University of North Carolina. Parents were my parents walther b gaither and fanny little gaither. Uh, great falls was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina and my mom and dad met while they were students at friendship. College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship they moved permanently to great falls. Initially they were both schoolteachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching because he discovered that what was listed on his contract as is per month payment for teaching was not the same as he this was thatand a time when the boards of education were all composed of white men. And so at the end of the year, my father approached the person who signed his voucher for, uh, payment and said, i noticed that there is a discrepancy here. Differenceve dollars between what he was supposed to be paid and what he was receiving. For questioni
It takes place today and israel voters are heading to the polls for the three parliamentary election in less than a year. Todays voting was triggered when neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his chief political rival could build a governing Coalition Last fall. Utahs first medical Marijuana Dispensary opens today, a day after the state Health Departments cannabis went online. 14 locations could be up and running as early as july. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 2nd. Good monday morning, everyone. We do begin this half hour with Pete Buttigiegs historic president ial campaign coming to an end. He is urging party unity and vowing to help put a democrat back in the white house. Buttigieg is the first openly gay candidate to make a serious run for the white house. His departure follows a commanding victory by joe biden in the South Carolina primary. The remaining candidates are now looking ahead to super tuesday with contests in more than a dozen states. A
We take you to capitol hill for a House Oversight hearing on the Economic Impact of Climate Change under way. There are several reasons the on as a consequence it undermines the american people. Let me list. One, in 2018, the Trump Administration instituted a smaller social cost of carbon of 1 to 7 compared to 50. Its based on two faulty assumptions. First, it uses inappropriately high discount rates that are not supported by economic theory or Financial Markets. Second, it fails to account for damages that occur outside the United States. This failure discourages other countries who in total produce about 90 of total co2 emissions from undertaking emissions cuts that would benefit u. S. Citizens. The United States special role in global democracy can produce demonstrable benefits for u. S. Citizens, and we are failing here. The absence of meaningful progress at the recent madrid climate talks is evidence of what happens when we retreat. Number two, the social cost of carbon is no long
Housing units. Senator mike crapo of idaho chairs the banking, housing and urban affairs committee. This hearing will come to order. Today, the committee will receive testimony from leaders in the Housing Community on bipartisan opportunities this congress to expand access to Affordable Housing, to improve the safety conditions within current federallyassisted housing, and to consider how we might better target some of our existing Housing Resources to meet unaddressed need. Welcome to our witnesses, and thank you for taking the time to be with us today for this important discussion. Joining us today are ivory mathews, interim executive director of the Housing Authority of columbia, South Carolina; mark yost, president and chief executive officer of the skyline champion corporation; and peggy bailey, Vice President for housing policy at the center on budget and policy priorities. For purposes of todays hearing, we are focused on examining three bipartisan pieces of legislation in parti
Restrictions to snap eligibility such as being enrolled more than half time, were temporarily lifted. But as more campuses reopen, more feed resources should become available. This is even more important for Many College Students who were nontraditional low income, or first generation students. They must meet other challenges while pursuing a degree like being a single parent, support independence, or working full time while attending class. Many students need to prioritize other Family Member needs over their own including food. So today we will hear from individuals and groups doing advocacy work on diversity campuses across the country. I believe we should be making a commitment to students who are doing everything they can to gain an education and achieve their goals. This issue of College Hunger is not new. In terms of our discussing it it is relatively new. So this has been a problem for a long time. And i want to applaud those colleges that are taking the lead in trying to mitig