Nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For more than half a century, bond helped found student nonviolen
Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. This is pbs newshour weekend. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The u. S. Government is opposing the release of a detainee at the u. S. Military prison in guantanamo, bay cuba, who has been on a Hunger Strike for eight years. The military is forcefeeding Tariq Ba Odah to keep him alive. The 36yearold detainee now weighs 74 pounds, roughly the weight of a 10yearold boy. Thats less than half what he weighed when he was sent to guantanamo 13 years ago. Ba odah has never been formally charged or convicted of a crime, and he is among the 52 detainees who have been cleared for release by a task force of u. S. National security agencies. Last night, the Justice Department filed papers in federal Court Opp
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Kings. Amy civil rights pioneer julian bond has died at the age of 75. For over half a century, he helped fight for freedom in the United States. He cofounded the student nonviolent corn ending committee helped integrate georgias house , of representatives, and then chaired the naacp. He fought for environmental and gayrights. We will speak to Eleanor Holmes norton, delegate to congress representing the District Of Columbia, former naacp chair benjamin jealous, Pulitzer Prizewinning historian taylor , president of the Southern Poverty Law Center. And we will hear julian bond in his own words. We march because Trayvon Martin has joined emmett till in the pantheon of young black martyrs. We march because the United States Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights act for which we fought and we march because every Economic Indicator shows gaping whitelike disparities. We march for freedom from white supremacy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Or
Powers to protect. Amy with puerto rico only days away from the biggest Municipal Bond default in u. S. History, the governor of puerto rico has complained to the United Nations the u. S. Is backtracking on its promises of Self Government on the island. Well get the latest. And then, its being called the nations biggest environmental disaster since the bp oil spill. A runaway natural gas leak above los angeles has emitted more than 150 Million Pounds of methane. Well go to los angeles to speak with erin brockovich, renowned consumer advocate and legal researcher. While a single mother of three working as a legal assistant, she helped win the biggest Class Action Lawsuit in american history. Shes now working to seek justice for victims of the porter ranch ghastly, gas leak the worst in californias , history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new investigation by the New York Times shows how the richest