congressional black caucus suggested that she janet yellen was in fact a racist. maybe even a white supremacist. what does janet yellen do wrong? they suggested what she did wrong was she failed to harness the power of the federal reserve to help african-americans specifically. now at first janet yellen seemed confused by this point, the point of the fed is to keep the american economy stable. it s not to pay off loyal blocks of democratic voters and tried to explain this. our power, she said, can t be targeted at the experience of particular groups. that was her response. the congressional black caucus did not buy it. their message to janet yellen was the same to you and every other person in the country, do what we say or we will denounce you as a racist. and finally, janet yellen got that message. boy, did she. within a year she had all but abandoned the traditional constraint of monetary policy, and steady there she was yammering on a public about things like racial equit
The disgraced hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his Rape Convictions overturned. Judges at new Yorks Top Court said weinstein, who will remain in prison on separate sex offences, did not receive a fair trial in 2020. They said prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. A lawyer who represented some of weinstein s victims said the decision was a tragic step back. The case fuelled the me too movement, which exposed sexual abuse and misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Deanna levels in hollywood. Paul is a former reporter which deanna paul is a former reporter which she reported on Law Enforcement and the weinstein case. Can you talk us through this case. Can you talk us through this case on 2020 and the reasons were hearing for this being overturned, saying that he didnt get a fair trial because prosecutors were allowed to call these witnesses which were part of the charges against him . The whi
But i am watching over everybody, jerry. Youre in good hands, okay . Thank you. Youre in good hands, believe me. You can tell the people of new york. Even though i didnt win new york state. I should have won new york state, but i didnt. Mr. President , cathy. I want to return to a conversation we had with ivanka, dean and wilbur on jobs, the work force of the future. As we think about that and think about our skillsets, in new york city alone, our Public High School Graduation Rate is at 70 . But the readiness of our students for college and careers is only assessed at 37 . As we look at the pace of change, we look at the Digital Transformation we all see in business in the marketplace, and look at the skills, this disconnect between what employers need and what our students are coming into our work forces are prepared to deliver. It would be great to get your
thoughts on the priorities of the administration around education, around, again, what i like to call not the future of work bu
Under a recent state law, voters in Texas’ 50 largest counties will elect three people to their local property appraisal district boards. Board members do not set property values.
The U.S. Air Force is advancing its aerial combat capabilities with the development of the B-21 Raider, a strategic stealth bomber designed for deep-penetration strikes against sophisticated air defenses of near-peer adversaries like Russia and China.