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Joining us today from around the country and around the world. For those of you that dont know me i am jen johnson, currently chief of staff at Chicago Teachers Union and also a history teacher, missing my classroom but grateful for the work im doing today and ill be moderating our conversation but before i introduce the amazing eve ewing we have to thank the organizers of this event, haymarket books. Theyre amazing, theyve been doing so many fantastic events and something really exciting going ...

Before i introduced the amazing eve ewing. We have to think the organizers of this event they been doing 70 fantastic events like this. Theyre having a 50 off sale on our website. You can actually go to haymarket books. Org this is critical. It required reading in its 50 off right now. And what else i get to do besides read and turn off the netflix. They have other events lined up coming up this week. Check out their website for the full schedule. Haymarket books. Org. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern ther...

And also, bill hampton freds brother and freds sister. And [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce berkshires. She is here tonight also. [applause] i want to thank northwestern and bernadine for bringing together such a prestigious and accomplished panel. I feel like now, i can sit down and hear what they have to say. I am and all of the people who are here tonight and their accomplishments. Bernadine fork putting it together and for being one of the inspirati...

Thank you and welcome everyone. I am very honored to be here. I also want to recognize Fred Hamptons mother who was here tonight. [applause] and also, bill hampton freds brother and freds sister. And [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce and [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce berkshires. She is here tonight also. [applause] i want to thank northwestern and bernadine for bringing together such a prestigious and accompl...

Ahead after they say police beat and burned them to get information. Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im paul beban. It may be the best clue yet in the search for a jet that went missing more than a year ago, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared last march. Now what looks like part of a wing washed up on remote reunion island off the coast of africa. It does appear to be the wing of a bowing 777, the same model of the doomed flight. What do we know . The fate ...

Take to stop the growing violence . We will spend the hour with the acclaimed author Tanehisi Coates in his first major interview since the night duration of inauguration of President Trump. One of the problems around runsm that ive try to had the country, is the notion that the somehow only endangers black people. I muted tell you it endangers all of us. Amy Tanehisi Coates for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy...

Three big stars help reboot the philippine film industry. Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in the malasian capital kuala lumpur for a second day demanding najeeb razaks resignation. Unnamed foreign donors making a deposit to his bank account. 1 mdb set up in 2009 to try to turn kuala lumpur into a financial hub. Reporter tired and hungry, juneie and jimmy prepare for another day of protest. They have traveled almost seven hours to be here, sleeping on this concrete pavement overnigh...

The iraqis with nowhere to go as they escape isil fighters in Anbar Province. Hello, legitimate journalists unjustly convicted. That is how al jazeera is describing the sentencing of three of our journalists to at least three years to an egyptian prison. Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and egyptian Baher Mohammed maimed a australian peter greste were arrested in december of 2013. They were convicted in february of 2014. They were convicted of spreading false news and operating without a permit. Six mont...

Inside a Chicago Police station. America tonights Lisa Fletcher with the victims forced to confess and the truth that set them free. What does that say . Im a free man. Not on papers, that i was actually innocent of this case. Innocent. Good evening, from chicago. A city struggling against an onslaught of violence by criminals and sometimes by the police. In the final weeks of this year, the murder toll here continues to climb. Eclipsing the gains made over the last two years. But the focus now ...

The south africas crisis is blowing in the winds reporter in all of the sports news for you a warm welcome to the news break. Washington has denied accusation by syrians government that air strikes by the u. S. Led coalition hit one of its army camps killing three soldiers. Damascus says four aircraft were involved in a province which has a large presence. It is called an act of aggression, it won firmed it would be the first strikes to hit Syrian Forces. More from the u. S. On the u. S. Reactio...