Days for washington dc and that our economy is strong, the population grows by about 1000 people each month. We are making historic investments in our education and the fiscal house is in order. We are working hard to give every washingtonian a fair shot with a good paying job with affordable housing. Just yesterday the legislature approved unanimously to raise the wage and washington dc to 15 per hour by 2020. Yet despite [applause] despite the successes, mr. Chairman, you know that washingtonians do not benefit. And despite the fact that we perform all the functions of the state, washingtonians do not enjoy the rights of all americans. Nearly 700,000 residents live in the shadow of the Nations Capital without a vote in congress. People pay federal taxes and we pay our taxes. More per person than any state. But we have no vote in the house, despite the valiant efforts of our congresswoman and we have no representation in the senate at all. The people of washington joined the armed for
Victories after court strike down voting restrictions in North Carolina, wisconsin, kansas, and taxes. E will speak to ari berman we are heading into the first president ial cycle in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights act. What that means in practice, Eckstein States have new voting restrictions in place for the first president ial cycle. It is urgent to restore the Voting Rights act and make it easier to vote in a whole lot of ways, things like early voting and sameday Voter Registration, automatic Voter Registration. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court has struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina saying they disproportionately affected African Americans. In the ruling, the threejudge panel from the Fourth Circuit wrote the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision. The law had been challenged the by the Justice Dep
We will speak to the mayor of Baltimore Stephanie rawlingsblake who gaveled in the Democratic National convention on monday after the resignation of dnc chair Debbie Wasserman schultz. Plus, we get the latest from inside the convention. So, if you agree that there is too much inequality in our economy and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal andnd is orgaganized as persistent as Bernie Sanders supporters have been. Amy we will speak with nobel prizewinning Economist Joseph Stiglitz, who has advised Hillary Clinton. And we will speak to Sister Simone campbell about nuns on the bus. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, this is breaking with convention war, peace, and the presidency. Im amy goodman. Baltimore city states attorney Marilyn Mosby has announced she will drop all charges against the remaining three Police Officers charged in the death of freddie gray. Freddie gray died in april 2015 of spinal injuries after he was arr
Iraq. Days after his father criticized trump at the Democratic National convention. We will get the latest. Then Voting Rights advocates have won a number of major victories after court strike down voting restrictions in North Carolina, wisconsin, kansas, and taxes. E will speak to ari berman we are heading into the first president ial cycle in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights act. What that means in practice, Eckstein States have new voting restrictions in place for the first president ial cycle. It is urgent to o restore the Voting Rights act and make it easier to vote in a whole lot of ways, things like early voting and sameday Voter Registration, automatic voteter registstratio. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court has struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina saying they disproportionately affected African Americans. In the ruling, the thre
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