Immigrant Workers Lead Thousands in NYC May Day Protests: "Without Our Labor, the City Cannot Move" | Daily Digest 05/02/2017

Is North Carolina Still a Democracy? How Unfettered Conservative Rule Reshaped Tar Heel State & May Day Protests Held at NC State Capitol as GOP Lawmakers Push Bill Defunding "Sanctuary Cities" & More Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Tuesday, May 2, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Immigrant Workers Lead Thousands in NYC May Day Protests: "Without Our Labor, the City Cannot Move" Around the world, millions of workers took to the streets Monday for May Day, also known as International Workers' Day. In the United States, the marches were led ... Read More → Is North Carolina Still a Democracy? How Unfettered Conservative Rule Reshaped Tar Heel State It has been nearly six months since voters in North Carolina elected Democrat Roy Cooper as governor. Republican lawmakers responded by waging what many ... Read More → May Day Protests Held at NC State Capitol as GOP Lawmakers Push Bill Defunding "Sanctuary Cities" In Raleigh, North Carolina, more than 100 people braved the rain to take part in a May Day rally outside the state Capitol to protest a series of proposed anti-worker and ... Read More → ACLU Fight Persists in North Carolina: NCAA Basketball Has Returned, But Anti-Trans HB 2 Remains Law In March, state Republican lawmakers in North Carolina struck a deal to overturn a law denying transgender people the use of the bathroom, changing room or ... Read More → Chris Kromm: The South's Political Clout Is Rising Under Trump We look at the increasing power of states in the South to shape national politics. Our guest, Chris Kromm, writes in his latest piece that Southern states gave 160 ... Read More → Headlines → Millions Take to the Street Worldwide for International Workers' Day Milwaukee: 30,000+ March on May Day to Demand Firing of Sheriff Clarke Texas: 2 Dozen Arrested in May Day Sit-in at Gov.'s Office to Protest SB 4 Portland, Oregon: 25 Arrested in May Day Clashes Puerto Rico: Thousands Block Traffic and March Against Austerity on May Day HRW: Syrian Gov't Used Nerve Agents in 4 Attacks Since December Afghanistan: Record Number of Civilians Died & Displaced in 2016 Amid Rising Tensions, Trump Says He'd Meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un White House Pushing for Vote on GOP Healthcare Bill, Despite Confusion over Details President Trump: "Why was There the Civil War?" Fox Ousts Co-President Bill Shine Amid Sexual Harassment Fallout Texas: Judge Rules Harris County Bail System is Unconstitutional Milwaukee: Jury Recommends Charges for Jailers Who Denied Terrill Thomas Water Minneapolis: Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Shooting BLM Protesters in 2015 Texas: Police Shot and Killed 15-Year-Old Black Teen Jordan Edwards #J20 Inauguration Day Protesters Facing Up to 75 Years in Prison Author and Editor Jean Stein Dies at 83 in New York City Forward this email → Donate today → Follow SPECIAL COVERAGE Watch: Democracy Now! Special Broadcast from the 2017 People's Climate March WORK WITH US! Internships Video Production Fellowship WEB EXCLUSIVE Ex-Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim on Rousseff's Ouster, Trump, Syria & Why Diplomacy Works 2017 SPEAKING TOUR 5/2 Miami, FL 5/3 Tampa, FL 5/4 Atlanta, GA 5/5 Northfield, MN 5/5 Minneapolis, MN 5/6 Madison, WI 5/6 Chicago, IL 5/7 Kalamazoo, MI 5/7 Lansing, MI 5/7 Grand Rapids, MI 5/8 Philadelphia, PA 5/9 New York, NY 5/10 Seattle, WA 5/12 New York, NY 5/12 New York, NY 5/13 Olympia, WA 5/13 Portland, OR 5/14 Eureka, CA 5/14 Berkeley, CA More Events... 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License