"What to the Slave is 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech | Daily Digest 07/04/2017

Standing Rock's Fight Against Dakota Pipeline Continues While Tribe Plans for a Fossil-Free Future & Grandson of Former VP Henry A. Wallace on Standing Rock's Fossil-Free Future & American Fascism Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Tuesday, July 4, 2017 democracynow.org Stories "What to the Slave is 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech  In a Fourth of July holiday special, we begin with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, he gave one ... Read More → Standing Rock's Fight Against Dakota Pipeline Continues While Tribe Plans for a Fossil-Free Future The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe recently won a major legal victory in federal court which may have the power to force the shutdown of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that ... Read More → Grandson of Former VP Henry A. Wallace on Standing Rock's Fossil-Free Future & American Fascism As we continue to look at how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is embracing renewable energy, we turn now to Scott Wallace and Ellen Dorsey of the Wallace Global Fund. The fund recently awarded the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe the ... Read More → Forward this email → Donate today → Follow WEB EXCLUSIVE Part 2: Lee Fang on Koch Brothers' Demand for Obamacare Repeal & Lobbyists Flourishing Under Trump COLUMN Medicare for All: It's A Matter Of Life And Death WEB EXCLUSIVE Full Extended Interview: Arundhati Roy on Democracy Now! 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License