Florida and texas. This is just over an hour. Todays event promises to be an engaging analysis of the 2020 president ial election and the latino vote. There is no question that 2020 for the first time in our countrys history, latinos were the largest ethnic minority, ith 32 million eligible voters and with record numbers of atinos turning out the vote. Ndeed, both president donald rump and president elect joe biden benefited from the high urnout of latino voters across the u. S. , yet the support that they received from this very diverse and complex electorate and why they are read in different parts of the country. While nationally the majority of latinos may lean democratic, when it comes to the state level, there are many constituencies that cannot be so easily counted on by either party. Todays conversation will highlight how record levels of latino turnout impacted the outcome of key races. The marquee battleground states. We are thrilled that maria selena, a trusted voice in the
Shot and killed at least 12 Peaceful Protesters in lagos on tuesday. We will go to nigeria for the latest. Then as fighting continues in the south caucasus between armenia and azerbaijan we will look at the conflict which has already killed over 700 people. Cooks to put an end of the war controlledre by the major powers that is russia and also the u. S. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The confirmed u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 222,000 as a new report by Columbia University researchers blted the Trump Administration over its disastrous handling of the pandemic. The reports authors write we estimate that at least 130,000 deaths and perhaps as many as 210,000 could have been avoided with earlier policy interventions and more robust federal coordination and leadership. Even with the dramatic recent appearance of new covid19 waves globally, the abject failures of u. S. Government policies and cri
Shot and killed at least 12 Peaceful Protesters in lagos on tuesday. We will go to nigeria for the latest. Then as fighting continues in the south caucasus between armenia and azerbaijan we will look at the conflict which has already killed over 700 people. Cooks to put an end of the war controlledre by the major powers that is russia and also the u. S. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome toemocracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The confirmed u. S. Death toll from covid19 has topped 222,000 as a new report by Columbia University researchers blted the Trump Administration over its disastrous handling of the pandemic. The reports authors write we estimate that at least 130,000 deaths and perhaps as many as 210,000 could have been avoided with earlier policy interventions and more robust federal coordination and leadership. Even with the dramatic recent appearance of new covid19 waves globally, the abject failures of u. S. Government policies and cr
Months plus. Feet. Still breaking barriers the u. S. Congress on as Ruth Bader Ginsburg the 1st woman to lie in state at the capitol. Were going to start with developments from egypt where protesters are defying a crackdown on dissent to demand the resignation of president of the fatah elsisi the deteriorating economy one corruption angers many People Security forces made dozens of arrests when they raided homes on friday morning security remains tight in major cities some protests are being staged in rural areas farmy is assistant professor of Political Science at Long Island University and a member of the egyptian rule of Law Association she explains why this movement has come as a surprise to egypts leadership and to observers. Well this is it really interesting moment in egypts modern history if you recall just around this time last year this. Figure in exile mohammed ali had emerged and was starting to narron to gyptian people what was really happening inside of egypts political e
As far as been again europes largest refugee camp on the greek island of less bonds. And demanding higher pay protesting Police Officers in argentina say theyre forced to rely on themselves for protective equipment during this pandemic. Now the u. S. West coast is experiencing an unprecedented wildfire season 5 fires in some states have retreated from uncontrolled fires prompting the evacuation of thousands 6 people have now died in the last 24 hours oregons governor is warning this could be the states deadliest season on record where 5 small towns in Central Oregon have already been destroyed more than 80000 people in the city of medford have been told to leave their homes. Over the last 24 hours or again has experienced unprecedented fire with significant damage and devastating consequences across the entire state. I want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property