Ouster of brazilian president the life and legacy of the , pioneering attorney Michael Ratner, and the state of the political system in the unUnited States. So far to the right, that todays mainstream democrats are pretty much what used to be calllled moderate republilicans. And republicans are just off the stratum. Amy today noam chomsky for the , hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In North Carolina, 11 people were arrested over the antitransgegender law. Hundreds off people dissented on the statate legislatature as paf the moraral monday action callig for North Carolina to repeal the law. Known as hb to come or the bathroom bill, the measure nullifies ordinances protecting lgbt people from discrimination and forces transgender people to use the bathroom that matches what t they were assssigned on r birth certificate. The Justice Department has sued North Carolina over the lalaw, whicich calls bec
Reforming the u. S. Criminal justice system. That includes his administrations move to shorten prison sentences for drug crimes. Now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. Not all go home. About a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. The result is a messy collision of americas imperfect Immigration Laws with its changing criminal law, and thats turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. We have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u. S. Marine. A lot of my friends never knew this side of me. It was always us. Reporter they legally emigrated from the Dominican Repub
That includes his administrations move to shorten prison sentences for drug crimes. Now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. Not all go home. About a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. The result is a messy collision of americas imperfect Immigration Laws with its changing criminal law, and thats turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. We have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u. S. Marine. A lot of my friends never knew this side of me. It was always us. Reporter they legally emigrated from the Dominican Republic in the 1980s. In this picture shes standi
Prison sentences for drug crimes. Now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. Not all go home. About a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. The result is a messy collision of americas imperfect Immigration Laws with its changing criminal law, and thats turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. We have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u. S. Marine. A lot of my friends never knew this side of me. It was always us. Reporter they legally emigrated from the Dominican Republic in the 1980s. In this picture shes standing in between her parents. It made me a very reser
Now a new documentary tells the inside story of how a Community Organized to uncover the water crisis that sparked a national outcry. The emergency manager also the Treasurers Office and onto lansing, the governors mansion, have shown a total disregard for the human needs of the people. Amy today, a democracy now exclusive, the broadcast premiere of heres to flint, by michigan analyst of the year curt guyette and filmmaker kate levy. Then to honduras where protests continue over the assassination of indigenous and environmental leader Berta Caceres. Was absolutely assassinated, and i would like to point out the single witness to the crime, Gustavo Castro be held bynues to the government. Amy we will speak with beverly bell, longtime colleague of both caceres and castro. Who himself was shot twice when berta was assassinated. Beverly bell, like many others, is desperate to get castro out of honduras to safety. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org,