To pay these fees. £6,000 is still huge amount of money for people. They are saying this is because of the cost of writing off unpaid. You can still not pay off a student loa n you can still not pay off a student loan of £6,000 as well. Its going to ta ke loan of £6,000 as well. Its going to take a lot to get to those levels, earnings wise. So whether this is a brilliant idea, we dont know. I cant see people flocking to the polls for this. The idea seems to be that they are happy for this to be that they are happy for this to happen, the treasury, because of the cost of writing it. Presumably thats because very few graduates are earning above the threshold to actually start to repay the money. Thats the other problem. Students are being hit at every turn. 0n the one hand we have the highest level of, or the second highest of student loans, like the amount is completely punishing the students. 0n the other hand to come out of university with a degree and then the problem is finding a
And then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the Pulitzer Prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Think of the people who are in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probation or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated from Saint Leo University near tampa. He gave the graduation address. So we went out to the street we were met by the Regime Se
Groveland four. One was killed by a mob of 1000 men. It was led by the local sheriff. The others were tortured in jail and then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the pulitztzr prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn o of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Thihink of the people who o e in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probationon or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated f
This is al jazeera america, good morning and live from new york city im Randall Pinkston and less than half an hour the Clerks Office in kentucky is set to reopen and for the First Time Since june the office will issue marriage licenses now that deputies are in charge. Their boss, kim davis, is in jail for violating a federal court order and refused to issue marriage licenses to anyone to avoid giving them to same sex couples and davis says she was following her religious beliefs. John is live for us outside the Clerks Office in moor head kentucky and what is going on there right now . Good morning to you, randall, welcome to rowand county and the county Clerks Office, at the moment there is a handful of supporters here representing kim davis and carrying plaques and banners and lots of journalists and told same sex couples on the way here for the reopening of this office at 8 00 a. M. Eastern this morning. Not much at the moment but we are told they are coming. At this minute they hav
Library at the intersection of violence spring protest, provides sanctuary for the most innocent and vulnerable. Plus finding nina, a new appreciation for one of americas great illustrators. We look he at the work and with it of al hirshfelt. We begin in the rural kentucky county at the officer of a National Discussion on same sex marriage. Today gay couples in rowan county were finally granted marriage licenses after a standoff that has gone on for months. Kim davis, the county clerk, is still in jail and remains defiant tonight. Her lawyer says any licenses granted without her are worthless. Diane eastabrook has more. The rowean county clerks off was open today, issuing marriage licenses the first couple to get one was gay. Minutes after they did james yates and William Smith junior braved a crush of cameras, making their way to the counterto apply for a marriage license. They had tried five times before, and had been refused. After signing their name, yates and smith became the firs