The center had censored its own writers on the topic of israel. And as republican president ial candidates come out against raising the minimum wage we , speak to nobel Winning Economist joe stiglitz about rewriting the rules of the American Economy an agenda for growth and shared prosperity. Is as low as 45 years ago, halfcentury ago, says something. In economy that does weve had technological change, globalization, all of these things which are supposed to make our economy better and stronger and yet at the bottom, they havent had a pay raise in a halfcentury. It is not a living wage. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 7500 Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by. U. Sled usled warplanes have launched an offensive against the selfproclaimed Islamic State in northern iraq. The offensive seeks to retake mount sinjar and surrounding areas from isil. Last year, isil trapped tens of thousands of yazidi
Talking about the murdered children of new town connecticut in a packed white house east room. Every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. The audience victims of gun violence and their families. There to see the president announce new executive actions Effective Immediately and cracking down on private sales of guns on the internet or gun shows where no background check of a buyer is need under the plan those who sell guns for profit no matter where the transaction takes place will have to get a license. There by making their customers suspect t subject from felonies and other reasons that would bar them from buying a gun under federal law. This is not a plot to take away everybodys guns. You pass a background check. You purchase a firearm. The problem is some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules. Republicans are unmoved. The partys president ial candidates immediately bashed the president. Its an over reach. Not only for what he did but how did he it
But deadlocked on the most serious charge, firstdegree murder of jordan davis. Chante africanamerican dead over rap music. 12 of 16 president s owned slaves and many had slaves in the white house. This is not a history that we were taught, is not a history that is taught on the take about the president , the history of the United States. Clarence lusane on the black history of the white house. And former fcc commissioner Michael Copps on the proposed time Warner Comcast merger. Many times over the past year, they approve that. Then the competitor comes in and says we have to get bigger. It is day after day while consolidation continues and diversity and competition suffers. Up. Ll that and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Jury has convicted michael dunn of three counts of attempted murder for opening fire on a car of unarmed black teenagers over an argument over loud music at a gas station in jacksonville but the jury d
But deadlocked on the most serious charge, firstdegree murder of jordan davis. Chante africanamerican dead over rap music. 12 of 16 president s owned slaves and many had slaves in the white house. This is not a history that we were taught, is not a history that is taught on the take about the president , the history of the United States. Clarence lusane on the black history of the white house. And former fcc commissioner Michael Copps on the proposed time Warner Comcast merger. Many times over the past year, they approve that. Then the competitor comes in and says we have to get bigger. It is day after day while consolidation continues and diversity and competition suffers. Up. Ll that and more coming welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Jury has convicted michael dunn of three counts of attempted murder for opening fire on a car of unarmed black teenagers over an argument over loud music at a gas station in jacksonville but the jury d
New details about how the National Security agency targeted wikileaks and its supporters walk placing the sites founder Julian Assange on the main hunting target list together with al qaeda. We will speak with Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in london where he is and political asylum. Then interrogated at the airport. Who is Edward Snowden . Why have you gone to russia twice in three months . Those are some of the questions jesselyn raddack was forced to answer when she flew into london on sunday. She will join us today. New york times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse in a big defeat for organized labor in the south. Workers at a volkswagen plant in tennessee reject the United Auto Workers after a costly antiunion campaign. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new report based on topsecret documents from Edward Snowden has revealed how the United States and britain targeted the whistleblowing web