Todays mainstream democrats are pretty much what used to be called moderate republicans. And republicans are just off the stratum. Amy today noam chomsky for the , hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In North Carolina, 11 people were arrested over the antitransgender law. Hundreds of people dissented on the state legislature as part of the moral monday action calling for North Carolina to repeal the law. Known as hb to come or the bathroom bill, the measure nullifies ordinances protecting lgbt people from discrimination and forces transgender people to use the bathroom that matches what they were assigned on their birth certificate. The Justice Department has sued North Carolina over the law, which calls because discriminatory. North carolina has sued the government to defend the law. On monday, the aclu and lambda legal asked the judge to block enforcement of the law by issuing preliminary inductio
From 1982 to 1990 and brought to power by the United States by Ronald Reagan. It was the first covert operation of the Reagan Administration before the contras in nicaragua, before jonas. Amy then Hillary Clinton faces new questions about her familys ties to Goldman Sachs. Secretary clinton, how much money you invested in your soninlaws hedge fund . Secretary clinton . Amy we will speak to lee fong of the intercept. Five months ago, he was the first reporter to ask Hillary Clinton about releasing the transcripts to her paid speeches at Goldman Sachs. Now he is asking a new round of questions. And then we will find out what what happened when a 24yearold Bernie Sanders in new mexico got into a 30 minute debate with former president bill clinton at a Mexican Restaurant in santa fe. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. More than 700 refugees have drowned in only three days as border crackdowns across europe h
To land on the fbis most wanted list. Then we remember the pioneering human rights attorney Michael Ratner. From attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for Constitutional Rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calculation. As howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. Amy today, Michael Ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays special broadcast remembering the life and legacy of the legendary antiwar priest father Daniel Berrigan. He died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. Berrigan was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright, and lifelong resister against what he called American Military imperialism.
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Temer is said to be sworn in as president. Money monster at the cap compostable. We will be Cannes Film Festival could we will be getting all the latest on the second day during this newshour. French government has survived a noconfidence vote that was prompted after it through itsorce contested labor reforms. With only 246 votes, however, the conservative opposition failed to gather the minimum of 280 that it needed to bring down the government. Valls beforemanuel the national summary. Ls to govern is to make a choice and assume responsibility for it and implement it over time, but also to know how to listen and come to a compromise. And it is with the conviction that our economy needs to be supported in this moment on the past two growth that we need to modernize our social system. Which i have committed to. Melissa the failure of the conservative noconfidence motion means that that particular bill, the labor reform bill, will become law. T now heads to the senate but frances labor l