The Virginia Republican primary, even though cantor massively outspent brett. Cantor is the first House Majority leader to lose a primary in over a century. Will this mark the end of Immigration Reform push in washington . Peace laureates and over 100 academics have accused Human Rights Watch of being too close to the u. S. Government. We will host a debate. And we will look at the surge of children coming over the border into the United States. Over 1000 kids are now reportedly being held in a warehouse in arizona. We will speak with you was a prizewinning journalist sonia , asrio and Jose Luis Zelaya a child he left honduras in search of his mother. Years old, i was 13 i made the decision to come to the United States to be up to look for my mom. To come to this country and that theyth the woman said carried me and loved me. So for about 45 days, i took a journey from ponderous to the United States by myself. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, t
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Government and who knows what. And yet very little has happened. So were operating in a kind of a curve with exposes. Years ago there were far fewer exposes, and more happened. We had people in congress who with took these seriously, we had some judges who took some of them seriously. We had people in the white house who signed off on legislation under Lyndon Johnson and new york stock nixon. Nixon was the last republican to be afraid of liberals. He signed bills he loathed, he signed the Environmental Protection agency bill, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration bill, signed the safety bill, and he wanted more. He actually was the last to propose to congress a minimum incomes plan to reduce poverty and a drug policy plan that focused on rehabilitation, not incarceration. They didnt pass. He also supported Voting Rights for people here and in the District Of Columbia, americas foremost colony. This is richard nixon. So when we look back at richard nixon, it was from nostalg
In her fathers instance, he wasnt treated all that well and ended up dying without much in the way of dignity at all. In her mothers case, she had a more clear cut choice. And so i really feel its both an indictment of the health care system, but it also offers a way forward that can be particularly enlightening and even, perhaps, a little bit maybe not inspiring, but certainly encouraging that people dont have to fall into despair. In addition, im also looking forward to a number of different biographies. Its really strong, interestingly enough, with respect to biographies of entertainers. So, for example, brian jay jones, he has a biography coming out on jim henson who is best known for being the founder and creator of the muppets. Theres also henry bushkin, hes got a biography coming out on johnny carson, sam wassen, stanley crouchs Charlie Parker biography which has been in the works for a very long time, that volume has is just about to come out. Victoria allson who is an wilson w