Obama’s right wing judge, sea level to rise 13ft, solution to Islamic extremism in Nigeria
Published 14 May, 2014 07:54 | Updated 14 May, 2014 07:34Abby Martin profiles Obama’s ultra-conservative judicial nominee for Georgia’s Northern District. Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists talks about two new reports from NASA and the University of Washington that show Antarctica’s western ice shelf melt is inevitable. The media’s obsession with a basketball team owner’s racism while ignoring reports that Syrian rebels are blocking water supplies in Aleppo. Finally, Dr. Alem Hailu, African studies professor at Howard University, and Richard America, economics professor at Georgetown University, discuss the Boko Haram kidnapping in Nigeria, Western military assistance and how the economics of the region has led to the rise of extremist groups.
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