DEMOCRACY NOW DAILY DIGEST From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Ava DuVernay's Film "13th" Examines Racist U.S. Justice System 3OKT16

Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Monday, October 3, 2016 democracynow.org Stories From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Ava DuVernay's Film 13th Examines Racist U.S. Justice System Ava DuVernay's new documentary chronicles how our justice system has been driven by racism from the days of slavery to today's era of mass incarceration. The film, 13th, is named for ... Read More → Advocates: The U.S. Still Profits from Slavery Because the 13th Amendment Perpetuates Prison Labor As Ava DuVernay's new documentary 13th opens at the New York Film Festival, we speak to two people featured in the film: Malkia Cyril of the Center for Media Justice and Kevin Gannon ...Read More → How ALEC & the Kochs Publicly Back Criminal Justice Reform & Privately Expand Mass Incarceration Part of Ava DuVernay's new documentary 13thlooks at how ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, has played a central role in the expansion of the U.S. prison system. ALEC has ...Read More → Colombians Reject Peace Deal in Stunning Referendum, Advocates Cite Climate of "Intimidation & Fear" In Colombia, voters have rejected a peace agreement between the government and the nation's largest rebel group in a shocking turn of events that threatens to prolong the nation's ...Read More → What are the Ties Between Dakota Access Pipeline Company & North Dakota's Attorney General? Close to 100 scientists have signed onto a letter decrying inadequate environmental and cultural impact assessments for the Dakota Access pipeline, calling for a halt to ... Read More → Headlines → Colombian Voters Narrowly Reject FARC Peace Deal in Stunning Upset Trump May Have Paid No Taxes for 18 Years, 1995 Tax Returns Show Trump Lashes Out at Former Miss Universe with False Sex Tape Charge Reporter Says Trump Used C-Word Slur in 1980s After Critical Story Clinton Tape: Sanders Supporters "Living in Their Parents' Basement" Hurricane Matthew Threatens Haiti, Forces Guantánamo Evacuation Syria: Hospital Struck in Aleppo as U.N. Chief Decries "War Crimes" Ethiopia: 52 Die as Police Crackdown on Protest Spawns Stampede France: Police Fire Tear Gas, Water Cannons at Refugee Camp Protests Hungary Referendum on Migrant Quotas Falls Short Amid Low Turnout Texas Withdraws from Federal Refugee Resettlement Program El Cajon, CA: Videos Released Showing Police Killing of Alfred Olango Charlotte Police to Release All Video of Keith Lamont Scott Killing New York: Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Choking Death by NYPD to Report for Prison Term Alabama Chief Justice Suspended After Resisting Same-Sex Marriages Report: Pentagon Paid PR Firm for Phony al-Qaeda Videos in Iraq Forward this email → Donate today → Follow