Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Amid tragedy and suffering in so many places around the world, people of faith had an intense week of prayer and activism. At the vatican, pope francis highlighted the middle east, iraq and ukraine and led prayers for peace and reconciliation everywhere. Religious groups continued to raise concerns about the conflict between israel and the palestinians. Christian, muslim and some jewish groups issued new statements decrying the large number of Palestinian Civilians killed and urging israel to lift its longstanding blockade against gaza. Many other jewish groups and some christians maintained their solidarity with israel and accused hamas of using civilians as human shields. They also condemned antisemitic attacks tied to antiisrael protests in europe. Faithbased relief groups denounced the humanitarian impact of the violence, especially on the children of gaza. More than 120,000 gazans have sought shelter in schools, medical cent
Len downey will be here with some lessons from the year 2000. Nikole hannahjones, david zuraw zurawik, many more coming up. First, there are new signs of democratic backsliding all around us. Is america slouching toward autocracy . If so, what prodemocracy steps should be taken . And by who . And whats the role of the press during times like this . I have answers coming, i promise. First, look at the evidence with me. Every day it is something new. Political scientists are issuing starker and starker warnings about erosions of democratic norms in the United States. Warnings about things like this, President Trump stoking fears about voter fraud. Saying the election will be rigged unless he wins. There are so many disturbing stories in the news, many of them that tie back to the governments failures in ways that point toward authoritarianism. Look, americas failure to control the coronavirus pandemic is related to all of this. The country is nearing 200,000 plus deaths and yet the false
Good morning, and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie cy. The 2013 election brought major surprises, but for avid political watchers and the offyear voting was a tasty appetizer for the main courses to come, next years midterms and the race for the white house two years later. Voters picked new leaders in cities and states across the country. Most of the National Focus was on new jersey and virginia, where governors were chosen. New jersey incumbent Chris Christie was reelected in a landslide. Hes viewed as a Top Republican challenger to Hillary Clinton in a potential 2016 president ial matchup. In virginia a powerful clinton ally, Terry Mcauliffe narrowly beat republican ken cuccinelli. Virginia has been a battleground state in the last two elections. New york city elected its first democratic mayor in more than two decades, bill de blasio. In detroit mike dugan is the citys first white mayor in 40 years. Al jazeera has all the election details. In a race widely seen as a refe
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