From New York, this is Democracy Now.

Riders are striking because we're worried that this industry is not one that's going

to be able to sustain a career.

We are worried about things that most workers are worried about like cost of living, corporate

cannibalization and stagnant wages.

For the first time in 15 years, Hollywood writers have gone on strike.

We'll speak to a striking writer who works on the ABC hit comedy Abbott Elementary, then

to Texas to look at yet another mass shooting on Friday.

A man armed with an AR-15 shot dead five of his neighbors, including a nine-year-old boy.

Instead of calling for gun reform, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is being accused of dehumanizing

the victims by calling the dead illegal immigrants.

And 60 years ago today, the children's crusade in Birmingham, Alabama began.

And how many of us remember that it was young children?

11, 12, 13, 14 years old.

Some as young as nine or ten who faced police dogs and faced high power, water hoses,

and went to jail for our sake.

We'll hear Birmingham native Angela Davis describing this pivotal moment in civil rights

history.

We'll also speak to longtime Birmingham civil rights activist Janice Kelsey who took

part in the children's crusade and Paul Kicks, author of the new book, You Have to Be

Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin To Live, Ten Weeks in Birmingham that changed America.

All that and more coming up.

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