Amy oxfam is facing a growing crisis for covering up sex crimes by its aid workers in haiti i afr the devasastating 20 earthquauake. We will speak t to a reporter at the times o of london who exposed ththe scandadal plus the hehead of the coalition against trafficking in women and the haitian writer Edwidge Danticat in miami. Then we look at the role of army junior reserve officer Training Corps program after nikolas cruz, a former jrotc cadet, carried out one of the Deadliest School shootings in u. S. History. Cruz was on the schools jrotc team when it received a 10,000 grant from the nra. All of that a more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Syrian Government is continuing its deadly barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire against the rebelheld enclave of eastern ghouta, outside the capital damascus, with aid workers reporting at least 200 people have been killed over the last 48 hoururs. Mamany of the victims are
Morning but to compensate, a lot of sunshine across the uk and this glorious pictures sent in by a weather watcher in leicestershire. For the weekend, subtle changes with saturday pretty similar to today. Then turning mild on sunday with more cloud and outbreaks of rain. Starting with clear skies this morning but looking at cloud rolling in from the west. It looks like conditions will go downhill in Northern Ireland and into western scotla nd Northern Ireland and into western scotland and eventually western fringes of Great Britain as we head into the afternoon. Central, southern and eastern parts will hold onto sunshine and stay dry and feeling mild in the south but cold in the north. The breeze will pick up as the weather front moves in and brings rain and hill snow to scotla nd brings rain and hill snow to scotland and maybe the far north of england. They few centimetres of setting snow in scotland and the pennines. Clear skies in the east. Not as cold further west because we have c
People of puerto rico need to know they are not forgotten, that they are part of the american family, and Congress Plus responsiveness, even though this is not a perfect bill, at least moves us in the right direction. Amy while president obama vows to help the puerto rican people, a stunning new report has just been released showing how much of the debt owed by puerto rico is not actually money that the island borrowed, but instead interest owed to wall street firms including goldman sachs, citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and morgan stanley. In some cases, puerto rico is being paid forced to pay up to 1000 interest. Then we will speak to the dishwasher at Yale University who was arrested after breaking a stainedglass window depicting enslaved africans carrying cotton. We will also speak to professor Craig Steven Wilder author of , the book, ebony ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of americas universities. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, t
And syria. We will go to nice for the latest. Then to the debt crisis in pupuerto rico. People of puerto rico need to know they are not forgotten, that they are part of the american familily, and Congress Plus responsiveness, even though this is not a perfect bill, at least moves us in the right direction. Amy while president obama vows to help the puerto rican people, a stunning new report has just beenen released d showing hohowh of t the debt owowed by puererto is not a actually momoney that e island borrowed, but instead interest owed to wall street firms including goldmaman sachs, citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and morgan stanley. In some cases, puerto rico is being paid forced to pay up to 1000 interest. Then we willll speak to the dishwasher at Yale University who was arrested after breaking a stainedglass window depicting enslaved africans carrying cotton. We will also speak to professor Craig Steven Wilder a author of , the book, ebony ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of
And syria. We will go to nice for the latest. Then to the debt crisis in pupuerto rico. People of puerto rico need to know they are not forgotten, that they are part of the american familily, and Congress Plus responsiveness, even though this is not a perfect bill, at least moves us in the right direction. Amy while president obama vows to help the puerto rican people, a stunning new report has just beenen released d showing hohowh of t the debt owowed by puererto is not a actually momoney that e island borrowed, but instead interest owed to wall street firms including goldmaman sachs, citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and morgan stanley. In some cases, puerto rico is being paid forced to pay up to 1000 interest. Then we willll speak to the dishwasher at Yale University who was arrested after breaking a stainedglass window depicting enslaved africans carrying cotton. We will also speak to professor Craig Steven Wilder a author of , the book, ebony ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of