Absolutely invisible people of color were on television. Sesame street is a show with a social message, manzano naively believed her onscreen work could end discrimination. Racism has really reared its ugly head in in in ways that were unimaginable to me. In 69 i thought we were gonna fix all of that with sesame street, but clearly it hasnt. As her life changed along with the times so did her character maria. We encompassed what was going on in society. When i fell in love and got married and had a baby, so did maria. And we so it was sort of like the first reality show, without the whining i think. Growing up in a lowincome puerto rican household in the south bronx with an alcoholic father, her childhood was anything but sunny days. My father drank a lot and he was a violent drunk and he battered my mother. And we would run away from him and then wed run back to him when my mother couldnt make ends meet. In her new memoir becoming maria love and chaos in the south bronx, the acclaimed
Off course, the centuries old shipping law that some people say is crippling puerto ricos economy. Plus, david jo johansen. Performance. Performing. We beginning with the civil war in syria as russia addition in, the United States steps russia digs in, United States steps back. Cost 500 million, an expensive endeavor. The pentagon says it was also a total failure. Mike viqueria has more from washington. Conceding failure. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter says the u. S. Is pulling the plug on the program to train and quip Syrian Rebels. Were looking at ways to achieve basically the same type of strategic objective which is the right one. Reporter the idea was for the u. S. To train syrian fighters in a third country, either jordan, turkey or saudi arabia and send them into syria to fight i. S. I. L. Initial price tag, 500 million. President obama unveiled the plan in august of last year. With this new effort well provide training and equipment to help them grow stronger and take on i. S.
The Carnegie Endowment for peace in paris for more. Then, disaster capitalism making a killing out of catastrophe. For three years, ive investigated what happened after the spotlight fades from disasters developing countries. What comes when the money and goodwill ends . It is like a political ngo and these people are employees. They are getting paid often it creates atmosphere reliance on foreign money. Amy well speak with journalist Antony Loewenstein. Then juan Felipe Herrera, the first latino u. S. Poet laureate. He is the son of mexican migrant farmworkers and the author of 28 reasonscluding, 187 mexicanos cant cross the border. It is one of those places where we can really present new ideas to even new audiences. On whatn Felipe Herrera it is like to live outlaw and brown in the United States. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. This years Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a coalition of Civil S
Tom good evening. We begin in israel and the palestinian territories, where in separate incidents today, israeli troops shot dead Six Palestinians and wounded others. A knife wielding jewish men wounded 4 arabs. The past 10 days have resulted in the deaths of 4 israelis. Israeli and palestinian residents are calling for calm on both sides but the tensions are showing no signs of dying down. More on todays events. Reporter what we know is Something Like 1000 protesters came to the border of gaza, they places, andt two approaching defense is a dangerous activity but they said they were doing it in solidarity with their brethren in gaza. What we saw was Israeli Soldiers shooting, and they admitted they shot live fire straight into the crowd. Nevertheless, it took six hours for the crowd to disperse. Deaths,ion to those there were a large number of people injured. What the danger is of this you have to remember, this is the largest number of people who have been killed in gaza since the wa
Amy the Nobel Peace Prize goes to a coalition of four organizations, including a labor and Employers Union which had themselves been at odds. Well speak with sarah chayes of the Carnegie Endowment for peace in paris for more. Then, disaster capitalism making a killing out of catastrophe. For three years, ive investigated what happened after the spotlight fades from disasters developing countries. What comes when the money and goodwill ends . It is like a political ngo and these people are employees. They are getting paid often it creates atmosphere reliance on foreign money. Amy well speak with journalist Antony Loewenstein. Then juan Felipe Herrera, the first latino u. S. Poet laureate. He is the son of mexican migrant farmworkers and the author of 28 reasonscluding, 187 mexicanos cant cross the border. It is one of those places where we can really present new ideas to even new audiences. On whatn Felipe Herrera it is like to live outlaw and brown in the United States. All that and mo