Stanford University Historian joel beinin about the candidates positions on israel and palestine. Then to a Landmark Legal lawsuit 21 kids sue the federal government over Climate Change. Demanding the court to enforce climate recovery plans upon our government, to massively cut carbon for future, to honor our constitutional right to life, land, and liberty. Amy and we will look at students challenging Stanford University over the issue appraisal diversity. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. About 100 more people have been arrested in washington, d. C. , as part of the ongoing democracy spring protests against political corruption and big money in politics. Wednesday marked the third consecutive day of mass arrests at the u. S. Capitol after 85 people were arrested tuesday and more than 400 were arrested on monday. About 36,000 verizon workers have go on strike along the east coast, from massachusetts to
Thousands from the polls tuesday . We will speak to ari berman, author of, give us the ballot the modern struggle for Voting Rights in america. It is critical urgent to restore the Voting Rights make it easier to vote in a lot of different ways, things like early voting and sameday Voter Registration, automatic footer registration, to get a lot more people involved in the political process. 50 Million People right now are not even registered to vote and wont be purchase of trading and the 2016 election. Amy after Bernie Sanders addressed close to 20,000 people in the south bronx, the first time a president ial candidate went there in decades, we bring you an interview with actress Rosario Dawson on why she is backing sanders for president. Sandersupporting bernie because he says no to fracking, because we do need a singlepayer Health Care System that takes care of everyone and that is not a pipe dream. We are soldiers of democracy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy
Absurd that in brooklyn, new york, where i was , tens ofually thousands of people, as i understand it, have been purged from the voting rolls. Amy we will host a discussion on the New York Primary results. Then from brooklyn to brazil or the lower house of Brazils Congress has voted to impeach president Dilma Rousseff. She claims her opponents are mounting a coup. It is a coup. It is a coup dressed as original sin, which is the fact there is no legal basis for my impeachment. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and real estate mogul donald trump scored significant victories in new york tuesday, in a primary marked by widespread reports of voter disenfranchisement and irregularities at polling sites. On the republican side, donald trump won 60 of the vote. He appears poised to win 89 of the 95 delegates up for grabs in new york. Ohio Governor John Kasich came i
Heads of state and those close to them. Some 11. 5 million files were leaked from one of the worlds most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in panama, and given by an anonymous source to a german newspaper that poured over them with help from hundreds of reporters with the International Consortium of investigative journalists. We will go to munich, germany to , speak with Frederik Obermaier, coauthor of the Panama Papers story and the book Panama Papers the story of a worldwide revelation just released today in germany. And we will speak with the consortiums Senior Editor, Michael Hudson. It is true the biggest tax havens in the world are islands, and those two islands could be Great Britain and manhattan. Amy then the release of the Panama Papers comes amid growing concern about so called dark money flooding u. S. Elections by super pacs that do not have to report their donors. Unlike my democratic opponent, and i think every republican, we do not have a super p
Of them. Amy its the biggest leak in journalism history. The Panama Papers names the rich and powerful around the world who used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth, including 12 heads of state and those close to them. Some 11. 5 million files were leaked from one of the worlds most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in panama, and given by an anonymous source to a german newspaper that poured over them with help from hundreds of reporters with the International Consortium of investigative journalists. We will go to munich, germany to , speak with Frederik Obermaier, coauthor of the Panama Papers story and the book Panama Papers the story of a worldwide revelation just released today in germany. And we will speak with the consortiumsesenior ediditor, michael hudsdson. It is true the biggestst tax havens in ththe world are islan, and those two islands could be Great Britain and manhattan. Amy then the release of the panama p papers comes amid growg concern ab