Governor Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) vetoed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act-style bill that would have allowed Georgia businesses to deny services to members of the LGBT community. The state faced possible boycotts from the entertainment industry. Rev. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, joins ‘News With Ed’ to discuss this bill and similar RFRA ones sweeping the...
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An aerial survey shows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is 95 percent bleached, and half of it is expected to die in the next month. Conservation biologist Reese Halter joins ‘News With Ed’ to explain what caused the die-off, how damaging it is for the planet and whether that damage is reversible. Ed Schultz discussed...
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Voter turnout in Idaho was at a record high on Tuesday. Meanwhile in Arizona, the number of polling places in Maricopa County dropped from 200 in 2012 to just 60 this year, forcing voters to wait in hours-long lines. “America’s Lawyer” Mike Papantonio joins ‘News With Ed’ to break down what kind of recourse voters can take to fight against similar kinds of...
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On Wednesday’s show Ed is joined by Former Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen to discuss the Democratic primaries in Idaho, Utah, and Arizona as well as why some members of organized labor are backing Donald Trump’s Presidential...
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With four states approving the Dakotas Access Pipeline, it seems that the project has been greenlit – to the dismay of Native tribal leaders. To better understand the struggle of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to maintain their dominion over their own lands, RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky spoke with Sioux landowner Ladonna...
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