Amy is the Trump Administration moves to restore the federal Death Penalty, we will speak with sister Helen Prejean, leading Death Penalty activist, the Academy Awardwinning film dead man walking was based on her life. But first we speak to Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Sonia Nazario about how corruption, viviolence, and u. S. Foreign policy are fueling the migrant crisis. Mostly fleeing some of the most violent countries honored, honduras, guatemala, el salvador. In recent years i focused on the most of those who are coming here from Central America immigrant children, kids who are trying to get into the United States and flee the violence. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Flights have resumed at Hong Kong International airport after it was effectively shut down for two days due to a takeover by prodemocracy protesters. Tuesday saw new clashes between protesters and police forces, with sever
Find his mother in the United States, and he did it all alone. And you spent five years essentially recreating his story and reporting this book. And i have to tell you that the reporting in this book is extraordinary. Thank you. Hinojosa i mean, you actually. You meet this little boy when hes 15 years old on the u. S. mexico border, and what makes you decide to say, im going to tell the story of enrique . Well, i wanted to tell more broadly the story of these millions of women who have come to the United States from mexico and Central America. You know, around the country, we know these women. They clean our homes, they clean our offices, they take care of our children. Among latinos, they are women in our families. Theyve come here because they face this horrible choice of, do i stay in my country, not be able to feed my kids more than once a twice a day, not see them study past the third grade, or do i pull myself away from them and come north so that i can offer them a better life
A san Antonio Walmart parking lot. The youngest victims were just 15 years old. We will get the latest. Then 50 years ago, rebellions broke out in the cities of newark and detroit. 43 people died in detroit, 26 and newark. Thousands were arrested. In 1967 alone, there were 160 rebellions that made when you have resistance at that level, you cannot call it a riot. It is people rebelling against oppression and against exploitation. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has scheduled a vote on the republican Healthcare Plan today after multiple previous efforts to put the republican legislation to a vote failed amid dissent within the republicans own party. Arizona republican senator john mccain is set to return to washington, d. C. , for the vote, only a week after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The senate will technically b
Are hospitalized in san antonio, texas, where dozens of undocumented immigrants were discovered packed in the back of a sweltering tractortrailer in a san Antonio Walmart parking lot. The youngest victims were just 15 years old. We will get the latest. Then 50 years ago, rebellions broke out t in the cities of newark and detroit. 43 people died in detroit, 26 and newark. Thousands were arrested. In 1967 alone, there were 160 rebellions that made when you have resistance at that level, you cannot call it a riot. It is people rebelling against oppression and against exploitation. Amy all t that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has scheduled a vote on the republican Healthcare Plan today after multiple previous efforts to put the republican legislation to a vote failed amid dissent within the republicans own party. Arizona republican senator john mccain is se
Are hospitalized in san antonio, texas, where dozens of undocumented immigrants were discovered packed in the back of a sweltering tractortrailer in a san Antonio Walmart parking lot. The youngest victims were just 15 years old. We will get the latest. Then 50 years ago, rebellions broke out t in the cities of newark and detroit. 43 people died in detroit, 26 and newark. Thousands were arrested. In 1967 alone, there were 160 rebellions that made when you have resistance at that level, you cannot call it a riot. It is people rebelling against oppression and against exploitation. Amy all t that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has scheduled a vote on the republican Healthcare Plan today after multiple previous efforts to put the republican legislation to a vote failed amid dissent within the republicans own party. Arizona republican senator john mccain is se