On Saturday’s Up with Steve Kornacki, we’ll discuss America’s reaction to the Boston bombing and what it means to “self-radicalize.” We’ll also look at the current situation at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We’ll talk about the hunger strikers and their transfer status and possible fates, as well as what a solution to the problem of indefinite detention could look like and how it could be created.
We’ll also talk about the newly dedicated library of President George W. Bush, his legacy, and how time is changing the way we view him and his policies.
Joining Steve Kornacki at 8 AM will be:
Ramzi Kassem, Associate Professor, City University of New York Law School
Lisa Miller (@lisaxmiller), New York Magazine
Scott Atran, Author of Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists and Professor, University of Michigan
John Knefel (@johnknefel), Co-host of Radio Dispatch and contributor to The Nation and RollingStone.com
Michelle Ringuette (@Ringuette), Chief of Campaigns and Programs, Amnesty International
Timothy Naftali, former Director, Richard Nixon Presidential Library Former Rep. Nan Hayworth (@NanHayworth), (R) New York Starlee Kine (@StarleeKine), Contributor to “This American Life” Ed Cox (@edwardFCox), Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee
Meredith Clark
Meredith Clark is a freelance writer and editor. She was previously a senior news producer for "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj," a reporter with MSNBC.com, the digital politics and culture editor at Glamour and a senior news and politics editor at Refinery29. She has written for Vulture, Rolling Stone, Self, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast and Bustle. Recommended
