Previous such accusations come are ludicrous. As a matter of longstanding policy, the United States does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. Amy gateway to freedom the Hidden History of the underground railroad. We will speak with the pulitzer prizewinning author and historian eric foner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Iraqi Military and iranianbacked shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the selfproclaimed islamic state. The operation marks iraqs Largest Military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. Iranian advisers and iranianbacked shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u. S. Has been sidelined. Colombia is halting air attacks on farc rebels for one month as peace talks between the two sides advance. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said the pause reflects the rebels adher
Election for city council. Im ali velshi and this is real money. Heads keep rolling in ferguson missouri. The police chief Thomas Jackson is stepping down. John shaw resigned, joining the local judge and court clerk who have already done so. They were slammed in a report last week that accused the city of fostering racism. It says the city police and local court colluded in targeting fergusons black residents with petty fines arrests and incarcerations. Why . To boost the citys finances. Meanwhile, fergusons mayor john knowles says he plans to stay put. Cleared officer Darren Wilson saying he shot Michael Brown in self defense. But fergusons profit driven Law Enforcement system poisoned relations with the community. Now resignations or not, the only way for things to change in ferguson is if the community exercises its civic duty and votes. Its only had two black City Council Members in its entire history. Only one of the current Six City Council ors isors is black. Today is the last d
Heads keep rolling in ferguson missouri. The police chief Thomas Jackson is stepping down. John shaw resigned, joining the local judge and court clerk who have already done so. They were slammed in a report last week that accused the city of fostering racism. It says the city police and local court colluded in targeting fergusons black residents with petty fines arrests and incarcerations. Why . To boost the citys finances. Meanwhile, fergusons mayor john knowles says he plans to stay put. Cleared officer Darren Wilson saying he shot Michael Brown in self defense. But fergusons profit driven Law Enforcement system poisoned relations with the community. Now resignations or not, the only way for things to change in ferguson is if the community exercises its civic duty and votes. Its only had two black City Council Members in its entire history. Only one of the current Six City Council ors isors is black. Today is the last day for voters to register. This past Weekend College students fro
The chemical removed from some donuts. Talk at the top of the group that pressured the company to do it. Good evening, im antonio mora this is al jazeera america. We begin with breaking news out of utah. State lawmakers passed a beel allowing the use bill allowing the use of firing squad in Death Penalty cases, used in cases where the state is unable to obtain the drugs for lethal injection. The bill goes to the governor who has not said if hell sign it. If he does utah will be the only state to allow firing squads. For the first time Hillary Clinton is addressing the controversy over the use of private emails. She insists that no government rules were broken. Reporter speaking from the United Nations Hillary Clinton said as secretary of state she relied exclusively on personal email because it was more convenient. I thought using one device would be simpler and obviously it hasnt worked out that way. Reporter clinton has been under fire after confirming she engaged it email practices
Council. Im ali velshi and this is real money. Heads keep rolling in ferguson, missouri. The police chief Thomas Jackson is stepping down. John shaw resigned, joining the local judge and court clerk who have already done so. They were slammed in a report last week that accused the city of fostering racism. It says the city police and local court colluded in targeting fergusons black residents with petty fines arrests and incarcerations. Why . To boost the citys finances. Meanwhile, fergusons mayor john knowles says he plans to stay put. Cleared officer Darren Wilson saying he shot Michael Brown in self defense. But fergusons profit driven Law Enforcement system poisoned relations with the community. Now resignations or not the only way for things to change in ferguson is if the community exercises its civic duty and votes. Its only had two black City Council Members in its entire history. Only one of the current Six City Council ors isors is black. Today is the last day for voters to r