Torture report finds evidence of "systematic killing" of Syrian detainees

Torture report finds evidence of "systematic killing" of Syrian detainees

The report is based on photos and other evidence smuggled out of Syria. This comes as talks are expected to begin in Geneva on Wednesday. 

We will hear three perspectives:

Nick Schifrin @NickSchifrin 
Al Jazeera America correspondent.

David Crane
Co-author of the Syria torture report, a professor of law at Syracuse University, and a faculty member of Syracuse's Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (@INSCT). He previously served as a chief prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, indicting Charles Taylor, then-president of Liberia.

Oubai Shahbandar @OS26 
Senior advisor to the Syrian opposition.

Read more about the pictures which allegedy show torture, via Al Jazeera America, and read the full report.

Is income inequality a problem for the government to solve?

Guest:

Peter Morici @PMorici1
Economist and a professor at the University of Maryland.

Read Morici's op-ed on Obama's economic policies, via TheStreet.

How is Obama using executive orders and actions?

Guests:

David Rivkin @DavidRivkin
Appellate attorney and political commentator. He served as the associate executive director and general counsel of the President's Council on Competitiveness at the White House under George H.W. Bush.

Simon Lazarus
Senior counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center. He served as associate director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff for President Jimmy Carter.  

Read Rivkin's article on Obama's executive powers, via Politico Magazine.

Is auctioning off a permit to hunt an endangered black rhino a valid conservation tactic?

Guest:

Wayne Pacelle
President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (@HumaneSociety).   

Read more about the auction, via Al Jazeera America.

Why are so many Oscar-nominated films failing the Bechdel test?

Guest:

Bill Wyman @hitsville 
Al Jazeera culture critic and a former arts editor for NPR.

Read more about the "Bechdel test," via Al Jazeera America. Also read about HBO's new crime drama "True Dectective," via The New York Times. 

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