Consider This: Fast food strike, Syria, marijuana, NFL settlement

Fast food workers strike for higher wages, unionization

Fast food industry workers picketed across the United States today with demands including a $15 hourly wage and the right to unionize. Consider This host Antonio Mora will lead a discussion about the reality of living on a minimum wage salary and whether the workers’ demands are reasonable.

What is the real world impact of U.S. military intervention?

As the British parliament has voted down military intervention in Syria and Obama administration officials brief congressional leaders on potential plans of action, Consider This host Antonio Mora will look back over the United States’ recent history of military intervention. Mora will be joined by PJ Crowley, who served as an assistant secretary of state under President Obama, Lawrence Korb, who served as an assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan, and Mike Young, the International Rescue Committee's Mideast regional director.

Justice Department backs individual state marijuana laws — with regulation

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that federal officials will not challenge state laws allowing the sale of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington, so long as those states maintain “strong and effective regulatory and enforcement systems.” Antonio Mora will consider the impact of this new policy.

NFL settles brain trauma lawsuit

NFL officials agreed today to a $765 million deal to settle a lawsuit involving more than 4,500 former professional football players and their families who have legal claims related to head trauma sustained on the field. The amount includes $675 million the NFL will pay to former players with brain injuries and their families, $75 million for medical exams for former players, and $10 million for further research. Consider This host Antonio Mora will look at what this settlement will mean for the future of football.