We will speak with independent journalist allan nairn and unit organizer Jane Mcalevey got how to stop and electoral coup and what went wrong in the 2000 flood recount. Then georgia flips blue for now, as joe biden pulls ahead of trump for the first time in extraordinarily tight race for the states 16 elecral votes. Ware patitly watchg as demoacy is mos definitely at stake in to see whether or no georgia will fp for thecratic candidate for First Time Since 1992. Amy will in the u. S. , millions of people are mesmerized by the president ial race, ipuerto ric the isld is dealg with its own race that produced very different results, including the election of afro puerto rican human rights feminist and l lgbtq activist ana irma rivera lassen. Is i am anmeans bt and others the black woman. The discrimination some of us may face. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Democric president ial nominee joe biden has
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Diversity and inclusion. Over the course of the day were going to discuss what it will take for diversity, inclusion, and equity to be more than just buzzwords. Id like to thank our sponsors. International Franchise Association and the association of realtors for the support of todays program. And thank you for supporting this particular session. Under 50 years after its founding, americas more diverse than ever before. However, stereotypes are beginning to fade, significant barrier still exist. Justice, equal opportunity, continue to be out of reach for many black, hispanic, lgbtq and other minority populations. This is a real problem. Were policy initiatives can be put in place to address these gaps and barriers. With politic for the rapper a should have pisces, perceptions, and bigotry in our institutions. Fair and equitable opportunities opening up across the port and across institutions. Were going to discuss all about it more and im going to discuss with some of my colleagues in
That regard. We are seeing democrats voting on election day going into election day with a slight advantage in turnout. Republicans say more of their voters will show up today. What is the expectation of turnout . Have had so much early voting it is hardpeople were juw they vote to earlier in the process. Voting by mail is tried and true here, we saw a record numbers of early voting. Its unclear if the turnout will carry over into local into election day. We may see 80 in some of these large counties that are traditionally democratic strongholds. If more people decide to vote early not as energetic of a rush to the polls as t one stories he wrote one story you wrote was a focus on hillsborough county. Tell our viewers where that is and why its important to look at that part . Hillsborough county surrounds tampa, one of the largest cities in the state. It makes up a big chunk of one of the largest media markets in the country. Is a bellwether, or has been in the past. It chose the presi
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