Her lessons from winning a legal battle against Pacific Gas Electric in california when they polluted her citys water supply. Millions of americans are on the edge of a hunger cliff as republicans push for cuts to food stamps and Unemployment Benefits. Politics . Whats that . Example. Ve you an Ronald Reagan campaigning in 1980 and complaining about welfare queens. Race on doesnt mention its surface. We will speak with professor Ian Haney Lopez, author of the new book, dog whistle politics how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism wrecked the middle class. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. More than 200 south sudanese civilians have drowned in the white now river while attending to flee violence. An Army Spokesperson told afp as many as 300 people died in the accident on an overloaded ferry including children. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the conflict in south sudan. Talks between t
I want to thank red river theater for this terrific venue he, the want to thank gibson for turning out. You may have noticed when you walk in that he has books in the lobby. Joe will stick around the sun some afterwards. Ill be will take advantage of that. Also want to thank joe for coming a little bit off the main circuit but publishers but you want to come to concord. Of course she also can this the old friends. That is one of the things that happens when you work as a reporter. You need a lot of people, and this difference for a long time. So, of want to say just in the introduction of think probably in you read a little bit about this and the moderate, but by way of introduction talk a little bit about my experience with her. That bomb that at some point during that time to decide the issue wanted to leave them on. And nice up from the st. Petersburg time. Of thing anyway strobe light show did. She had a great loyalty. Such a wonderful time as a reporter. We were accused reporters
Currency wars . At some point we ask for, have a weak dollar, which active in the next country can buy the same machines and shop in barcelona, see the local market. Are we looking at that end of the equation in terms of the offtake as they say in biofuels . Well, theres a famous economist in the 1800s called Jean Baptiste say that man creates its own demand and that is certainly true, particularly in this case. As companies become more perfect is come at cheaper the kind cheaper. So we dont have the worry about somehow people will want things. We have about 45,000 in this country and i guarantee you the vast majority people would rather have a Median Income of 200,000 for 400,000 or a million and thats just us. In terms of currency, currency is a problem. Fundamentally we cannot become our project even innovative is a country, were not going to get access to these markets. Why is the german philosophy as manufacturing jobs . Not because productivity went down. The renovation went up u
Bill must be approved by the house of lords. Heres a 90 minute portion of the debate. I beg to the death of marriage to samesex couples bill be read a second time. Mr. Speaker, you and i know that every marriage is different. Indeed any husband or wife is a member of this house is a very distinct set of challenges to face every day. [laughter] was marriage offers us all is a lifelong partner to share our journey, a loving, stable relationship to strength a nice and a mutual support throughout our lives. I believe this is something that should be embraced by more couples, feeling, love and commitment is no difference between samesex couples and opposite not couples. This enables society to recognize that commitment in the same way through marriage. Parliament should value people equally and a lot and enabling samesex couples to marry removes the current differentiation and distinction. Theres no single view on equal marriage from religious organization. Some are deeply opposed, others t
Gamechanging kind of potential to have someone like ted championing this cause, and it had the potential it turn it from what had been at best a partisan fight into a debate about civil rights. And so they then set out to find the plaintiffs. And ted actually had wanted a different kind of he had a specific set of criteria. He wanted a bookstore owner. He wanted a cop. And i forget what the other two they wanted six altogether because they figured what if the opposition turned up something in somebodys background. They just wanted to have more, and he didnt want any children. He thought that that was a complicating kind of factor, which is, of course, really ironic because if any of you have followed this, when Justice Kennedy when these cases finally got to the Supreme Court, it was the kids that Justice Kennedy was very focused on, like what about the 40,000 children of gay couples in california . Dont they have arent they part of this story . Arent they part of this argument . Why s