed Shahid, spokesperson for Justice Democrats, about the upcoming US election, the gap between Democratic progressives and moderates, and the future of American democracy. Join #WeNeedToTalk, our new digital show with Malika Bilal on #election2020.

“When you can tell people – not just folks on the left, but health officials – that it’s ok to go out and protest in a large group, but it’s not ok to go to a church, it doesn’t pass the smell test with a lot of Americans.” Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary, talks about the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of media in the American politics and the upcoming US election. “First of all, I went out every day and to the best of my ability I gave people the best facts as I knew them at the time. Sometimes things evolve, sometimes we are wrong. I admit it.” Join #WeNeedToTalk with Malika Bilal as we discuss the issues at the core of #election2020. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #America #WeNeedToTalk

“I can tell you that in the past three years and [several] months now that we have President Trump as the person leading DHS and all these agencies, we haven't been able to hold him accountable.” Erika Andiola, immigration rights activist, reacts to the immigration policies under the current US administration. More than 500 parents of the children separated at the southern US border are missing, according to the latest reports. Watch #WeNeedToTalk with Malika Bilal on today’s treatment of immigrants in the US, Obama’s infamous deportation history and the Latino vote during the 2020 election.

“In my lifetime, I was subjected to the same kind of hate and racism and hysteria – a toxic mix – just because we happened to look like the people that bombed Pearl Harbor. It happens consistently throughout American history and now it's happening again.” #WeNeedToTalk with Malika Bilal talks to actor and activist George Takei on the rising of anti-Asian sentiment in the US and the upcoming 2020 election.

“We have 78% of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck. Meanwhile, two billionaires – Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates – now own more wealth than half of our entire nation. That is not an economic system that is working for the majority of the people in this country.” #WeNeedToTalk with Ryan Knight, activist and podcast host, who says “capitalism is killing us.” What is the solution for America? Malika Bilal sat down with Knight to discuss the rising economic inequality in the country and his choice for #election2020. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #We_Need_To_Talk #Aljazeeraenglish #News

“You will remember when President Obama said: Assad must go. Obama's gone. Assad is still there. The US has very little to do with that. So the US is the most powerful country in the world, but increasingly in a G-Zero world, there are going to be a lot of areas where you are going to see a lot of leaders, but not global leaders.” #WeNeedToTalk with Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group about President-elect Biden’s foreign policy and the US role in the world. Malika Bilal sat down with Bremmer to discuss what to expect in the four upcoming years. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Uus_elections_2020 #Al_Jazeera_English #Biden