democracy now

Aaron Bañuelos

 

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http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/11/as_trumps_rallies_become_racism_summits

 

In this weeks article from Democracy now recaps the primaries for Florida, Ohio, Illinois, and North Carolina; however, the focal point of the article was speculating that Donald Trump's rallies have become "racism summits". In an interview with Anderson Cooper Donald Trump makes a claim that Islam and Muslims hate the United States", which has been a remark that has greatly offended many people. In another rally a Trump supporter sucker punched a protestor that was being escorted out of the building, the supporter later says in an interview that "that it felt great… and the next time they might have to kill him". This article uses framing within its title of Trump Rallies Become Racism Summits" by setting the tone that the article is going to discuss violence and later following up in the article various violent and racist events that have occurred throughout Trump's rallies.

 

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/4/remembering_berta_caceres_assassinated_honduras_indigenous

 

The environmentalist leader from Honduras, Berta Cáceres was assassinated in her home. Cáceres was an indigenous environmentalist in Honduras who led more than 150 assemblies to protect mother earth. In this story coverage by Democracy now the story presents a prognosis by Cáceres of the protest she led against a building of a hydro dam, Cáceres explained that the hydro dam would damage the water supply; therefore she planned an assembly that cut off the transferring of supplies to build the hydro dam. Cáceres prognosis was that the people needed to come together and stand up against Honduras officials and stop the building of the hydro dam or risk damaging the water supply within indigenous communities of Honduras. Cáceres, is believed to have been gunned down this on March 4, 2016 in an assassination plan by Honduras officials because of her environmental movements that she had led. Berta Cáceres will be remembered as an empowered women who loved mother earth, the co-founder of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, and the 2015 winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize