Democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is cing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the auth
Democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Could puerto rico become americas greece . Thats a question many are asking as the island is facing a devastating financial crisis and a rapidly crumbling health care system. Puerto rico owes 72 billion in debt. 355 million in debt payments are due on december 1 but it increasingly looks like the u. S. Territory could default on at least some of the debt. Congress has so far failed to act on an Obama Administration proposal that includes extending bankruptcy protection to puerto rico, more equitable medicaid and medicare funding for the island. Meanwhile, leaders are passive planning for a massive day to spur congressional action. Major address a by Juan Gonzalez. He is a longtime columnist for the new york daily news. 2015, at New York University, he spoke. He was inducted into the journalism hall of fame along with charlie rose, lesley stahl of 60 minutes, and max frankel of the New York Times. Juan is the au
First historian to perform the first scholarly study of the fort administration. He First Edition of his book was published some 19 years ago by the University Press of kansas. It is still in print. Report, on its fourth printing. Of course, being a pioneer has its disadvantages. In the earlyhat days, he was often asked if his interest in the ford presidency was a function of the fact that all the more interesting president s had been taken. Thoughts of this nature do a disservice to bobs scholarship. While ford is generally remembered as a genuinely honest man who did his best to heal the country after the travails of watergate, bob argues theres a lot more to the 38th president than a likable guy who performed a credible job as a national. Aretaker locally, we should also recall that he was here in kansas city in 1976. Somehow, i have a feeling well be commemorating that in about tito years. The librarys good friend, who was in the audience tonight with a young city then councilmembe
We look at the roles of celebrity, trust, and new media have changed the way americans consume news. Plus, David Axelrod on his years advising president obama and why, despite his time in washington, he Still Believes in the political process. I just wanted to write a story about my own journey to make the case its worthwhile to engage in this process. This is a great example of an enormous amount of mechanical energy which is currently being completely wasted. Woodruff the politics and red tape blocking hydropower a Renewable Energy source with untapped potential. We kept thinking, gee they really ought to be a way we could use that water. We were having to jump through the same hoops that if you are going to move boulder dam. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. At lincoln financial, we believe that you are the boss of
We look at the roles of celebrity, trust, and new media have changed the way americans consume news. Plus, David Axelrod on his years advising president obama and why, despite his time in washington, he Still Believes in the political process. I just wanted to write a story about my own journey to make the case its worthwhile to engage in this process. This is a great example of an enormous amount of mechanical energy which is currently being completely wasted. Woodruff the politics and red tape blocking hydropower a Renewable Energy source with untapped potential. We kept thinking, gee they really ought to be a way we could use that water. We were having to jump through the same hoops that if you are going to move boulder dam. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. At lincoln financial, we believe that you are the boss of