The other party, you could do an amazing job there now, much better than you ever could before. But there are other things that are at play as well. For example, population sorting. Theres a wonderful book that some of you might want to read by a guy named bill bishop called the big sort. And he basically talks about how people, in a sense, they kind of vote with their feet in that people tend to move and concentrate with people like themselves. People are more comfortable when theyre with likeminded people, and that this is becoming more and more and more so. And that when you look at, say, democratic districts or look at, look geographically across the country, what are the districts the democrats tend to represent . They tend to be large urban areas and close in suburbs and college towns. And then you say, okay, where do republicans live . Small town, Rural America and in the more outer reaches which are the faster growing of the suburbs. But thats a clear population pattern or poli
Roger al jazeera reporters. We will go to egypt to speak with democracy now s Sharif Abdel Kouddous as well as the treaty to protect journalists. Two thirds of the journalists killed this year were in the middle east. The deadliest country is syria. Then on the last day of 2013, we will look at 10 hopeful things that happened in 2013 to get you inspired for whats to come. We will speak with sarah van gelder, editor in chief of yes magazine. Then we will go to germany. Among them spoke was Julian Assange. Therell be no person and has not been exposed to this ideology of transparency in keepstanding of what is to the internet free. This is the last regeneration. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraq is capping off its worst year of violence since the height of u. S. Occupation. According to the United Nations, civilians and 950 Security Forces have been killed this year, the highest annual total since 200
Roger al jazeera reporters. We will go to egypt to speak with democracy now s Sharif Abdel Kouddous as well as the treaty to protect journalists. Two thirds of the journalists killed this year were in the middle east. The deadliest country is syria. Then on the last day of 2013, we will look at 10 hopeful things that happened in 2013 to get you inspired for whats to come. We will speak with sarah van gelder, editor in chief of yes magazine. Then we will go to germany. Among them spoke was Julian Assange. Therell be no person and has not been exposed to this ideology of transparency in keepstanding of what is to the internet free. This is the last regeneration. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraq is capping off its worst year of violence since the height of u. S. Occupation. According to the United Nations, civilians and 950 Security Forces have been killed this year, the highest annual total since 200
Live in ukraine where there is growing concern about the security and protection of evidence at the crash site of flight mh 17. At least 13 people are killed in india after their school bus was hit by a train in the southern state. And the first day of competition at the Commonwealth Games in glaskow. Aviation officials are saying they have lost contact with an air passenger flight and lost contact 50 minutes after it took off. The Algerian News Agency says the plane is flying to algiers and 110 people are on the plane. One of the planes were being operated by air alger. They are saying that the aircraft took off at 1 17 local time. It was supposed to land in algiers at 5 10 in the morning local time but did not reach its destination. There is a flight number for that plane although i should say we cannot completely confirm this but the flight number we have from the a. P. Is ah 5017 enrowd to e enroute to algiers. It is day 16 of israels offensive against militants in gaza. This is th
Continues in both directions. China has a gigantic plan for a Global Network of ports, roads, railways, and other infrastructures to connect china to the world. This belt and Road Initiative dumped the new silk road, has a clear strategy. The thought to not have ideas has everyone knew. This is about brutal, self interest, both economic and geopolitical, and how to accept that cloud im. It was my own game. Recently the cult 19 pandemic highlighted the risks inherent in such global trade structures thus, so to, and i think this should be a lesson to us in terms of dependence on china, english, distinguishing market. The best place to learn about such dependency is where the new seal growed is already a reality. We visited 3 cities to see how big chinas presence in europe currently and how dependent the people affected feel. Ah, our 1st stop is do sport in germany, home to the biggest inland container port on the planet, comprising 21 harbors and 130 cranes. Last year alone, it handled m