Surgeon and prizewinning writer. Everybody who passes away does not do so from some part it is a months long dealing with internal cancer or congestive Heart Failure and so on. We do not have the rituals for how to even talk about what that process is like. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now . The Supreme Court has dealt a major victory for marriage equality. The decision leaves intact Lower Court Rulings that struck down samesex marriage bans in virginia, utah, oklahoma, indiana, and wisconsin. Caseintiff in the indiana celebrated with his husband. We have been together for 27 years. This just kind of makes it official and we can check a few boxes and get some Health Insurance for stephen because he needed Health Insurance. They cannot deny that for me anymore. Our daughter is protected. If something happened to us. Of the ruling, county clerks across the five states begin issuing marriage licenses to samesex couples. The Supreme Court decision will also expand same
State of texas, which previously had more than 40. We will speak with the heads of planned parenthood south texas and the lilith fund, which provides grants to texans who need abortions but cannot afford them. Then, for profit family detention. Beta private prison corporations uping millions by locking refugee families. I noticed her left arm, the movement was very limited and her feet were falling asleep. Wehought that was because were in a small space and she wasnt getting out. I could see she was very stressed about being locked in their. She was crying every night. She would ask, why are we here . When are we going to get out . I saw her suffer a lot. We will look at the center, new family prison just south of san antonio, where more than 500 immigrant women and their children are being held as they we deportation. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct among guards has already rocked the facility. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and p
Their website, www. Cspan. Org a emeicanhistory. You can get the schedule. To mark for being with us and enjoy your weekend. Thank you for being with us and enjoy your weekend. Vice President Joe Biden is speaking this week at the u. S. Naval Academy Commencement exercises. He will also be handing out diplomas to the newly commissioned men and women at the academy in annapolis maryland. We had hoped to bring you like coverage of the remarks by the Vice President in the commissioning but we are having problems with our live signal from annapolis. We are recording the event and we will show it to you later in our program schedule. This tweet from New York Times julie davis this morning, a line around the corner here at the dos israel that rivals any high holidays crowd to hear obama speak this a. M. Referring to remarks by the president at the adas israel conversation at washington, d. C. We will have that live at 11 00 a. M. Eastern time today on cspan. Here are some of our featured tok
Came out two weeks ago latinos and the Voting Rights act the search for racial purpose. Both of these deal with the same phenomenon. The rapidly growing latino population of the United States and the way the population impacted politics. According to census figures in 2000 the latino population, in 2010, it is 16. 3 and projections that it will be 25 by 2015. Matchbook looks at the impact of the growing population and through polling determines what latinos at thinking about politics and why people are voting and what theyre not voting. Henrys book looks at the response to this phenomenon, the efforts, to dilute and suppress the effects of the latinos surge through redistricting, voter id laws and challenges to the Voting Rights act in 1965. We had democrats in texas and elsewhere saying the time is on the Democratic Partys id, and joy on the other hand republicans saying latinos are socially conservative and the famous Ronald Reagan line latinos are republicans, they just dont know it
Latino america how americas most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. And henry flores has testified boeing back to the mid 80s and the author of love book that came out two weeks ago. Latinos and the Voting Rights act. They both deal with the latino population in the way it impacts our politics in 2000 the latino population was 12 in 201016. 3 and projections is 25 by a 200050. Looking at the impact of the growing population and through polling determining what they are thinking about politics, why people are voting and nonvoting. Henrys book looks at the response to this phenomenon the efforts specifically in the Republican Party and the reason years to suppress the effects of the search for redistributing friday laws and challenges to the Voting Rights act of 1965 we had democrats saying time is on the democratic partys side of the other hand we have republicans who said they are social conservative and the line that they are republican they just don