We are going to be looking at and wire mental legal doctrine, more broadly its social philosophical, kind of issues to grapple with. We also talked at the beginning of the semester, about how society deals with times of aggregate. The big pitchers the effects of large numbers of individual personal disputes on the big picture. And we will be dealing in talking about aggregates a little bit today. The class will lead to a couple of Big Questions big question number one, how much can we regulate in the interest of protecting the environment, big question number two who actually gets to advocate on behalf of the environment, or governmental issues. Those are the two things we are going to be focusing on all right, im going to begin today on talk about environmental change in u. S. History, including what was and what was not instinctive about the consciousness we refer to as environmentalism. When it came onto the scene in the mid 20th century. And let me introduce you to problems. And he
Lowhanging fruit and that face the movement became a victim of its own success because nationally people thought thats got everything they want. Racism still exists in american society. Shelby county notwithstanding and you know if you got the Civil Rights Act and people dont want to see the nuances of racism even in the 1980s when people were talking about south africa. People were like you should be focused on problems domestically so i think we can do many things and also people are naturally inclined to have certain causes that they care about. People are naturally going to focus more attention on some things than others and what you care about the most might not be what i care about the most but what i care about the most may not be what you care about the most and i think we should encourage people to take up their passion and cause not turn their noses up when somebody is doing Something Else because basically we can cover everything through a specialization. So many times a foc
This morning, we are getting our first look at the damage Hurricane Patricia left behind. A tropical nightmare for vacation goers, the lounge area hit by torrential rain and winds getting the windows. Whipping through towns with 165 Miles Per Hour winds. The roaring currents in the streets making travel impossible. Ambulance rescue, barely able to plow through the brunt of the storm. And watch the truck hydroplaning across the highway, spinning out of control from the dangerous high winds, smashing into the completely. From the International Space center, Hurricane Patricia covering a good part of the globe. Tens of thousands of tourists evacuated, crammed on buses. We found this couple at the airport. We feel this is the safest place. We talked to the lady coming in to clean our room. And she hugged us and she was crying and we were crying. Reporter traffic at a stand still. Puerto valalrta boarded up and sang bagged. Friday afternoon, the airports along the coast all closed. Civil au
The most powerful hurricane ever to hit the western hemisphere threatening mexico and texas. We want you to take a look at this video. A truck flipping over in the high winds on a freeway in mexico. The storm made land fall overnight. Its dangerous and already headed to texas. A state dealing with devastating floods. We are Team Coverage with rob standing by in t tas. But were going to start here with matatgutman on the ground in mexico. Matt . Good morning, dan. It took us six hour v hours to get here. That is how impassable the roadsds on. This is one of the towns hardest hit in the wind gusts. To town like so many others around here is a ghost town this morning. This morning, we are getting our first look at the damage Hurricane Patricia left behind. A tropical nightmare for vacation goers, the lounge areaa hit by torrential rain and winds getting the windows. Whipping through towns with 165 Miles Per Hour winds. The roaring currents in the streets making travel impossible. Ambulanc
Saigon. Years after the vietnam war, a wave of terror and murder journalists. Quick tell your father to stop what he is doing or he will pay the consequences. No one was ever charged. Somebody knows. Is shadowy group. Amy during the 1980s, five vietnamese american reporters were murdered in the United States. Despite lengthy fbi probes, none of the victims killers were ever brought to justice. Could a stunning new documentary lead authorities to reopen the cases . We will speak to journalists a. C. Thompson and rick rowley. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The fourth republican president ial debate took place in milwaukee, wisconsin last night with a smaller field of candidates on stage. Ate out of the 14 candidates took part in the main event after low poll numbers forced governor Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee to the socalled undercard debate. The first question of the night aresed on protesters wh