Amy today we look at the history making Broadway Musical fun home about family, memory, coming out, first love and a daughters relationship with her father. It is the first ever Broadway Musical to feature a lesbian protagonist. From home fun home is based on the memoir by the pioneering graphic novelist Alison Bechdel who will join us for the hour. Made the emotions i was trying to get that in the book and in my own self i feel like when i talked about making it proper funeral for my father i wanted to fully grieve him in a way i had not been able to. His life was a trout in these lies. Amy and we will speak to Jeanine Tesori and lisa kron who just made history as the first allfemale writing team to win a tony award for a musicals score. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ohio, a grand jury has indicted a university of Cincinnati Police officer on murder charges for shooting sam dubose, an unarmed Afri
Supremacists. Plus, we will talk to a former neonazi who cofounded the group life after hate. We decided 30 years ago that at that point we were not going to shave our heads. We were going to trade our boots for suits, and go enroll in college recruit on campuses, and we would get jobs in law enforcement, go into the military to get training and be able to recruit there, and even run for office. And here we are 30 years later with that dream or that nightmare realized. Amy goodman all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, a democracy now special looking at the fallout from the recent deadly white supracist rally in charlottesville, virginia, where an antiracist protester named Heather Heyer was killed when a car driven by a neonazi plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters. The white supremacist charged with heathers murder, 20yearold james alex fields jr. , was in charlottesville for the unite the right r
Stop the Unconstitutional War in yemen. Then to california, where 40 people have died, hundreds are missin thousands of homes have been destroyed by uncontrollable wildfires. I saw this wall of flame come over the hill. I jumped in my car. Some neighbors across the valley from me saw me drive down in the flames overtook the entire house. It was that close. Amy well speak with ucla climate scientist daniel swain and Mendocino County resident jan hoyman, who narrowly escaped the fires. Then, has the Trump Administration launched cointelpro 2 . Well look at a leaked fbi report claiming black identity extremists pose a violent threat to police officers. Civil Rights Groups have slammed the fbi memo as the governments excuse to enact a new wave of repression against black activists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In somalias capital city of mogadishu, two massive truck bombs exploded in quick succession s
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Stop the Unconstitutional War in yemen. Then to california, where 40 people have died, hundreds are missin thousands of homes have been destroyed by uncontrollable wildfires. I saw this wall of flame come over the hill. I jumped in my car. Some neighbors across the valley from me saw me drive down in the flames overtook the entire house. It was that close. Amy well speak with ucla climate scientist daniel swain and Mendocino County resident jan hoyman, who narrowly escaped the fires. Then, has the Trump Administration launched cointelpro 2 . Well look at a leaked fbi report claiming black identity extremists pose a violent threat to police officers. Civil Rights Groups have slammed the fbi memo as the governments excuse to enact a new wave of repression against black activists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In somalias capital city of mogadishu, two massive truck bombs exploded in quick succession s