Professor Rashid Khalidi will join us to talk about syria as well as palestines historic day the United Nations. An republica felto st down the government over planned parenthood. As planned parenthood president Cecile Richards testifies before congress. Whats it is a shame to think there are people in this country who are so committed to ending womens access to both the control and safe and legal abortions that they will resort to any means to try to entrap people, twist the truth in order to reach their end. But again, we believe and why i am here voluntarily today is that the facts are on our side. Amy we will speak with michigan commerce woman Brenda Lawrence. Then to oklahoma. Through several phone calls and conversations with the Attorney Generals Office and the governors office, we have asked for the governor to grant a stay of execution for richard euge glossip until next month. Amy death row prisoner Richard Glossip is given 37 more days to ve. We wilspeak with leadg antideath
And call for the global abolition of the Death Penalty. Plus, pope francis highlights the work of a catholic radical. Two catholic radicals. In these times when social , byerns are so important dorothy day. Amy we will look at the lives of dorothy day and the trappist monk Thomas Merton. Pope francis described the two of them as great americans along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Pope francis has arrived in new york where he will speak today at the United Nations general assembly. On thursday, he became the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress, where he discussed poverty, hunger, Climate Change, refugees, the Death Penalty immigration, the arms trade and u. S. Cuba , relations. After the congressional speech, pope francis skipped an offer to dine with lawmakers in order to eat with homeless residents of washington, d. C. Speaking at st.
Frascatore, remained on the street despite being sued four times for using Excessive Force during false arrests. We will speak to one man who was pinned on the ground by frascatore for riding his bike on the sidewalk and hear the story of another man who was punched in the face after being stopped for a broken taillight. Then joy ann reid on, fracture barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide. But first, is oklahoma about to execute an innocent man today . We will speak to sister Helen Prejean about Richard Glossip. I have accompanied six people and two of them were innocent. That is in my second book, the death of innocence. They all had these same ingredients in it, the innocent ones that richard had. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Attorneys for death row prisoner Richard Glossip have made a lastminute bid to save his life, saying the state of oklahoma may be about to execute an innocent
Amy 11 republican president ial candidates battled it out at the Ronald Reagan president ial library last night in the second republication president ial of the campaign. President ial debate of the campaign. We will play highlights and speak to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston and john nichols. Then while wildfires rage in california, we will be joined by Climate Justice activist Tim Dechristopher. He spent 21 months in jail for disrupting an auction for oil drilling rights. Now he has joined a coalition calling on the white house to stop issuing new fossil fuel leases on public lands and oceans. But first to oklahoma, where three and a half hours before he was set to be executed, Richard Glossip was granted a stay of execution for two weeks. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An Oklahoma Appeals Court granted deathrow prisoner Richard Glossip a lastminute stay of execution on wednes
Instead, as income and wealth is concentrated at the top of the last 40 years, so has the power to make the rules of the market, influencing the politicians, regulatory heads, and even the courts and the lawyers who appear before them. With a result the market is rigged the benefit of the few. Amy robert reich on his new book. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In afghanistan, the u. S. Military has carried out two airstrikes in efforts to bolster the Afghan Governments attempts to retake the Northern City of kunduz. It became the first major city to be taken over by Taliban Forces since 2001 on monday. The Afghan Government counteroffensive appears to be faltering. The u. S. Strikes come despite president obamas declaration of an official end to the u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan. President obama and cuban president raul castro met tuesday, marking the first time a u. S. President has met with a cub