I am the daughter of a retired army general. My mother was a schoolteacher in my high school. To this day, i cant imagine how disappointed they were in the for quitting. At the time i have been bullied years by a certain member of the football team. It was physical, emotional, mental bullying. And ilm that experience to control how i felt about myself i did not have the courage to stand up for myself and to speak for myself on my behalf. And it lowered my confidence to such low levels, i did not think i could be successful at anything in life, regardless of school in athletics. I was an allstar athlete growing up. I allowed one person to affect my entire life. Never again has that ever happened because of that experience. I was very blessed at the time. The principle of my high School Called me into his office, and there was a special program that just started for students like myself who dropped out to get their high school diploma. School to getch college credits, so i could get my d
Cancer patient who was arrested last week as she demanded access to the secret text this even includes the socalled death sentence clause, which would make her drugs unaffordable. Then Grace Lee Boggs has died at the age of 100. We will remember the extraordinary life and legacy of this activist and philosopher. Born into a chinese immigrant family, she would go on to become deeply involved with the civil rights movement, black power, labor and environment will justice and feminist movement. Black power was not just a thing to it wasnt just a slogan, it wasnt so much an emotional appeal as it was when it was first sounded by willie in mississippis in 1966, it was more and assessing. In Grace Lee Boggs today her own words. She died at the age of 100 in her home surrounded by her community, books, philosophy, and ideas as she had lived. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United States and 11 other paci
After years of secret negotiations, 12 countries have reached an agreement on the Transpacific Partnership but is it good for working americans . We will speak with rob weissman and Zahara Heckscher, a Breast Cancer patient who was arrested last week as she demanded access to the secret text this even includes the socalled death sentence clause, which would make her drugs unaffordable. Then Grace Lee Boggs has died at the age of 100. We will remember the extraordinary life and legacy of this activist and philosopher. Born into a chinese immigrant family, she would go on to become deeply involved with the civil rights movement, black power, labor and environment will justice and feminist movement. Black power was not just a thing to it wasnt just a slogan, it wasnt so much an emotional appeal as it was when it was first sounded by willie in mississippis in 1966, it was more and assessing. In Grace Lee Boggs today her own words. She died at the age of 100 in her home surrounded by her co
After years of secret negotiations, 12 countries have reached an agreement on the Transpacific Partnership but is it good for working americans . We will speak with rob weissman and Zahara Heckscher, a Breast Cancer patient who was arrested last week as she demanded access to the secret text this even includes the socalled death sentence clause, which would make her drugs unaffordable. Then Grace Lee Boggs has died at the age of 100. We will remember the extraordinary life and legacy of this activist and philosopher. Born into a chinese immigrant family, she would go on to become deeply involved with the civil rights movement, black power, labor and environment will justice and feminist movement. Black power was not just a thing to it wasnt just a slogan, it wasnt so much an emotional appeal as it was when it was first sounded by willie in mississippis in 1966, it was more and assessing. In Grace Lee Boggs today her own words. She died at the age of 100 in her home surrounded by her co
Angry mob rips the shirts off of their bosses. Good morning. Im betty nguyen. So, it is not over yet. Amid full scale evacuations, the white house is officially naming the situation in South Carolina quote major disaster. They had a crippling blow from rains and floods. 12 weather related deaths p. And president obama signed a disaster declaration to provide funds in the recovery effort. Among the heart breaking stories, a pastor defied a deputies orders wading into waist high water to retrieve a casket. He told nbc if that was my mama or dad id walk through hell or high waut squr today ter and today it happened from bad to worse, after two feet of rain, dam breaches hitting already hard hit area. Weve got to get people downstream evacuations because if this dam goes people are go fweeg ing to be washed away. Reporter not everybody is heeding the warning. With no other place to go, shelters are filled with families. Water is not safe to drink and bottled water is in high demand p. Weve