Taxation will speak about his research and that committees records and the history of the joint committee and on may 26, we host a professor of Political Science of wind Gate University who will discuss her research for her book about the politics of National Identification documents in the United States in the 20th century. An Important Mission of the center is promoting Scholars Research in the records of the senate and the house of representatives and advancing the study of the history of congress. This researcher series helps us understand how fully that mission is being met and we do so by regularly hosting scholars who have conducted research in house and Senate Records or who have written significant books on the history of congress. In todays much anticipated talk, we hear about one of those very significant books on the history of congress, our guest, charles stewart, gave a marvelous Research Talk last november on a book he wrote. At that time the battle over who would succee
Sponsored by wells fargo. Tv critic for National Public radio, and im here with a couple of very esteemed authors, Christopher Caldwell, an american journalist, former Senior Editor for the Weekly Standard and author of the age of entitlement, america since the 60s. Hes joining from washington, d. C. We have historian, journalist, wall street journal columnist and author of the people no of the war on populism and democracy joining us from kansas city. I am in st. Petersburg florida. We are going to make this happen through the magic of video chat. So thank you for coming. I appreciate it. It seems your books in different ways are describing how we have landed in this crazy political time that we are in right now where we are understanding how the movements and politics. What i would like each of you to do is give a thumbnail synopsis of durable and what it might say about whether or how america sort of landed on the road to populism. What do you think . Its more like the railroad for
Trying to meddle in the upcoming president ial election going underground discusses the choice facing us voters this november with philosopher and political activist cornell west. Just to reach an system. Which we have a new liberal. Disaster d. Life from our International News center here in moscow this is our t. V. Pleasure to have your company i mean i know neil alone welcome. We begin with breaking news from beirut rioters have stormed lebanese government buildings including 4 ministries in an outpouring of public anger over tuesdays deadly explosion writes Police Officer being killed in the rest we believe is just being confirmed in fact by loke. Law enforcement and at least 175 people are injured today according to the Lebanese Red Cross d thousands of people have been rallying on the Martyrs Square in central beirut right throughout the day they are pointing the finger directly at the government for the chain of events leading up to choose these explosions in the citys port area
Now it is a great honor to introduce our guests. What an amazing panel. Americas most distinguished historians and scholars of congress to help us understand our current vexations. Edward ayres is president emeritus at the university of richmond. He is the author of many books on the civil war and reconstruction, including, i will highlight one of his many Award Winning books the thin light of freedom the civil war and emancipation in the part of america, which he discussed at the National Constitution center in 2017. His forthwomaning do ining book southern journey. Welcome, it is an honor to have you. My pleasure, thank you. And Joanne Freeman is 1954 graduate of Yale University and is a professor of American History and american studies at Yale University, where she specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and Early National period. She is a cohost with edward ayres of a Popular History podcast back story. She is the author of many books as well includi
First. It was too aggressive, it was too soon, and were paying for it not just in georgia, but were paying for it across the country x people are paying for it with their lives. But in georgia and nationwide, daily covid fatalities are nowhere near the spring pace. When it comes to closing schools, the doctors most responsible for saving the lyes of young people lives of young people represented by the American Academy of pediatrics are not for reimposing the lockdown. The docs understand that risks are relatively low, kids need education and also there are other Health Threats beyond covid. Economic shutdowns, high joblessness and personal isolation are not good for our health. Here in new york city where more than 60 people were hot over the july 4th holiday, even our leftist mayor bill de blasio seems to acknowledge the negative impact of our shuttered society. But we also saw too much violence this weekend, and its directly related to all that this location thats happened over thes