California Gov. Gavin Newsom: Marijuana Legalization Is A ‘Civil Rights’ Issue
California Governor Gavin Newsom discussed during a press conference last week how the state plans to fix issues of systemic injustice and racism following widespread protests of police brutality. Newsom referenced...
As Biden Marks 100 Years Since Tulsa Massacre, Calls Grow for Reparations to Close...
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: President Biden traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tuesday to mark the hundredth anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race...
American Slavery, Reinvented
Crops stretch to the horizon. Black bodies pepper the landscape, hunched over as they work the fields. Officers on horseback, armed, oversee the workers.To the untrained eye, the scenes in Angola for...
Tents, Toilets, Transport: Eco-friendly Festivals Tackle the Unholy Trinity
When Chris Johnson first started putting on outdoor parties with his mates, they were small, impromptu and shambolic – or “really good fun”, as he puts it. Seventeen years later and...
Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of Apparent War Crimes in Gaza Assault; Urges ICC...
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, Democracynow.org, the War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
Human Rights Watch is calling...
“Heartbreaking”: Judge's Suspension of DACA Renews Push for Comprehensive Immigration Bill
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González, as we end today’s show looking at...
Marijuana arrests in Va. reach highest level in at least 20 years, spurring calls...
Marijuana arrests in Virginia hit their highest levels in at least 20 years in 2018, a climb that has sparked calls for overhauls and bucked trends in a number of other...
Adam Toledo Is the Latest to Be Brutalized by Cops in Chicago’s Latinx Community
Released body camera video shows Toledo had his hands in the air when an officer shot him.
Endangered destinations
Travelers with bucket lists tend to see the challenge as limited by their schedule, budget and life span. Increasingly, though, there’s a fourth dimension: how much longer a destination or experience,...