To justify enslaving black people. Amy the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has settled with Pharmaceutical Company Thermo Fisher scientific. We will speak to university of pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts about Henrietta Lacks and other issues including the criminalization of pregnancy following the overturning of roe v. Wade. Then to the pioneering legal school Kimberle Crenshaw about attacks on the teaching of history by Florida Governor and president ial candidate ron desantis and others. Nobody can be surprised when suddenly this effort to snuff out Critical Race Theory turns out to be an effort to make antiracism unspeakable, to make where studies undoable, to make intersectionality, one of the most widespread concepts across the discipline, something that collegedirected students can only take if the states allow them to. Amy we will also talk to Kimberle Crenshaw abou
To justify enslaving black people. Amy the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has settled with Pharmaceutical Company Thermo Fisher scientific. We will speak to university of pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts about Henrietta Lacks and other issues including the criminalization of pregnancy following the overturning of roe v. Wade. Then to the pioneering legal school Kimberle Crenshaw about attacks on the teaching of history by Florida Governor and president ial candidate ron desantis and others. Nobody can be surprised when suddenly this effort to snuff out Critical Race Theory turns out to be an effort to make antiracism unspeakable, to make where studies undoable, to make intersectionality, one of the most widespread concepts across the discipline, something that collegedirected students can only take if the states allow them to. Amy we will also talk to Kimberle Crenshaw abou
The disgraced hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his Rape Convictions overturned. Judges at new Yorks Top Court said weinstein, who will remain in prison on separate sex offences, did not receive a fair trial in 2020. They said prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. A lawyer who represented some of weinstein s victims said the decision was a tragic step back. The case fuelled the me too movement, which exposed sexual abuse and misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Deanna levels in hollywood. Paul is a former reporter which deanna paul is a former reporter which she reported on Law Enforcement and the weinstein case. Can you talk us through this case. Can you talk us through this case on 2020 and the reasons were hearing for this being overturned, saying that he didnt get a fair trial because prosecutors were allowed to call these witnesses which were part of the charges against him . The whi
Just had the latest reading on the economy there for the first three months of the year. Official figures revealed the economy expanded at an annualised rate of 1. 6 , far below expectations and also less than the growth seen in the final months of 2023. Meanwhile, inflation, which measures the pace of price rises, has increased. At the start of the year, experts had been forecasting a series of Interest Rate cuts in the us so how do these figures play into that crucial decision . Lets talk to our north America Business correspondent now, erin delmore. Erin, the economy is growing but those figures arent as good as expected. It is inflation that is still a big issue . W , it is inflation that is still a big issue . , , ~ , issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us a issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us a good issue . Exactly. Numbers like this like gdp give us a
Concede and therefore i will not amy kenyan president william ruto says he will not sign a tax bill amidst the youth uprising and Police Crackdown that killed at least 23 people. He called protesters treasonouss and now theyre calling for his rig nation his resignation. Then gaza is the deadliest place on earth for journalists. A new collaborative project investigates the targeting of palestinian journalists. So many have been killed. We joined forces to make sure there is no information blackout. Bombing buildings, direct strikes. Supposed to protect us. Now it harms us. Amy the gaza project. We will speak with one of the lead journalists who worked on the investigation and we will go to gaza to speak with palestinian reporter shrouq aila. Her husband was killed in an israeli airstrike in october. Then an attempted coup in bolivia. It feels us with courage, bravery. Bolivia deserves a democracy. Amy we will go to bolivia to get the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to demo