Shooting in the u. S. There have been 50 more over the past six weeks. The largest one in oregon, a gunman killed nine last thursday then himself. The gunman cited the roanoke shooter in his online post. Andy parker joins us today to talk about his fight to end the countrys gun epidemic. Into a battle over Academic Freedom. Academic freedom is often negligible when it comes to sexual critique of structural critique of militarism or state power. Amy we will speak with Steven Salaita whose job offer at the university of illinois urbanachampaign was withdrawn last year after he tweeted harshly critical of the 2014 israeli assault on gaza. He is out with a new book, uncivil rights palestine and the limits of Academic Freedom. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Commander in afghanistan has altered the u. S. Account of the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital whounduz, acknowledging called
Her government adam ward were shot dead on live tv in roanoke, virginia, the 246th mass shooting in the u. S. There have been 50 more over the past six weeks. The largest one in oregon, a gunman killed nine last thursday then himself. The gunman cited the roanoke shooter in his online post. Andy parker joins us today to talk about his fight to end the countrys gun epidemic. Into a battle over Academic Freedom. Academic freedom is often negligible when it comes to sexual critique of structural critique of militarism or state power. Amy we will speak with Steven Salaita whose job offer at the university of illinois urbanachampaign was withdrawn last year after he tweeted harshly critical of the 2014 israeli assault on gaza. He is out with a new book, uncivil rights palestine and the limits of Academic Freedom. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Commander in afghanistan has altered the u. S. Acc
Them money, but the entire industry. All the president s bankers the hidden alliances that drive american power. We will speak with nomi prins about the 100 year history of collusion between washington and wall street. In shining a light on the nsa black budget. We will go to capitol hill to speak with commerce member peter welch is sponsoring the bill to force the president to include the total dollar amount requested for each of the 16 intelligence agencies. Then, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging u. S. Governments killing of three americans in yemen in drone strikes. We will get reaction from attorney maria lahood. The constitution clearly applies to our awlaki because he is u. S. Citizen, so he is guaranteed due process. If the Us Government can kill a u. S. Citizen in yemen, that not only expands the global war, but also means a u. S. Citizen can be killed anywhere by our government. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the w
Fatally shooting him. They should up onthey appeared somber and repeatedly expressing their shock about the not guilty verdict. They say that theyre stunned. Trayvon is not a confrontational person. So instead of placing the blame on the teenager we need to place the blame on the responsible adult. We had an adult chasing a kid. And we had a kid who i feel was afraid. The troubling part of this dialogue comes from some conservative who is say that some how race was not a factor. Ann coulter backed that argument up saying, its a relief that someone who was innocence did not have to be sacrificialal lamb for this media narrative about america being run by the klan. And they keep saying that George Zimmerman is the real victim. Outspoken conservative ted nugent said that zimmerman should sue the Martin Family for the, quote stress, emotional pain and any anguish that their son caused George Zimmerman. And their son brought about their own demise. Only in america can a 17yearold be put on