amy: then to khalil muhammad the director of the schomburg center for research in black culture on thecondemnation of blackness -- race, crime, and the making of modern urban america." khalil: that does not go away. are they the collective unwillingness to confront the past? history, ultimately, is an essential tool of empowerment. it is a matter of life and death. amy: and then fast food workers in 230 cities are walking off of the job as part of the white for -- the fight for $15 campaign. a push for a $15 an hour minimum wage. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the senate foreign relations committee has approved a measure that would give congress a say in the final nuclear deal with iran. the bill was passed by unanimous vote after president obama withdrew his opposition. the white house says the bill was sufficiently modified to address its concerns, but the bill's sponsors say the administration backed down rather than face bipartisan opposition. the measure calls for a senate review of a final nuclea

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