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Observe womens History Month and why she is not officially endorsing any of the major president ial candidates. Angela im actually more interested in helping to develop vast movements that can create the kind of pressure that will force whoever is elected, whoever becomes the candidate, to move in more progressive directions. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In pakistan, a Taliban Splinter Group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a crowded Amusement Park in lahore that killed 70 people, many of them children. The attack in pakistans secondlargest city came as members of the minority Christian Community gathered to celebrate easter sunday. A spokesperson for the attackers said they targeted christians. Most of those killed were actually muslim. Haspakistani president committed to ramping up efforts to wipe out terrorism. In iraq, a suicide bombing at a soccer stadium near baghdad killed at l
Vote in each state. Next up, wisconsin. We speak to the legendary author and activist angela davis as we observe womens History Month and why she is not officially endorsing any of the major president ial candidates. Angela im actually more interested in helping to develop vast movements that can create the kindnd of pressure that will forcrce whoever is elected, whoever becomes the candidate, to move in more progressive directions. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In pakistan, a Taliban Splinter Group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a crowded amusement t park in lahore that killed 70 people, many of them children. The attack in pakistans secondlargest city came as members of the minority Christian Community gathered to celebrate easter sunday. A spokesperson for the attackers said they targeted christians. Most of those killed were actually muslim. Haspakistani president committed to ra
Vote in each state. Next up, wisconsin. We speak to the legendary author and activist angela davis as we observe womens History Month and why she is not officially endorsing any of the major president ial candidates. Angela im actually more interested in helping to develop vast movements that can create the kindnd of pressure that will forcrce whoever is elected, whoever becomes the candidate, to move in more progressive directions. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In pakistan, a Taliban Splinter Group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a crowded amusement t park in lahore that killed 70 people, many of them children. The attack in pakistans secondlargest city came as members of the minority Christian Community gathered to celebrate easter sunday. A spokesperson for the attackers said they targeted christians. Most of those killed were actually muslim. Haspakistani president committed to ra
For a where he called deepening of the rapproachment between the u. S. And cuba. After celebrating mass in havanas revolution square, the pope met with retired cuban president fidel castro, and is due to arrive in the u. S. On tuesday afternoon. Well go to havana to speak with a former cuban diplomat who attended the popes mass on sunday. Then fracture barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide. We will speak with author and msnbc correspondent joyann reid. The fundamental question the last 50 years is what to do with johnsons legacy, whether to run away with it which the party by large did, spearheaded by bill clinton who shifted the party to the right as a corrective to what i think a lot of Party Leaders saw as the consequences, the electoral consequences of embracing so much social change. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Japanese lawmakers have voted into law new measures to allow japane