Care bill and the political stories this week. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. Economy is showing signs of rebounding, after a lackluster first quarter. The Labor Department reports that employers added a net of 211,000 jobs in april, up sharply from the month of march. The Unemployment Rate for april fell to 4. 4 , a nearly 10year low. The strong showing could increase odds that the Federal Reserve will raise Interest Rates again next month. In somalia a u. S. Navy seal has been killed in a raid on the islamist m
Care bill and the political stories this week. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. Economy is showing signs of rebounding, after a lackluster first quarter. The Labor Department reports that employers added a net of 211,000 jobs in april, up sharply from the month of march. The Unemployment Rate for april fell to 4. 4 , a nearly 10year low. The strong showing could increase odds that the Federal Reserve will raise Interest Rates again next month. In somalia a u. S. Navy seal has been killed in a raid on the islamist m
Stories this week. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan the u. S. Economy is showing signs of rebounding, after a lackluster first quarter. The Labor Department reports that employers added a net of 211,000 jobs in april, up sharply from the month of march. The Unemployment Rate for april fell to 4. 4 , a nearly 10year low. The strong showing could increase odds that the Federal Reserve will raise Interest Rates again next month. In somalia a u. S. Navy seal has been killed in a raid on the islamist militant group, al shabaab. I
Good morning. Good to have been here. I am a the cochair of the American Writers Museum of it is my pleasure to welcome you and get started. The American Writers Museum is a long overdue book. Art is about capturing duty in the way we captured the beautyberry emotions and feelings where we came from and who we are in the American Writers Museum will provide that opportunity for people all across the nation. It is amazing we have not had this before but we do now. [applause] so to have a rich literary tradition we plan to see that continue to grow not only to honor the past authors but also engaged courage authors and more importantly encourage future authors to bring their skills to this event. So those friends that our important to help us to encourage us from the very beginning a School Teacher who taught history as an avid reader and somebody who has been important to us and to encourage us to get started. , say a few words. [applause] good morning. I am glad to be here today at the
With san diego professor about his book on mexican stereotypes and popular culture. In my book i told a story about connecticut. I received my phd from Cornell University and i thought i had made it. I was looking through a book of cartoons and there was this cartoon in the book down i think a british magazine. It works for those seconds of sleep outside on the street. The alarm clock goes off and so he turns it off, goes back inside and he sleeps on his bed. So its like he is so lazy. His alarm clock goes off, he is latino in some way of the alarm clock goes off and he goes to bed. Why do we laugh . What is the origin that is causing this, what am i laughing at this is the funny thing about stereotypes they dont have anything to do with intellect. They have to do with recogniti recognition. Even among the recognized square block humans are not that much more sophisticated. We see something weve seen before and we feel smart when we see it again. There is a sleeping mexican. Ive seen t