The center had censored its own writers on the topic of israel. And as republican president ial candidates come out against raising the minimum wage we , speak to nobel Winning Economist joe stiglitz about rewriting the rules of the American Economy an agenda for growth and shared prosperity. Is as low as 45 years ago, halfcentury ago, says something. In economy that does weve had technological change, globalization, all of these things which are supposed to make our economy better and stronger and yet at the bottom, they havent had a pay raise in a halfcentury. It is not a living wage. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 7500 Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by. U. Sled usled warplanes have launched an offensive against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in northern iraq. The offensive seeks to retake mount sinjar and surrounding areas from isil. Last year, isil trapped tens of thousands of yazidi
The center had censored its own writers on the topic of israel. And as republican president ial candidates come out against raising the minimum wage we , speak to nobel Winning Economist joe stiglitz about rewriting the rules of the American Economy an agenda for growth and shared prosperity. Is as low as 45 years ago, halfcentury ago, says something. In economy that does weve had technological change, globalization, all of these things which are supposed to make our economy better and stronger and yet at the bottom, they havent had a pay raise in a halfcentury. It is not a living wage. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 7500 Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by. U. Sled usled warplanes have launched an offensive against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in northern iraq. The offensive seeks to retake mount sinjar and surrounding areas from isil. Last year, isil trapped tens of thousands of yazidi
Respiratory illnesses. Theyre cutting back the areas high schools because of the high temperatures. Notices were posted on School Websites and emails were sent to the families. Because of the age of school buildings, more than half of the districts classrooms dont have ac. We became concerned with the wellbeing of our students and staff after numerous complaints, concerns were voiced to us because of the heat. With the extreme heat we decided that we better err on the side of caution. They hope to install ac in the classrooms in a year. The emergency is in effect in all the classrooms, including prospect lee and del mar. A popular South Bay Park could be closed today because of a high fire danger. They closed this park yesterday because of the fears that dry brush could catch fire because of a lit cigarette or barbecue. Its often closed because of high fire danger. They are offering cooling stations to offer people relief from the heat. One is on sonoma boulevard. There is free transit
Hearing on the potential congressional role in the Iran Nuclear Deal. First, lets get you to the top stories we are following. A good day for jpmorgan shareholders. Profit climbed 12 in the first quarter, beating analyst estimates. An increase in trading revenue the First Time Since 2010. Higher volatility helped drive the quarter. Investment banking fees also saw a doubledigit increase. Good news for wells fargo. It beat analyst estimates thanks to lower interest rates. That encouraged more barbers to buy homes or refinance debt. Wells fargo was the nations largest home lender and most valuable u. S. Tank. The imf says the stronger dollars helping japan and the euro area but taking some steam out of the u. S. Recovery. The imf kept its prediction for Global Growth unchanged at 3. 5 . The imf is depicting a role economy being shaped by swings and currency and the drop in oil prices. The price of oil has helped. This is leading us to have higher forecast for the eurozone. The main risk
There challengers. This seventy seven percent. Platform for security. This is news coming to you live from berlin the dangers of being a journalist in myanmar more and more reporters in the country are being locked up simply for doing their job why is de facto leader aung san suu cine so determined to silence her critics you have a special report from myanmar also coming up young people have traditionally been reluctant to vote in the United States but as the parties ramp up the rhetoric
ahead of next weeks midterms it seems that may be about to change we ask whats motivating americas millenniums. And spanish football Giants Barcelona are opening three. In china as they look to recruit the asian. And boost their friends in the reach. Hello im terry martin welcome to the program to journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with their reporting of the written crisis are expected to file appeals this week the reuters reporters wall alone and. Were sentenced to seven years in prison whil