People of puerto rico need to know they are not forgotten, that they are part of the american family, and Congress Plus responsiveness, even though this is not a perfect bill, at least moves us in the right direction. Amy while president obama vows to help the puerto rican people, a stunning new report has just been released showing how much of the debt owed by puerto rico is not actually money that the island borrowed, but instead interest owed to wall street firms including goldman sachs, citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and morgan stanley. In some cases, puerto rico is being paid forced to pay up to 1000 interest. Then we will speak to the dishwasher at Yale University who was arrested after breaking a stainedglass window depicting enslaved africans carrying cotton. We will also speak to professor Craig Steven Wilder author of , the book, ebony ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of americas universities. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, t
Guide. Fred was biggest political everything that came to trump came to political connections. Goer, the karenna daughter of al gore arrested with protesters including many members of clergy who lied down in a pipeline trench. Mr. Dechristopher it commits us to burning fossil fuel for decades. We know every new fossil fuel infrastructure will lead to another masquerade somewhere in the world. Amy but first we go to turkey where the death toll has risen to 42 from tuesdays triple from the multiple suicide bombing at istanbuls international airport. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has passed the socalled promesa bill, which will establish a federally appointed control board with sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The bill is intended to help the island cope with its crippling debt crisis, but it has also been widely criticized as a means of removing democratic control from the
Orlando massacre were puerto rico. We will also look at a new bill in congress to grade federally appointed control board sweeping powers to run puerto ricos economy. The house has already backed the legislation, now it is on to the senate. We are engaged in a holy and democratic undemocratic, debating how we will take our from the people that are virtually powerless already. Amy first, georgia congressman hank johnson has introduced a bill to stop all military aid to honduras following the assassination of Berta Caceres. We will speak to Congress Member , the new head of the Indigenous Group copinh. Becau we know thi it ho do with neoliberal policies, t alh a ver u. S. Policies that are being implemented in our country or economic aid to the armed forces or through security aid. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now1, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of people gathered at a church in orlando, florida tuday night to mourn the 49
Over the killing of alton sterling, shot to death by police early Tuesday Morning after they penned him to the ground. Sterlings son began weeping uncontrollably on live tv wednesday while the boy mother addressed the media. Then to st. Paul, minnesota, where a woman broadcast live on facebook from the car moments after her boyfriend, Philando Castile, is shot to death by police. Stay with me. We got pulled over for a busted tail light in the back and the police he is covered. They killed my boyfriend. My we will go to minnesota here in new york, we will speak with the author of nobody casualties of americas war on the vulnerable from ferguson to flint and beyond and mychal denzel smith. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the governors house in minneapolis following the Fatal Police Shooting of africanamerican man Philando Castile during a traffic stop for a br
We will speak with one of his superdelegates, former cwa , anddent larry cohen Michelle Chan, one of the first environmental groups to endorse Bernie Sanders. Then we will go to louisville, kentucky, where thousands are gathering for the funeral of mohammed ali am a one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century. Muslimmay have been a desk made in a muslim relevant. In a way that no one could challenge. Took the question of whether a person can be a muslim and american to rest. Amy we will speak with sports commentator dave zirin was written extensively about the heavyweight champ, and Dalia Mogahed, one of the few speakers at his islamic funeral on thursday. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were broadcasting from washington, d. C. , where president barack obama formally endorsed Hillary Clintons white house bid on thursday and called for democrats to unite behind her, two days after she claimed