Democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is facing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the au
It is not the other person in the village town or city. It is a shake who answers a lot of these questions for them. The reason why women are important is for two reasons. One, as you said the mother said the first in a childs first years. They are seeing things as children. If you are looking at some of these radicalization prophecies and you go back and talk to parents they have seen signs. Mothers talk about things they have seen. They influence the ecosystem within the home. But theres another piece of this and that other piece of it is how you use women to mobilize the perspective globally and connect those things. That is where we began to look at models that would work at a Grassroots Level that are very local and inspired by regular people. It wasnt government coming in and saying something. In the Bush Administration we looked at the mothers against drunk driving and asked how did that get off the ground . How do we build this and they began to think about what would happen if
I think we will start if everybody has their coffee and we are ready to launch this. My name is jacky gillan and i am president for advocates of highway safety. I have the honor of introducing this mornings speaker, dr. Rosekind who is the 15th administrator of the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration and he was sworn into office this past december 2 22nd. I got to know him after he was appointed to serve on the National Transportation and safety board in 2010. We worked together on semple safety issues with impaired and distracted driving. Marks dedication is rooted in his professional life and professional career. He spoke about his father publically San Francisco Police Officer who tragically died into the line of duty by a driver who ran a red light. And like many other room in the men administrator rosekind married up. His wife is a successful pediatrician practicing in the San Francisco bay area. His studies and professional career prepared him well for the challenge of
Their daughters first steps. My daughters first steps were experienced by me in the comfort of my own home and were not disseminated in this way, but that is up to each on their own. Dean lyons i tend to use it professionally as well, but occasionally i will tweet about my kids, and it sounds authentic to them. I think they respond favorably. Gabriel it is lovely. It is lovely. As a user, some of those moments where i get to see this unvarnished look at people ive never would have had access to i love those experiences. To be able to be exposed to interactions between people i love those experiences, too, and to the extent there is an appetite to see that unvarnished look at me, i am happy to catch up over a coffee at some time, but i am not putting it on display. Dean lyons are there any tweets you regret . Gabriel that is a great question. Maybe because i am a cautious person, no, there are none, but i stand by them. There are plenty of other people i regret having done. Dean lyons t
Because of the change in a Business Model were not going to be able to devote the amount of resources and time to investigative reporting in the sense of longterm in depth work that takes reporters months to produce. And at the time a lot of different kinds of elements of a noose ecosystem started to spring up. Propublica raised money from foundations, from individuals, and has built over the last six, seven years a newsroom of about 50 people, focused only on the journalism in the public interest. And that, of course, includes a big swath of reporting on consumers, on how abuses unfairness, abuses of trust, fraud, and what propublica brings to the table is a longterm commitment to working on stories, however long they take to do. A big commitment to Data Collection and analysis, and a feeling that every time we produce the story, that is based on the huge amount of data, we try to extend that reporting to local communities by partnering with people across the country who can do their