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From New York, this is Democracy Now. I mean, we're a court. We really don't know about these things.

These are not like the nine greatest experts on the internet. The Supreme Court just heard two major

cases that could reshape the very structure of the internet. We'll speak to the Electronic Frontier

Foundation about what's at stake and why the future of free speech online could be in jeopardy.

Then to Malcolm Harris, author of the new book, Palo Alto, a history of California,

capitalism, and the world. And we look at a new bipartisan push to ratify the Equal Rights

Amendment a half century after its passage. The solution will help address centuries

of gender discrimination in America by removing the unnecessary barriers that have prevented us from

enshrining the dignity, the humanity and equality of women into our United States Constitution.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org. The War and Peace Report. I mean,

at least 62 people died over the weekend after a boat carrying refugees fell apart at sea off of

Italy's Calabrian coast. At least one baby and 12 children were among the dead. Around 80 survivors

from Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan were pulled to safety after they were found in the water

clinging to pieces of the ship which had departed the Turkish city of Ismir a few days earlier.

The latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean came just days after the Italian government of

the far right leader, Georgia Maloney, approved a new law making it harder for humanitarian aid rescue

vessels to carry out their missions. Doctors without borders said their rescue ship was detained by

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