And that it was time that somebody stood up and said enough is enough. Amy the cases mark the first time the Supreme Court will rule on lgbtq rights since conservative Justice Brett kavanaugh replaced anthony kennedy, who had written many of the courts major lgbtq rights rulings. We are joined right now by two guests. Laverne cox is an Award Winning transgender actress and long time trans rights activist. Best known for her role on the show orange is the new black. In 2014, she became the first transgender person on the cover and the firstne openly trans person to be nominated for an emmy award in a primetime category. We are also joined by chase strangio, Deputy Director for transgender justice with the aclus lgbt hiv project. His work includes impact litigation, as well as legislative and administrative advocacy, on behalf of lgbtq people and People Living with hiv across the uniteted states. We welcome you both to democracy now it is great to have you with us. Tuesday is a significa
Remain too close to call. Rival bennyor his gantz secured a majority of seats in the knesset. We will go to jerusalem for the latest. Thenen striking gm workers have entered their third day on the picket lines. I want to be clear about something. This strike is about us, is about standing up for fair wages, Affordable Quality Health care, for our share of profits come and for our job security. Amy we will speak to longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse coauthor of the new book beaten down, worked up, the past, present, future of american labor. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace rereport. Im amy goodman. Israel is facing political turmoil as tuesdays election remains too close to call with 92 of the vote counted. Benjamin netanyahus iran party andbenny gantzs blue party appeared to be about type. The election was called after netanyahu failed to build a Coalition Government following an april election. It also came as net
Remain too close to call. Rival bennyor his gantz secured a majority of seats in the knesset. We will go to jerusalem for the latest. Ththen striking gm workers have entered their third day on the picket lines. I want to be clear about something. This strike is about us, is about standing up for fair wages, Affordable Quality Health care, for our share of profits come and for our job security. Amy we will speak to longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse coauthor of the new book beaten down, worked up, the past, present, future of american labor. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace e report. Im amy goodman. Israel is facing political turmoil as tuesdays election remains too close to call with 92 of the vote counted. Benjamin netanyahus iran party andbenny gantzs blue party appeared to be about type. The election was called after netanyahu failed to build a Coalition Government following an april election. It also came as net
Amy from new york, this is democracy now do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america . Do you agree . I did not oppose bussing in america. I opposed bussing ordered by the department of education. That is what i opposed. The failure of states to enter Public Schools in america, that is where the federal government must step in. That is where we got the Voting Rights act and the civil rights act. Amy senator Kamala Harris takes former Vice President biden in the second night of the democratic primary debate. First well play highlights. But first, the Supreme Court hands down two major decisions one a major victory for republicans allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue. The other temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from adding a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. And its the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modernday Lgbtq Movement. Today i am a 38yearold drug cleaned drag queen. I think it my long hair, plu
Amy from new york, this is democracy now do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america . Do you agree . I did not oppose bussing in america. I opposed bussing ordered by the department of education. That is what i opposed. The failure of states to enter Public Schools in america, that is where the federal government must step in. That is where we got the Voting Rights act and the civil rights act. Amy senator Kamala Harris takes former Vice President biden in the second night of the democratic primary debate. First well play highlights. But first, the Supreme Court forget this betrayal. Environmental groups are accusing the United States, saudi arabia and iran of blocking progress at a Key International Climate Summit to discuss how to implement the landmark 2015 paris climate accord. The summit was held in bonn in the midst of record heat waves being recorded across europe. France has issued its first ever red weather alert as temperatures are predicted to reach