Democracy now 4

Democracy Now 4

Cynthia Davila 

March 16, 2014

Reading democracy now this week was very interesting! There was a story about a plan that went missing this past week. There is currently still no sign of the Malaysia airlines plane. It was carrying 239 people and disappeared in a route to China. It was said that 2 communications systems on the plane could have shut down 14 minutes apart. There were also some unknown sources said the military radar data. The plane was supposedly flown hundreds of miles off course toward Indians Andaman Islands. Our country have sent out the U.S.S. Kidd to the Indian Ocean to aid the search. I am completely shocked about this news because I don't understand how a plane so big, carrying so many people, can just disappear without leaving any signs. My friend told me about it today and when I heard I complete shocked because I have never heard of anything like that since the missing of Amelia. It is very sad and I hope they atleast have a trace or where it could've gone soon. Another event that I found interesting was about a McDonald's worker who sued over wage theft in 3 different states. They have filed a series of lawsuits in 3 states accusing McDonald's and franchises that they were stealing their wages through a range of illegal practices. Workers at McDonald's accusations are being forced to work while off the clock, having hours deleted for their time cards and being denied meal and rest breaks! Lawyers say the suits could impact more than 30,000 workers and in my opinion I think that is completely unfair and too much. I want to know what illegal practices could possibly cause such a big problem because it is getting out of hand.