Even more so for bernie sanders. Amy today, a historic conversation between noam chomsky and Harry Belafonte, two longtime champions of social justice. They appeared on stage together in conversation for the First Time Ever on monday at dememocry now s s 20th anniversary celebratation. The ku klux klan for some of us is a constant has a constant existence. It touches certain aspects of White America that all of the sudden White America wakes up to the fact theres something called the klan. Carson, whok at ben donald trump has picked to head the department of housing and urban Development Even though he has no experience in housing or urban policy. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi described carson as a disturbingly unqualified choice. We will speak with new York City Councilmember Jumaane Williams all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, Government Forces have seized as much as 75 of eastern aleppo.
Even more so for bernie sanders. Amy today, a historic conversation between noam chomsky and Harry Belafonte, two longtime champions of social justice. They appeared on stage together in conversation for the First Time Ever on monday at dememocry now s s 20th anniversary celebratation. The ku klux klan for some of us is a constant has a constant existence. It touches certain aspects of White America that all of the sudden White America wakes up to the fact theres something called the klan. Carson, whok at ben donald trump has picked to head the department of housing and urban Development Even though he has no experience in housing or urban policy. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi described carson as a disturbingly unqualified choice. We will speak with new York City Councilmember Jumaane Williams all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, Government Forces have seized as much as 75 of eastern aleppo.
When she and rafael came to their homes and saw this. I just could not believe the devastation and the trees were gone and all my plants. I have plants everywhere. Reporter last week the couple heard about the growing wild fire when they went to go camping. When they came back, flames were already in their backyard. Firemen were here screaming get out. You dont have any more time. And the smoke was so thick we could hardly breathe, so we just left and that was it. There was nothing else we could do. Reporter luckily they had grabbed their dog, cat, and bird and a few clothes. Since that night they have been sleep not guilty a tent in their friends backyard. We have been going around to the organizations and we got money for food and money to help our dog because he is sick. Reporter just around the corner the Fire Department has been giving out necessities. Caseworkers can get help they need in clear lake. Even with personal loss, they werent just thinking of ourself. We bought this bi
Anyone can have is to serve. Im grateful to serve the residents of ward 8 and have great days and its an exciting time for me. Your run to fill Marion Barrys seat was a tough cont t contest. You won you beat white by just 80 votes. What was it like being in such a close and high profile contest . You know, it was nervous you know, nerveracking but we set out to finish the line first. And were grateful for that to happen. Mr. White and the other 11 or 12 candidates on the ballot are great leaders. I think having so many on the ballot was indicative of ward 8 leaders saying that we want to change and we want new leadership. Im grateful that the residents decided its fewer than 180 votes for me to be the Council Member for washington, d. C. 8. Youre not new to politics, you worked for mayor barry and also marion bowser. Thats right. I was mr. Barrys legislative intern in suite 4 hundred. Then i had a cubical and now i have the Largest Office in suite 400. Its great opportunity to make leg
America has a black president , and some believe he could be succeeded by a woman, is america ready to vote for an openly gay or lesbian leading the world. There are sweeping changes in attitudes. For example, support for gay marriage is on the rise. Increasing Public Acceptance has been accompanied by a backlash in some quarters. Theres no federal antidiscrimination laws protecting gay americans were being refused service, fired from a job or evicted from a home. Its often left to local communities to enact such protection but in says like arkansas and tennessee, they passed laws to roll back some protections. They do that by borrowing local communities from exceeding state law when it comes to policing discrimination. Other states like georgia and indiana are considering religious freedom builds, designed to shield anyone from laws enfriendshipinging on the practice of infringing on the practice of ones religion legalizing discrimination against gay, some say. There are images of gay