And others understood the intersection between racial equality and economic justice. The civil rights struggle is a struggle for good jobs and decent wages. And no while not the only solution they got, that Educational Opportunities is the highway to Economic Opportunity, which is why we must reclaim the promise of Public Education. And as i close, let me just say this, we stand here today as students, my friend and brother lee saunders, and myself, 50 years ago another gay person had to be in the shadows. But today i speak as a teacher, a worker, a labor activist, and a gay person deeply committed to my faith. \his is who we must be. A country that believes in equality and acts on that belief. So lets take a lesson from king. Lets unite. People of faith in a national day of prayer. To end Child Poverty. Lets use sitins to oppose stand your ground laws. Lets have freedom ring for the message of equality to save regards to immigrants as anything less than equal. And let all of us, not s
To the capital. The president s former fixer in washington, today, it was a surprise visit that lasted several hours. Cohen was trying to avoid being seen, he tried to use a freight elevator to move between floors. Todays visit, though, comes just days before his return to testify on capitol hill and seen, he was. Mr. Cohen, your attorney told us that you were now meeting with the Senate Intelligence committee today, is that true . Didnt want to answer the question. Heres the thing. Cohen is about to testify for three straight days. And one of them will be in public for all of us to see. It is a huge surprise for President Trump, who probably thought he was in the clear after cohen backed out of his testimony earlier this month. But now, cohen is going to have three days to tell all, two behind closed doors, one in public. And whats he going to tell about trump . Well, one source to cohen told the wall street journal, quote, hes going to say things that will give you chills. And those
Salary charges smollett has denied at least until today. Listen to the superintendent Eddie Johnson and what he said at the very beginning of his press conference. This announcement today recognizes that empire Actor Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. Im left hanging my head and asking why. Why would anyone especially an africanamerican man use the symbolism of a noose to make false accusations . Im offended by whats happened and im also angry. Ryan young has been following the story since it first broke. He is joining me now. I have to say first and foremost, good on the Chicago Police superintendent for calling everyone out for juching to conclusions before their investigation had concluded. Can you lay out how they say this all went down . Reporter this is unreal. Its stunning. You can use a bunch of words to describe this. I thought we would get a News Conference where maybe we got some details. They decided to lay it all out for u
As the night got underway, there was a sharp contrast of ideas and several young candidates, established figures, joe biden and Bernie Sanders defended their ideas and the energetic sometimes contentious debate. Donald trump thinks wall street built america. A job is about more than your paycheck but it is about dignity and respect and being able to look at your kids in the eye and say it is okay. Joe biden was right when he says passing the torch 30 years ago r ago, hes still right today who has the guts the take on wall street . Guys, you know what, america does not want to witness a food fight, they want to know how we are going to put food on the table. The trumps tax cuts has to be passed because they have to pay back their donors. They actually said those words. The corruption in was real. It was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputation of the two united state senators building their career on the segregation of race in this country. It was not only that but you also worked
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