wearing black and calling for gender and racial justice in the post harvey weinstein era. harvey weinstein isn t here tonight because, well, i have heard rumors that he is crazy and difficult to work with. the don t worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the in memoriam. in a actresses brought social justice activist within this year. we will speak with two of them, puerto rican activist reported by the presidential candidate rosa clemente, who joined susan ,arandon, and saru jayaraman president and cofounder of the restaurant opportunities centers united who walked the red carpet with amy poehler. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president trump is demanding a slew of anti-immigrant measures, including $18 billion for his border wall in exchange for legal protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. in total, trump is de
taking so much powers because they re scared. we know this and they don t know what to do about it. when you do not know what to do about it you do what you can do most easily invest. these are people who run these comments to the corporations, so what they re doing is trying to do what they do best. by digging in harder and harder. they re trying to get every bit out there. it s a little bit like football players a quarterback is winning a game but he starts handing over the vaulted opposition. he wants to go for 50 points or something. that s kind of the system we have. when will it change? it will change right away, it is changing but we have to keep sending that message that it is not the number of touchdowns you make, it s not the money you make that counts. you and i we all need to send a new message out there. let s let s face it, we have been sending a message that says, i want good tennis shoes at a reasonable price and if that means it has to be made by slaves in in
politics. also the development of the women s space program in the 1940s and 50s. and this weekend, tamara drought will talk about america s new working class and their potential political power. she is in conversation with democracy now s amy goodman. we have a deep and long history in this country of undervaluing work that involves serving people and especially caring for people. so we now have a working class that is much more female and much more people of color than the industrial working class was. and that very definition of who is working class is one reason why i think we ve seen a real disappearance of the idea of a working class in this country. after words airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous after words programs on our web site, booktv.org. and starting now, a panel on hip-hop and literature from medgar evers college, host of the 13th national black writers conference. this panel contains lan
we don t necessarily know how he s pulling in swing voters. and, again, it s a fractured primary too. and you re only working within the republican party primary, so it s not a great analog necessarily. but the organizational level is there for ted cruz. i think might marco rubio s organization is pretty decent as well. donald trump is, of course, the variable because if the republican party in 2008 and 2012 were at the 30,000-foot level in terms of messaging, donald trump s really at the 40,000-foot level, right? he s very punchy. concepts only and doesn t necessarily offer a detailed substance behind it, but he just talks about this is my commitment, i m going to do this, i m going to win, make this great, and people are responding to that in the primaries. so it s interesting to see how that will work out. if donald trump is the nominee, does he switch to a ground game of the type that is described in going red, or does he try to stay at that 40,000-foot level, 30,000-fo
thought this would happen. he was ready to sell it ought and the american people had no expectation this would happen. the idea of being a little crazy, well you have to be a little crazy to take it on. after words airs on booktv every saturday at 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. featuring several authors including paul beatty, michael eric dyson, dee watkins and many more. for a complete schedule, visit us online, booktv.org. and starting now, a panel on hip-hop and literature from medgar evers college, host of the 13th annual national black writers conference. this program contains language that some may find offensive. i m now here representing, i m an mc invited here from york college. i will be associate professor in the department of teacher education, where i chair and i ve been charged with talking to educators. and the job has to be having teachers, even some of whom who love our children, to start teaching from the love of our culture, from the love of our heritage, from