peoplele, mostly of f turkih ethnicity, w were murdered acrs the country in broad daylight in the earlyand for years, the suspects, a neo-nazi terroror cell, got awy with it. it took more than a decade to capture a key member of the so-called national socialist underground, beeahtuh chaypuh. it wasn't until 2011 that authorities discovered that the nsu had been active for years

esespecially whehen you are sl young, it can affect your olole lilife and how y you think abt older peoplelereporter: young and old ving in harny. it's easier than you might think. host: and now we go to thailand, for our global ideas series. animal feed cultivation is a popular source of income for many farmers here. it's about as far from organic or sustainable farming as you can get. and in places like chihiang mi province, itit's having a devastating effect on the local environment. ouour reporter florian nusch wt there to meet a man doing all he can to convince local farmers of alternatives. florian: the mae cham meat market is no place for the faint-hearted. but demand for its end product, cheap meat, is growing around the world. here in thailand, the surging appetite for meat has been accompananied by an crease in demand foror low-cost animal fe. that's a source of concern for rattapat srichanklad. he leads an initiative that promotes sustainable agriculture in chiang mai. rattapat: thailand is one of the biggesest meat exporters in te world. of course, that pleases the government. th

host: natural disasters are another reason many peoplele ae forced to uproot. in 2016 alone, all over the globe, catastrophes forced 23.5 million from their homes. in the pacific, the nation of kiribati has a population of around 150,000. but many of its islands are gradually sinking into the sea, making the future uncertain. the encroaoaching sea wawaters al salting up grououndwater sources, threatening staple crops. many families are in a precarious situation. reporter: it's the first roll call of the day at the marine training center for sailors on betio island. at 6:00 a.m., before breakfast, the mtc trainees do 30 minutes of exercise. the center has been around for more than half-a-century. it was co-founded by a german shipping company. today it's run by the kiribati government. rubeaua: i'm in training here because i would like to work on the high seas. i want to earn money to support my family. i'm interested in japan. i would like to see what it's like t there, and how they fis. reporter: rubeaua is in the first row. but, as with all the trainees here,

guest: similar to what has gone on in the court, veterans courts, things that keep peoplel ut of the system, whether mentally ill, drug addict, hether they made a bad choice, nonviolent, not a good use of resources to lock them up, keep and back on rison the streets and then work on whatever the issue is that led and they eak the law don't end up with a criminal record potentially. are some at the federal level. one of my good friends got years in federal nonviolent sold marijuanahe to a drug informant, he had a handgun with him when he sold marijuana. that law needs to be changed. it was supposed to be set up originally, a five-year mandatory minimum your time time, 25 the second you do something, after you are out of prison the first time and be her 25 years, that would another common sense reform at the federal level, there is on as far as i understand it. host: another piece of reform tion, sentencing and corrections act moving through congress earlier this year, here is what the attorney had to say about that act. sessions years, ag said convicted drug -- breaks and the federal

. >> his thoughts are moving faster than his mouth and he's embarrassing a lot of peoplele especiallyn hip-hop. he's embarrassing himself because he doesn't know history. >> your horrible person. you're horrible. and i used to like you. i let a lot of stuff go. 400 years of slavery is a choice? i'm done, period. >> he went online and he clarified this -- he said it in the context he's talking aboute being mentally in prison. we've been enslaved for 400 years we don't want to be enslaved for another 400 years they've taken this out of context. >> laura: i noticed little bit about that. >> the headline blares kanye west says -- >> laura: your horrible person and you want slavery. maxine was also out there, i love maxine waters i want her to be on tv i want her to come on the show because i find her wonderful and lovely. she said to politico that he's a talented guy, and he needs people to help him formulate his thoughts. i had a radio listener call in today, it sounded like maxine waters is telling kanye to get to the back of the bus, he's speaking out of turn? who is condescending now?

the commission said at least 76 peoplele have been killed since mid-april when mass demonstrations broke out in response to a proposed rollback of social security benefits. the protests, and the government's bloody repression, mark the biggest crisis in leftist president daniel ortetega's 11 y years in powewe. back in the united states, officials of the environmental protection agency barred multiple journalists from covering in epa summit on water contamination tuesday with one journalist reporting she was shocked out of the building by security guards. the reporters were from cnn, the associated press, and in a news. the reporter was ultimately allowed into the afternoon portion of the meeting. the meeting was about nationwide water contamination from the chemicals pfoa and pfos which are used in teflon and firefifighting foam. the attempt to exclude some journalists comes as scott pruitt, who spoke at tuesday's meeting, is facing an escalating scandal about how his agency and the white house have suppress the publication of a federal health study about the dangers of these chemicals a

to calall some of these peoplele refugees i is an importatant whytitical move to illuminate the united states might have momoral, ethical, and lyrical responsibility to them. amy: we are talking to viet thanh nguyen, pulitzer prize-winning author. he edited this book. one of the people who contributed to "the refugees," is our next guest. dr. ariel dorfman. the latest book is called "the displaced." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. ifore we go to ariel dorfman, have to ask you about that song. it features prominently in your earlier book, "thee s sympathiz" viet: i would often attend vietnamese weddings and vietnamese people are really western music as a import, but they have made it their own. this. upp going to you would hear one of those. incorporate a lot of music i heard in the novel. amy: ariel dorfman, it was great to see you read from your new novel "darwin's ghosts," and we hope to get to that. i want to talk to you about your latest essay in "the displaced." first, tell us your refugee story. ariel: well, it is longer and more complic

peoplele that pay their taxes, obey the law, go to work, they want none of those. >> tucker: i wonder eastern europeans don't seem quite as guilty as the west? is it because they suffered for so long under the soviets? >> oh, look. they suffered in many cases under naziism and under the soviets. not until 1990 that these countries were actually free western democracies. and they do.ra i think it's important to realize that the church plays a much bigger role in society in poland and hungary that and it does in france and germany. >> tucker: that's really smart smart. nigel farage, thank you. alan dershowitz one of the smartest men on the left, he is being exiled for civil liberties for political expedience.le he tells his story next. ♪ berty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can le

range of peoplel who express that. we have a lot to work with. there was the firing and rehiring of the catholic chaplain, whether there is an anti-catholic conversation going on in some parts of the republican party. alliance between trump and the republican party and evangelicals is the subject of vigorous debate. michael wrote a long article. religious resistance to trump and the republican party on a wide range of issues. there is the demonstration of your choice over the next few weeks, whether it is on immigration, race, a whole range of issues. th democratic partye has become more secular, and some would say, more intolerant of religious views, it seems to me that the republican party has become more independent on religious voters, particularly white christians. white people are not the only african-american and latino questions are a huge part of the democratic coalition. case for theke the coalitions that work in both parties. some issues bring different parts of the religious community whether it is on the othererty, hand, it might be

guest: similar to what has gone on in the court, veterans courts, things that keep peoplel ut of them, whether mentally ill, drug addict, hether they made a bad choice, nonviolent, not a good use of resources to lock them up, keep and back on rison the streets and then work on whatever the issue is that led and they eak the law don't end up with a criminal record potentially. are some at the federal level. one of my good friends got years in federal prison first-time nonviolent sold marijuanahe to a drug informant, he had a handgun with him when he sold marijuana. that law needs to be changed. it was supposed to be set up originally, a five-year mandatory minimum your time time, 25 the second you do something, after you are out of prison the first time and be her 25 years, that would another common sense reform at the federal level, there is on as far as i understand it. host: another piece of reform tion, sentencing and corrections act moving through congress earlier this year, here is what the attorney had to say about that act. sessions years, ag said convicted drug -- breaks and