And those that are this week the lunch of Kristen Franklin and on wednesday of the discussion and the time of coronavirus and on thursday a week from today with the money perry. And those to have technical issues that you may want to try this video will be recorded on the Youtube Channel so please post questions on the live video feed. The pandemic is a portal some responses from covid19 and with those borders and now with the message total surveillance but as we try to imagine in a different world there was no one i would rather hear from as the cofounder of Many Organizations including the california prison moratorium project and essential Environmental Justice network for those Environmental Sciences and doctor gilmore is the author it is a brilliant study and with the antistate state that government can or should with the social wellbeing and those with Christina Heather ten and her new book change everything, everything, thank you so much. Thank you for having me. With covid19 so
Fellowships to working biographers. Each of these fellowships is now worth 72,000, so not chump change. To date, some 20 biographies have been published including shirley jackson, one of the Prestigious National book critic award for biography. I also read the news about our brandnew wholly unique Masters Program in biography and memoir. It is just hard this autumn with at least 17 students enrolled which is phenomenal. And brenda is actually both a former director of the leon leavy center and she now teaches one of the core courses in the new Masters Program. Just a reminder what our next program is next wednesday september 25 at 6 30 p. M. With david nassau giving the annual lecture on biography. Tonight, im very delighted to have with us ben moser in conversation with brenda wineapple. As i said, branded as a former director of the leon leavy center and shes the author most recently of the mp chairs, the trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation. A very widely reviewed
See what else is on deck for the coming months. Before we begin we ask that anyone silences their cell phones so that theres no unwanted distractions during the talk and subsequent q a. During the q a portion we have a handheld microphone to pass around. Plus when recording tonight event and its important to your questions on the audio. After the talk to be a signing in this room. If you already purchased the book we have many copies for sale behind the registers. And now im delighted to introduce the knights guests, zahra , zahra hankir, a lebanese british journalist who writes about the intersection of politics, culture and society in the middle east. She is also the editor of the essay collection shes here to present tonight, our women on the ground arab women reporting from the arab world. As the editor, she provides a far too rare platform for arab female journalist to share in their own words, their expenses reporting in the middle east. The 19 essays in this collection are at tu
Studies in program and law and Public Affairs and gender and sexuality studies at princeton university. Thats the longer title. A scholar of legal history, cultural study and africanamerican studies, professor perry talks on issues, literature, laws and looking for lorraine, the life of lorraine hansbury, the winner of the panamerica award for biographies and New York Times notable book for 2018. Her newest book breathe, a letter to my sons will be published in september. Other works include, may we forever stand, the history of the black national anthem, a 2019 naacp image award nominee and gender and liberation. She wrote the introduction to the barnes noble classic tradition of narrative journal of truth and professor perry received a bachelor agree from yale university. Jd from Harvard Law School and a ph. D. From harvard university. We are so honored [applause] yes. We are so honored to host her today on this return visit to s us, please give a warm welcome. [applaus [applause] go
It is sunday, august 13th. You are watching velshi on msnbc. Im Charles Coleman junior, filling in from my friend, ali velshi. Georgia, georgia, no piece did i find but that Fulton County indictment thats on my mind. Im paraphrasing from the great greg charles. Georgia on the might of a lot of people, including donald trump, were a fourth possible criminal indictment of the former president could be filed in a matter of days. The states former lieutenant governor, jeff duncan, said yesterday that hes received notice asking him to appear before the grand jury on tuesday. Additionally, independent journalists, george, posted on social media that he received a call from the office of Fulton County district attorney, fani willis, also asking him to come in on tuesday to give his testimony. These are still the clearest finds out that fani willis will present her case to the grand jury in the coming weeks and pursue a criminal indictment in the States Election interference case. Security mea