That is a moral travesty. Juan im wondering if you could talk about your decision to resign as the work carolina head of the naacp to focus more and the poor people, on a new Poor Peoples Campaign . Withwas invited to join dr. Harris, codirector at the seminary. We are cochairing the Poor Peoples Campaign. We believe we need a systemic sustained moral push back that challenges the immoral Public Policy direction with the moral vision. I like to call it restoring moral dissent, moral dreams and moral defibrillation of this nation. We have to go at the heart. And not just one rally or you know, but a sustained movement. We need to focus on systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, and the war economy. And our whole moral narrative. It is amazing to me that we are not dealing with these issues health care, poverty, racism, as moral issues, not democrat or republican, left versus right. We have begun a 15 state tour organizing because it has to be from the bottom up. It has to be l
Will suspend a bill that would make gun silencers widely available even as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell rejects calls for new gun control laws. We will look at how australia changed its culture of gun violence and its laws after a massacre 20 years ago. About 11 times higher than in australia and up to 15, 20 times higher than in a other developed countries. In terms of massacres, the u. S. Has a larger number of massacres, even in countries in the developing world are countries in conflict. Amy than this weekend, hundreds will gather in raleigh for the North Carolina naacp state convention, the last one that will be presided over by reverend dr. William barber as president of the state conference. Barbara announced his resignation from his post earlier this year to focus on his work with repairers of the breach and the launch of the Poor Peoples Campaign. Quite we have to have a sustained movement. I believe what we need is a Poor Peoples Campaign, a National Call to moral r
Of the nearly 3. 5 million residents remain without electricity. President trump visited the island and tossed rolls of paper towels into the crowd. Then in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in las vegas, House Speaker paul ryan says he will suspend a bill that would make gun silencers widely available even as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell rejects calls for new gun control laws. We will look at how australia changed its culture of gun violence and its laws after a massacre 20 years ago. About 11 times higher than in australia and up to 15, 20 times higher than in a other developed countries. In terms of massacres, the u. S. Has a larger number of massacres, even in countries in the developing world are countries in conflict. Amy than this weekend, hundreds will gather in raleigh for the North Carolina naacp state convention, the last one that will be presided over by reverend dr. William barber as president of the state conference. Barbara announced his resignation from his
Seven, predominantly muslim countries. Lawyers from washington and minnesota say restoring the ban would unleash chaos again. This comes after the state Department Says as many as 60,000 people from the banned countries had their visas canceled. We will go to seattle to speak with matt adams, an attorney filing a Class Action Lawsuit for a family who were restricted from bringing their children from somalia, syria, and yemen. Trumpwe take a look at a proposal that puts him squarely between the Lgbt Community and the far right. Among those freedoms is the right to worship among our own beliefs. That is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives to speak freely and without fear of retribution. We will get a response from sarah whose recent story reveals sweeping plans to legalize discrimination. Thousands rally outside the historic Stonewall Bar in new york to support lgbt rights under a trump presidency. Whether we are lesbian, gay, tra
Killing nine people. He died as well. We will speak with Jennifer Lynch, spokesperson for the Oregon Alliance for gun safety. Then, reimagining the challenge of Climate Change. I spent six years wondering through the wreckage caused by the carbon in the air in the Economic System that put it there. The old paradigm will be forced to change either by the environment around us, or us. Amy author and journalist naomi klein and filmmaker avi lewis team up for a new documentary based on the bestseller, this changes everything, profiling communities on the front lines of the Climate Justice movement. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Vigils were held in oregon last night after a gunman opened fire at a Community College thursday morning killing nine people , before he was shot to death. The shooting at umpqua Community College in roseburg has been described as the deadliest shooting in oregons history and one