Beena mistrial has declared in baltimore in the case of the first Police Officer charged in the case of freddie gray. He died in april from injuries sustained in police custody. We will speak with a lawyer and reporter who attended the trial as well as former naacp , president ben jealous. Then the first female mayor of flint makes a stunning declaration. I declare a state of emergency in the city of flint effective december 14, 2015. Amy the mayor of flint declares a state of emergency in response to a manmade disaster lead poisoning in the citys water supply. This comes after the citys unelected emergency manager switched flints water supply from detroits system to the longpolluted flint river. We will speak to the reporter who helped prove the city was being poisoned with its own water as well as a flint , resident who was diagnosed with lead and copper poisoning along with her three children. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and pe
Beena mistrial has declared in baltimore in the case of the first Police Officer charged in the case of freddie gray. He died in april from injuries sustained in police custody. We will speak with a lawyer and reporter who attended the trial as well as former naacp , president ben jealous. Then the first female mayor of flint makes a stunning declaration. I declare a state of emergency in the city of flint effective december 14, 2015. Amy the mayor of flint declares a state of emergency in response to a manmade disaster lead poisoning in the citys water supply. This comes after the citys unelected emergency manager switched flints water supply from detroits system to the longpolluted flint river. We will speak to the reporter who helped prove the city was being poisoned with its own water as well as a flint , resident who was diagnosed with lead and copper poisoning along with her three children. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and pe
Wealth going to those at the very top, not just the top 1 , but the top. 1 or the top. 01 of the population, has risen sharply over the last generation. Some are calling it a throwback to the gilded age of the robber barons. Now as secretary of state, i saw all the way extreme inequality has corrupted other societies, hobbled growth, and left entire generations alienated and unmoored. From guatemala to greece to pakistan, i urge them to pay their fair share, to provide services that would be the base on which more of their fellow countrymen and women could climb out of poverty. I addressed governments to address their people and include positive visions for the future. In the middle east and north africa, we saw the explosive results when opportunity and potential are denied for too long. But one could ask him what does that mean for us . We are not like them . Imagine a young single mother trying to raise a family today. After all, there are some 10 million single moms working hard to
What were doing is collecting the best data and Research Available on the Progress Women and girls have made in the past two decades, both gains and gaps and making that information accessible to a broad audience. We are also Building Momentum for the 21st century policy agenda for the full participation of women and girls, including youre in the united states. There have been big changes in our economy and our society and in our institutions, policies, and attitudes have not caught up. Women make up half the u. S. Labor force, but they are largely concentrated in lower wage positions. Women hold three quarters of all jobs that rely on tips, like waiters, bartenders, hairstylists which pay even less than the average minimum wage. Across the board, women are paid less than men for the same work. Here is part of what is happening below the surface, as a result of this slowdown in progress. American women, with the least education, less than high school education, and the lowest incomes,
A new round of stimulus checks. Well have a lot more on that. Our nbc News Reporters are here following all of the developments. Shannon pettypiece at the white house, catie beck in virginia and Shaquille Brewster in wisconsin. Shannon im going to begin with you and talk about the new cdc guidelines for us and how to get back to business. What is this new path forward. Reporter well, ayman, these guidelines are less comprehensive than ones that the cdc had proposed but much more detailed than anything weve gotten from the federal government yet about the steps that businesses can take to reopen. So these guidelines lay out specific steps for certain industries, restaurants and bars, childcare facilities, those sorts areas and the steps that they can take from extra disinfecting, cleaning more regularly, social distancing. A lot of these things are common that people have already been doing. But businesses were really out on their own to figure this out and some companies were putting t